Rajiv Shukla has been appointed vice-president, head of business development and marketing of Advinus Therapeutics with effect from August 2006.

He will be responsible for leading worldwide business development, project management and marketing across Advinus Therapeutics, a joint venture between the Tata Group and Dr Rashmi Barbhaiya, the former head of research at Ranbaxy.

Prior to this, Shukla was senior director, business development, at Pfizer Inc.

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