William Pao On Pfizer’s ‘Aspirational’ Drug Development Goal, Seagen And More

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Chief development officer William Pao oversees Pfizer’s clinical pipeline. He joined the company from Roche following a career in academia, and after his first year at Pfizer talked to Scrip about the transition to late-stage drug development.

William Pao, M.D., Ph.D., is Chief Development Officer and Executive Vice President for Pfizer
Pfizer's William Pao • Source: Pfizer

Pfizer Inc. chief development officer William Pao joined the big pharma just over one year ago to oversee the company’s clinical drug development, a change following his lengthy career in early research, initially in academia and more recently at Roche.

Pao, in an interview at the company’s new New York City headquarters in June, talked about the transition to Pfizer, the company’s late-stage pipeline and one of his top

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