Pharmanovia CEO and former Accord executive James Burt has become the latest chair of the value added medicines sector group for European off-patent industry association Medicines for Europe. He succeeds in the role Arun Narayan, head of northern Europe and European pipeline at Viatris, who has held the position for the past five years.
Burt Succeeds Narayan As European Value Added Medicines Chair
Medicines For Europe Sector Group Will Now Be Led By Pharmanovia CEO
At Medicines for Europe’s fifth annual value added medicines conference, the association announced that Pharmanovia CEO James Burt would take over as chair of its value added medicines sector group from Viatris executive Arun Narayan.
More from Leadership
• By
Alvotech has named two new key executives, while Biosimilars Canada has elected its 2025 leaders and the AAM has welcomed the new FDA commissioner in the US.
• By
With Celltrion having just received approval for its US Actemra (tocilizumab) biosimilar and having just launched its ustekinumab rival to Stelara – and with the introduction of the Korean developer’s denosumab rivals to Prolia and Xgeva just around the corner – 2025 is set to be a busy year, Celltrion USA chief commercial officer Thomas Nusbickel tells Generics Bulletin.
Fresenius Kabi is drawing closer to the conclusion of its Vision 2026 strategic roadmap. The company’s CEO, Pierluigi Antonelli, talks to Generics Bulletin about the company’s results so far and how it’s investments in biosimilars, acquisitions and manufacturing is paying off.
• By
IGBA secretary general Susana Almeida takes Generics Bulletin through an almost two-decade journey of developing global regulatory convergence and the next goals for the off-patent industry.
More from Generics Bulletin
• By
Four key areas for policy reform were identified by industry association Medicines for Europe at its biosimilars conference in early April, as sector chair Isabell Remus set out the importance of removing barriers to biosimilar competition.
• By
South Korea’s Celltrion has doubled down on its efforts in further building its pipeline, eyeing a target of 22 commercialized products by 2030 while also aiming to submit INDs for 13 novel compounds.
• By
Samsung Bioepis and Teva have provided clarity on the pricing of their Epysqli biosimilar to Soliris in the US, as the firms launched only the second rival to the rare diseases treatment.