Viatris To Bring In Plenty Of Brand Knowledge With New CEO Smith

Board Member Smith To Jump Quickly Into CEO Seat, Replacing Goettler

Only three months after joining Viatris’ board of directors, Scott Smith, famed for spearheading Celgene’s successful and lucrative Inflammation and Immunology division, has been announced as the company’s new CEO, beginning 1 April.

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After completing the $3.3bn deal package offloading its global biosimilars unit to Biocon Biologics, Viatris named four more businesses planned for the auction block under its proposed $9bn global overhaul, with a focus on setting up for ‘Phase 2’ of its strategic roadmap beginning in 2024.

With roughly two-thirds of its revenues in 2023 expected to come from branded products, the reshaped company has tapped the vast experience of former Celgene executive

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