AdvaMed's Top Hill Strategist JC Scott Departs; Greg Crist Will Fill Role

Greg Crist, the top public affairs executive at AdvaMed, is stepping in to head the trade group's government affairs operations, as JC Scott departs to lead the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association.

Greg Crist, AdvaMed EVP for public affairs on the left, and JC Scott, AdvaMed’s chief advocacy officer on the right.
Greg Crist (left) and JC Scott at AdvaMed's headquarters in Washington, DC. • Source: Ferdous Al-Faruque

JC Scott, the chief advocacy officer for AdvaMed, will take over as president and CEO of the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, which lobbies for pharmacy benefit managers, on Oct. 15. He is being succeeded by Greg Crist, currently AdvaMed's executive vice president for public affairs and a congressional veteran.

The changing of the guards comes at a critical time when the top device industry group is trying to get the medical device excise tax repealed in the Senate by year's end

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