
Astellas appoints comms head from Baxter
pharmafile | September 18, 2014 | Appointment | Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing | Astellas, Burson-Marsteller, Edelman, baxter, christy noland, including GolinHarris
Astellas has hired Christy Noland to be its new director of business communications and advocacy for its urology unit in the Americas.
Noland will report directly to Margaret Long who is the vice president of business communications and advocacy for the US pharma firm. She joins Astellas from Baxter International where she was a director of communications for its renal business.
Prior to that Noland worked at several PR agencies: including GolinHarris, Burson-Marsteller and Edelman, where her clients ranged from large pharma companies to patient and doctor advocacy groups.
In her new role Noland will be responsible for communicating Astellas’ commitment to urology to patient and advocacy organisations, as well as collaborating with the urology brand teams on strategic initiatives. Noland’s appointment adds to the firm’s formation of a new corporate comms team under the leadership of Jeff Winton, senior VP, chief communications officer.
“Christy has an outstanding reputation in the business and we’re thrilled to bring her onto our growing team,” says Long. “Her experience working in both the pharmaceutical industry and the patient advocacy community has provided Christy valuable insights that will help drive the goals of the urology team and the patients we serve.”
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