Former Genentech exec Marc Tessier-Lavigne elected to Pfizer board

Former Genentech Inc. chief scientific officer Marc Tessier-Lavigne was elected to Pfizer Inc.’s board of directors.
Tessier-Lavigne, who joined South San Francisco-based Genentech in 2003, but left last year to become president of Rockefeller University in New York. At Genentech, Tessier-Lavigne, 51, oversaw 1,400 researchers in Genentech Research and Early Development.