AstraZeneca hires former Sloan Kettering specialist to lead oncology R & D unit

AstraZeneca has hired Dr. Jos é Baselga to serve as its head of research and development for oncology. Baselga, 59, was previously chief medical officer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He stepped down from that post in September following published reports that he failed at times to disclose certai n financial ties with drug companies in medical journal articles. Baselga also resigned from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.'s board of directors that same month. The hiring…
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