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Musical Chairs: Lilly Leadership Changes Underscore Confidence In Donanemab Accelerated Approval

Company To Break Neuroscience Out Of Bio-Medicines Group

 
• By Mandy Jackson

Oncology leader Anne White will oversee neuroscience and pain, while Bio-Medicines head Ilya Yuffa will take over for retiring Lilly International president; Loxo CEO will oversee entire oncology business. 

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Lilly announced a new round of leadership musical chairs on 17 August • Source: Alamy

Eli Lilly and Company has seen its fair share of leadership changes during the past few years as key executives retired or business strategies shifted, and both factors are at play in the company’s latest round of musical chairs announced on 17 August. Perhaps most notably, Lilly Oncology president Anne White will become president of Lilly Neuroscience when the company breaks out its neuroscience and pain franchises from Lilly Bio-Medicines, effective 5 September.

Lilly is separating neuroscience from its immunology portfolio ahead of the potential near-term launch of Alzheimer’s disease treatment donanemab. The company said in June – less than three weeks after...

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