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Novartis’s Tschudin On Launches, Drug Pricing And Lasting COVID Impacts

Part 1 Of An Interview With Novartis Pharmaceuticals President

 
• By Jessica Merrill

Two years into leading Novartis' largest business unit, Novartis Pharmaceuticals president Marie-France Tschudin talked to Scrip about the US launch of inclisiran, US drug price reform and other challenges and opportunities for the industry.

Marie France Tschudin
Novartis Pharmaceuticals president Marie-France Tschudin • Source: Novartis

Novartis AG Pharmaceuticals president Marie-France Tschudin oversees the company's largest business unit by sales, responsible for blockbuster brands like Cosentyx, Entresto (acubitril/valsartan) and Zolgensma and overseeing new launches like Kesimpta (ofatumumab) for multiple sclerosis and Leqvio (inclisiran) for high cholesterol.

Sales in the business unit grew 10% in the first half of 2021 to $12

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