Ex-Pfizer R&D chief moves to VC PureTech
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Dr John LaMattina, former president of Pfizer's global R&D operations, has joined the Boston, Massachusetts-based venture capital firm PureTech Ventures as a senior partner. Dr LaMattina spent 30 years at Pfizer, retiring in 2007, and was involved with the development of Tarceva (erlotinib), Chantix (varenicline), Zoloft (sertraline), Lyrica (pregabalin) and Selzentry (maraviroc). PureTech also promoted Dr Eric Elenko and Steve Muniz to partners.