Former HHS Secretary Thompson joins Alfacell
Executive Summary
Former HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson joins New Jersey-based Alfacell Corporation as a special advisor. Thompson will chair the biopharmaceutical company's newly-created business policy committee. Alfacell is one of a number of firms Thompson has signed on with since leaving HHS; he is also chairman of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions and a partner at Akin Gump Straus Hauer & Feld law firm...
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