Mass Biotech Council Picks Another Pol

The Mass Biotech Council has picked former Massachusetts State Rep Robert Coughlin as its new president. Coughlin has been serving as undersecretary of business development in the Deval Patrick administration.

Here's a quick roundup on Coughlin:

- "Ex-legislator to lead biotech council, from the Globe
- News brief by the Globe's Jeff Krasner
- The official press release from MBC
- Letter from MBC to its members (PDF file)
- AP bulletin
- Boston Herald: State Sen. Jack Hart drops out; search may be over
- Norwood Transcript story on Coughlin seeking the gig
- The Globe on Coughlin's lobbying efforts during this year's BIO International Conference in Boston
- "Many on mission to lure biotech business away," from the Globe
- Coughlin's bio from MassDevelopment

Coughlin starts in October. No word whether Mass Biotech is paying him Tom Finneran's old salary, which was $416,000.

(Photo of Coughlin courtesy of Mass Biotech Council.)