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Mr. Bill Bertrand was promoted to senior vice president general counsel and corporate compliance officer in November 2005. He was appointed MedImmune’s first general counsel in September 2003. Since joining the company in 2001 he has also held the titles of vice president legal affairs and corporate compliance officer. Under Mr. Bertrand’s leadership MedImmune’s legal affairs department has grown from two members with no full-time lawyers to 22 employees with 11 full-time lawyers. Prior to joining MedImmune Mr. Bertrand served in various legal positions at Pharmacia Corporation from 1997-2001 including litigation counsel senior corporate counsel and associate general counsel. He had also been associate general counsel for a life insurance company; a partner at Dickinson Wright Moon Van Dusen & Freeman of Lansing MI; and taught courses at various institutions including Seton Hall University School of Law. Mr. Bertrand holds a bachelor of science degree in biology from Wayne State University and a juris doctorate (cum laude) from University of Wisconsin Madison.
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