AstraZeneca hands José Baselga a 'dream job' in shake-up

7 January 2019
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Some four months after resigning from his role as physician-in-chief at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and stepping down from the board of US pharma major Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), José Baselga (pictured above) has been given another chance.

Dr Baselga stood down after a scandal surrounding his failure to disclose payments he received in connection with research articles, but it evidently is not an issue of major concern to AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN).

The Anglo-Swedish pharma major has given him a major role as part of organizational changes that were announced on Monday.

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