CEO Sets Strides For Growth With Endo Execs

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Appointing executives from Endo in key positions, Strides' CEO has set up a team to deliver growth, though the impact of ranitidine withdrawal and COVID-19 will defer a revenue target of $800m. Meanwhile, Stelis Biopharma signals a shift in focus from biologics development to CDMO opportunities and is poised for a stock exchange listing. 

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Like a soccer team manager, CEO and managing director R Ananthanarayanan is carefully choosing the players on his squad at Strides Pharma Science Limited. Having spent nearly 13 months getting a feel of the company and the competitive field, he has now picked two senior executives from Endo International plc to help implement a strategy that involves a focus on US and other regulated markets for future growth.

Endo’s former executive vice president and chief operating officer Terrance Coughlin is set to join Strides Pharma as CEO-US, while its executive vice-president for international pharmaceuticals, Rahul Garella, will be...

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