Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has appointed Aarti Shah, PhD, as CIO, effective July 1.
Dr. Shah has been with the Indianapolis-based company since 1994 when she joined as a senior statistician. She most recently served as global brand development leader for immunology.
In her new position, Dr. Shah will lead the worldwide IT efforts of the company.
"I want to create an environment in which IT enables and brings innovative solutions to business transformations across Lilly's entire drug development value chain from discovery to commercial. I hope to do this by unleashing the potential of our employees and by building strong internal and external collaborations and thus play a critical role in bringing Lilly's mission to life," Dr. Shah said in a statement.
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