Thursday, April 28, 2022

Merck Loses More Great -- And Diverse -- Talent: Garay To Be Chief Commercial Officer Of mRNA Vaccine Breakthrough Innovator Moderna...


Back to power alley stuff, this morning -- as by my reckoning, this is at least seven high level departures from Rob Davy's leadership team in just under five months.

Not that (in this tight market for real pharma executive market) good people don't "test the waters" and listen to offers. . . but this is of concern, given what I know about his management style.

The departing talent was all assembled under Mr. Frazier, and his leadership style was far more team oriented than Mr. Davis's. This is the sort of thing that slows growth, longer term -- the training and back-filling, and distraction of having other good people take on "two jobs" for a period during transitions. We shall see -- but Moderna is clearly getting a great lateral here -- good news for them (per the fine reporting at FiercePharma), and her:

. . .On May 31, Arpa Garay will enter the Moderna fold as chief commercial officer, the company said Wednesday. As a member of the biotech’s executive committee, Garay will report to Moderna helmsman Stéphane Bancel.

At Merck, Garay is responsible for the company’s long-term portfolio strategy and global marketing for approved and pipeline products. She nabbed a promotion to her current position back in February. . . .


It is particularly telling (in my view, at least) that she is leaving right after getting a (likely longer-term, hard fought-for) big promotion. So, do be excellent, to each other. . . smile.

नमस्ते

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

on a different note: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mars-chopper-debris-photos_n_626a3148e4b0cca67551b17d

we know how you love space.....

condor said...

This is great stuff -- though it seems we humans cannot avoid "littering" -- even on otherwise empty planets. . .

Grin.

Namaste!

Anonymous said...

You are in a funk....

I know you know anything we do creates 'debris.' Look at that next generation telescope. Eventually, it will fail. Then it is a hunk of metal in space that we just leave there. Yes, it is way far away with minimal impact but still just....litter. Somewhat of a cost to doing research/learning. Yes, it would be wonderful to do a full lifecycle management plan; that includes removing whatever stuff we leave in a new environment as we foray into. It just isn't economically always feasible.

Maybe this will improve your spirits: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/28/elon-musk-twitter-deal-risks/

I do use your upbeat tone to keep my spirits up.

condor said...

Oh my. . .

You are. . . 100% right!

Clearly, the litter is worth. . . the learnings!

And as luck -- or irony -- would have it, I am just now about to post on what I will call the latest "Musk-ian Motion".

Think of him as some form of a shepherd moon -- but an evil one!

Strangely-sidereal motion, that!

Thanks go to you -- for all you do here!

So do smile lots, run free. . . and wild. . . and breathe the gloriously-fragrant Spring air. . . until we "speak" again.