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Pfizer, the world's biggest drugmaker, has named a senior executive of Alcatel-Lucent, Frank A. D'Amelio, as its new chief financial officer.
D'Amelio, who is currently chief administrative officer of French-American telecoms equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent, will take over his Pfizer post next month, Pfizer said in a release. He succeeds Alan Levin.