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

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

After leaving the FDA, where she served as director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Patrizia Cavazzoni, M.D., is returning to her previous employer: Big Pharma Pfizer. | After leaving the FDA,