Mylan Reforms As It Prepares To Become Viatris

Viatris Chosen As Name For Merged Entity

Mylan is pushing ahead with reforms that include wide-ranging product rationalization in the US, refocusing its commercial resources and cutting development and manufacturing costs. These reforms are intended to run prior to and concurrently with the group’s merger with Pfizer’s Upjohn unit to form Viatris.

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Mylan is reforming its portfolio, pipeline and supply chain as it prepares to merge with Upjohn to form Viatris • Source: Shutterstock

Cutting hundreds of products in the US, reallocating commercial resources to the most responsive brands around the world, creating a network of centers of excellence and consolidating production capacity are among the measures included in a wide-ranging reform program that Mylan is undertaking as it prepares to merge midway through next year with Pfizer’s Upjohn off-patent brands unit to form a company that will be called Viatris.

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