VMLY&R hired science veteran Sean Rooney, PhD as Chief Science Officer. The newly created role will connect science teams across VMLY&R’s growing health offering to drive brand performance and improved health outcomes.

FCB Health Network president & CEO Dana Maiman announced that George Musi joined Solve(d) — the Network’s data and media company born from creative agency DNA — as managing director.

Stuart Goldstein was hired as Chief Operating Officer at The Bloc. In the newly created role of COO, Goldstein is responsible for the execution of more than 4,500 projects per year across The Bloc’s U.S. client business. His duties include optimizing project management and identifying metrics to increase efficiency and profitability.

The Klick Group of Companies’ Chairman and CEO Leerom Segal today announced the arrival of Ryan Slipakoff as Chief Transformation Officer. Slipakoff brings a wealth of diverse expertise from across the healthcare and digital ecosystem to the newly created role. 

GSW, a Syneos Health agency and industry leader in healthcare advertising, named Andrew Schirmer as president, GSW-NY. Schirmer will lead the agency’s New York office and drive strategic results for GSW’s vast roster of domestic and global healthcare clients.

Recognizing that the Covid-19 pandemic will have lasting effects on how companies do business, particularly in terms of working remotely, leading medical advertising agency AbelsonTaylor named Kristine Adams to the newly created position of senior director of workplace experience.

Merck Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Frazier was named CEO of the Year by Chief Executive magazine for his longtime leadership at the pharmaceutical giant.

Life sciences jobs are booming in several regions around the United States. One is the Pacific Northwest, specifically Oregon; another is the Philadelphia area. BioSpace takes a look.

Michael Costello was named SVP, Group Creative Director of Copy at INVIVO BRANDS, an independent advertising agency with a focus on health and wellness.

Evoke announced the addition of award-winning, cross-channel storyteller Lisa Llewellyn to the global health and wellness agency’s creative ranks. A writer by background, Llewellyn brings a true-to-life understanding of multicultural marketing, honed by decades of experience leading the multicultural work for some of the most forward-thinking pharmaceutical brands in the industry.