Jim Swanson, Bayer

J&J poach­es Bay­er ex­ec Jim Swan­son as chief in­for­ma­tion of­fi­cer

James Swan­son, who helped lead crop sci­ences at Bay­er $BAYN, is join­ing J&J $JNJ as chief in­for­ma­tion of­fi­cer, jump­ing in­to a phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal in­dus­try em­brac­ing by fits and starts mod­ern dig­i­tal tools like ar­ti­fi­cial in­tel­li­gence.

The move comes a lit­tle over a month af­ter Bay­er re­cruit­ed long­time J&J deal­mak­er Mar­i­anne De Backer to lead busi­ness de­vel­op­ment. Swan­son re­places Stu­art McGuigan, who this year jumped over to the State De­part­ment af­ter sev­en years as J&J CIO.

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