By Greg Hazley
The drug industry’s top trade group has recruited Ketchum senior VP Josie Martin to head communications.
Martin will take up the executive VP, public affairs, post on March 1 at the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America’s Washington, D.C., headquarters overseeing communications and alliance development.
Ken Johnson, a former aide to Tauzin, previously served as senior VP of communications for the group.
PhRMA chief Bill Tauzin stepped down last year. He was replaced by John Castellani, who previously headed the Business Roundtable.
Martin was senior VP of public affairs at Ketchum and held agency posts at GolinHarris and National Media Inc.
She was VP of communications for the American Red Cross and also has trade association experience as a former senior VP of PA for the Federation of American Hospitals.
Martin started out on Capitol Hill as a press secretary for Sen. John Chafee (R-R.I.).
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