Vertex has fired its chief operating officer and acting chief financial officer, Ian Smith, citing unspecified “personal behaviour” in breach of its code of conduct.
EMD Serono, the biopharmaceutical business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, in the U.S. and Canada, announced that Richard R. Smith has joined the company as Senior Vice President and Head of US Fertility and Endocrinology.