Pfizer said on Monday former head of FDA's drug center, Patrizia Cavazzoni, will join the drugmaker as chief medical officer.

Patrizia Cavazzoni, formerly the top regulator of the drug division of the FDA, will join Pfizer as chief medical officer.

Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) has tapped Patrizia Cavazzoni, the former head of drug regulation at the FDA, as its new chief medical officer. Cavazzoni was most recently director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) at the U.