Bristol Unveils Post-Celgene Leadership Team, With Big R&D Changes

Novartis's Hirawat will join the company as chief medical officer, while Celgene's Vessey will head early research. Bristol's current chief scientific officer Lynch will leave the company in October.

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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. will make some big changes to its research and development leadership after it merges with Celgene Corp.. The company announced its new post-merger research and commercial leadership teams on 5 June, with an outsider taking over the top R&D spot.

Novartis AG's head of oncology development Samit Hirawat will join the company as chief medical officer-global drug development, leading drug development across therapeutic areas. He will be responsible for overseeing the pipeline from proof-of-concept through commercialization

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