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Lupin’s Gupta Moves Up To Lead IGBA Leadership Committee

Replaces Sandoz CEO Saynor As Chair, While Insud CEO Sigman Becomes Vice-Chair For 2024

 
• By Dave Wallace

Lupin CEO Vinita Gupta will next year take over from Sandoz chief executive Richard Saynor as chair of the IGBA’s CEO advisory committee, representing the voice of the global off-patent industry. At the same time, Insud CEO Lucas Sigman will take over from Gupta as vice-chair.

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Gupta will move into the lead position on the CEO committee • Source: Shutterstock

Change is on the way for the International Generic and Biosimilar medicines Association’s CEO advisory committee, a panel of top generics and biosimilars industry leaders that represents the leading voice of the international off-patent industry.

The committee is composed of leaders from 15 multi-national companies from Canada, Europe, India, Israel, Japan and the US, and aims to provide “a forum for industry leaders to discuss broad, strategic issues, and to

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