Sandoz CEO Saynor Talks Spinoff, Leadership And Place Among Peers

Firm Is Positioned As Last Pure Generics Player Among An Evolving Industry Big Three

In the first part of an exclusive three-part interview, Sandoz CEO Richard Saynor talks to Generics Bulletin about the firm’s upcoming separation from parent company Novartis, as well as outlining its unique position as a pure generics and biosimilars company among an evolving peer group of off-patent industry leaders.

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Richard Saynor discusses the upcoming spinoff of Sandoz • Source: Sandoz

Sandoz will stand alone in more ways than one by the end of this year, CEO Richard Saynor has indicated to Generics Bulletin in the first part of an exclusive three-part interview, with the company spinning off from parent company Novartis while also occupying a unique position among its peer group as the only one of the big three off-patent companies to have a pure focus on generics and biosimilars.

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