Ray Kerins, who departed Pfizer following its restructuring last summer, has taken the senior VP/head of communications and public affairs post at the U.S. unit of Germany's Bayer.
Based in Whippany, N.J., he assumes responsibility for public policy, state/federal relations, and internal/external communications.
During a five-year stint at Pfizer, Kerins handled communications surrounding its $68B Wyeth acquisition, $2.3B Justice Dept. settlement and the patent expiration of its blockbuster Lipitor drug.
Kerins also was executive director-PA at Merck and executive VP/managing director for corporate communications and & media relations at GCI Group.
He began at Bayer on April 1.
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