In Brief: NDMA chairman-elect
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
NDMA chairman-elect: Is Gary Balkema, 41, Bayer exec VP and consumer care North Americas Region president, the Nonprescription Drug Manufacturers Association announced Aug. 26. Balkema will succeed current NDMA Chair Thomas Laughlin, who announced in July his plans to leave his senior VP-worldwide position at Pharmacia & Upjohn Consumer Healthcare. Elected NDMA vice chair at the association's May annual meeting, Balkema is expected to take over the chairmanship in December. In June, Balkema's responsibilities at Bayer were expanded beyond oversight of the firm's U.S. consumer care business to include Canada, Central America and the Caribbean...