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AAM picks up laid-off BIO exec
Redox reactions – when an atom loses an electron that is picked up by another atom– are common to some basic functions of life, including photosynthesis, respiration, combustion. A similar process is also common to life in Washington, where one trade group loses an executive that is picked up by another trade group, my colleague John Wilkerson writes.
The Association for Accessible Medicines announced Wednesday that it hired John Murphy as its new CEO, John and I scooped yesterday. Murphy previously was the chief policy officer at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, and was laid off in May as part of a major reorganization under BIO’s new CEO.