Podcast: B-Ingelheim India Chief On Strategy, Jardiance Challenge, Gender Balance In Pharma

Boehringer Ingelheim’s Country Managing Director for India Vani Manja outlines how she expects to shape the German group’s growth trajectory in the country, while also dealing with the unexpected pre-expiry challenge to the Jardiance patent. The executive also discusses her personal career journey, learnings from her prior role in the US and gives advice to women executives seeking to move up to the higher echelons of the corporate world.

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Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH’s Country Managing Director for India Vani Manja took over the reins earlier this year amid pandemic-related turbulence – not really the ideal circumstances to move into the top job in any country.

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