Novartis has chosen Richard Saynor, currently senior vice-president of Classic & Established Products, Commercial & Digital Platforms at GlaxoSmithKline, to lead its Sandoz generics and biosimilars division. He will take over from interim head Francesco Balestrieri “no later than 1 August 2019” and will report directly to Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan as a member of the Swiss group’s executive committee.
Novartis Selects GSK’s Saynor As Next Sandoz CEO
GlaxoSmithKline’s established products head, Richard Saynor, will return to Sandoz later this year to lead the Novartis division.
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