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New York, NY-based Pfizer promoted Doug Lankler to General Counsel.
About the Company
Pfizer is a leading research-based biopharmaceutical company. We apply science and our global resources to deliver innovative therapies that extend and significantly improve lives. We make medicines and vaccines that help people when they are sick and prevent them from getting sick in the first place, as well as some of the world`s best-known consumer healthcare brands. Every day, our colleagues work in developed and emerging markets to treat, cure and eradicate life-threatening conditions and challenge some of the most feared diseases of our time. Pfizer also collaborates with healthcare providers, governments and local communities to support and expand access to reliable, affordable healthcare around the world. For more than 150 years, Pfizer has worked to make a difference for all who rely on us.
About the Person
Doug Lankler is Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Pfizer. He reports to the Chief Executive Officer. Doug was previously Pfizer's Chief Compliance and Risk Officer a role he assumed in 2006. Prior to that, Doug led various functions within Pfizer's Legal Division. He has been with Pfizer since 1999. Prior to joining the Company, Doug was with the United States Department of Justice as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York. While in the U.S. Attorney's Office, he prosecuted white collar fraud, corporate crimes, traditional organized crime and terrorism. Doug was a recipient of the United States Attorney General's Distinguished Service Award. Before joining the Department of Justice, Doug worked in the Litigation Department of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in New York. Doug graduated magna cum laude from the State University of New York at Albany and cum laude from Cornell Law School.
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