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Malik To Step Down As Viatris President Amid Continuing Strategic Shift

Former Matrix And Mylan Executive Will Retire From Current Position In April 2024

 
• By Dave Wallace

Rajiv Malik is to retire as president of Viatris from 1 April 2024, amid a continuing strategic transformation for the business that was formed by the merger of Mylan and Pfizer’s Upjohn.

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Rajiv Malik will retire as president of Viatris and as a company executive from 1 April 2024, the company has announced, as the organization formed through the merger of Mylan and Pfizer’s Upjohn continues to transform itself with a series of divestments.

Malik – who was previously president of Mylan, which he first joined in 2007 after it acquired a controlling stake in Matrix Laboratories where was chief executive officer from 2005 to 2008 – has been “responsible for the day-to-day operations of Viatris since its inception,” the company said, noting that his “strategic

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