Wyeth hired Timothy Cost to head its corporate affairsdepartment, replacing Marily Rhudy, who is retiring.
Cost joins the company from Philadelphia food services firmAramark, where he was EVP, corporate affairs. He becomes senior vice president,corporate affairs, reporting to president and CEO Bernard Poussot.
Prior to joining Aramark in 2003, he had spent many years inthe pharmaceutical industry, serving as SVP, communications and strategy forCentocor, VP, investor relations and corporate intelligence for Bristol-MyersSquibb and SVP, corporate affairs for Pharmacia. Poussot said in a statement:“His extensive and broad experience, especially in the biotechnology andpharmaceutical sectors, will help us as we continue to deliver innovative newproducts and navigate the changing business environment.”
Rhudy joined Wyeth in 1993 as assistant VP, professionalrelations for pharmaceuticals and worked her way up while building the publicaffairs function, rising to SVP, corporate public affairs in 2004.
She had previously served on the White House Health CareProfessionals Task Force on Health Care Reform.
Poussot credited Rhudy withhaving “built an outstanding public affairs team that has forged strongexternal relationships to raise the level of awareness of Wyeth’s contributionsto healthcare.”
From the March 01, 2008 Issue of MM+M - Medical Marketing and Media
