Amgen lures Moderna exec to be its chief medical officer

15 June 2023

US biotech giant Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN) has announced that Paul Burton has been appointed as its news chief medical officer (CMO) starting June 26.

Dr Burton will oversee a newly created Chief Medical Office and brings extensive biopharmaceutical experience to this role.

Most recently, Dr Burton was CMO at Moderna (Nasdaq: MRNA), before which he was chief global medical affairs officer at the Janssen Pharmaceuticals company of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ). He last worked for Amgen from 2002 to 2005, as global development leader, following the company’s merger with Immunex Corp.

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