{"id":80985,"date":"2026-04-21T01:21:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T01:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/former-banker-brought-on-to-revitalize-pfizers-strategy-departs-his-post\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T01:21:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T01:21:32","slug":"former-banker-brought-on-to-revitalize-pfizers-strategy-departs-his-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/former-banker-brought-on-to-revitalize-pfizers-strategy-departs-his-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Former banker brought on to revitalize Pfizer\u2019s strategy departs his post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-author=\"adam-feuerstein\">\n<p class=\"author-bio\">Adam Feuerstein is a senior writer and biotech columnist, reporting on the crossroads of drug development, business, Wall Street, and biotechnology. He is also a co-host of the weekly biotech podcast The Readout Loud and author of the newsletter Adam\u2019s Biotech Scorecard. You can reach Adam on Signal at stataf.54.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Pfizer executive Andrew Baum, a former analyst at the investment bank Citi who joined the company in June 2024 to redirect its strategic approach, has left his role as an executive vice president and chief strategy and innovation officer, the company confirmed Monday. He will continue as an adviser to Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla until the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Pfizer and sources familiar with the matter described the move as stemming from both a sense that Baum had accomplished what he set out to do and a streamlining of Pfizer\u2019s operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPfizer regularly evaluates its operations to ensure it is best positioned to deliver on the company\u2019s business in the near-term and beyond,\u201d the company said in a statement. 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