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Novartis CEO-Designate Set To Bring More Automation To Drug Discovery

 
• By Sten Stovall

Vasant Narasimhan, who is replacing Joseph Jimenez as Novartis' CEO next year, is an advocate of automation and artificial intelligence in future drug discovery.

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Novartis CEO Joe Jimenez Will Hand Over To Vas Narasimhan On Feb 1, 2018 • Source: Shutterstock

With Novartis AG's root-to-branch revamp a reality, its American CEO Joseph Jimenez is passing the leadership baton to the Swiss group's chief medical officer Vasant Narasimhan – another American who has been increasingly at the center of its drug development and commercialization strategy and who is a big proponent of automation and artificial intelligence in future discovery.

News of Jimenez's departure - effective Feb. 1, 2018 - came as a surprise to the industry, and comes after...

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