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Fantaccini becomes head of medical affairs, CSO at Novartis

Plus Maraganore named chair at GNS, and updates from Cardior, Protagonist and Tyra

November 3, 2022 11:26 PM UTC

Simone Fantaccini became head of medical affairs and CSO at Novartis AG (SIX:NOVN; NYSE:NVS), based in Switzerland. Fantacci joined Novartis in 2019 as region Europe medical director before becoming global medical affairs director in 2020. 

Drug discovery company GNS Healthcare Inc. named John Maraganore as chair, succeeding Timothy Thompson. Maraganore, the former founding CEO of Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ALNY), became strategic adviser to GNS in June. ...