Pfizer snatches first chief marketing officer from Google's Verily
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Andreas "Drew" Panayiotou, currently the chief marketing officer at Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Verily life sciences unit, is leaving that company to join Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) in a similar role.
The development was first reported by Endpoints News.

Panayiotou is starting at Pfizer (PFE) on Sept. 19 in the newly created role of biopharma global chief marketing officer.
In a LinkedIn post, Angela Hwang, group president, Pfizer (PFE) biopharmaceuticals group, said that Panayiotou has marketing experience with companies including Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Hershey's, The Coca-Cola Company, Chick-fil-A, Best Buy, and The Walt Disney Company.
At Verily, Chief Marketing Officer Alix Hart will take over Panayiotou's responsibilities.
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