Introducing The New Purdue Pharma

Mark Timney has been president and CEO of US specialty company Purdue Pharma for just over two years but he's playing a long game to pull the business away from its single-track R&D model towards other opportunities outside pain therapy – its mainstay development area

Mark Timney has been president and CEO of US specialty company Purdue Pharma for just over two years but he's playing a long game to pull the business away from its single-track R&D model towards other opportunities outside pain therapy – its mainstay development area

Timney, who was previously president of Merck US but joined Purdue in January 2014, spoke with Scrip's Lucie Ellis during partnering conference BIO-Europe Spring, held in Stockholm, Sweden, April 4-6,...

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