CEO Kevin Ali Marks Organon’s Progress In First Post-Spin Year

Women’s Health Build-Up Continues Through Deals

A year after Organon spun out of Merck, the company has delivered on its financial guidance, generated double-digit biosimilars sales growth and executed six deals to grow in women’s health.

Three white checkmarks on multicolored toy circles in a row in the middle on bright aqua blue background — Ali highlighted progress across all three Organon businesses – established brands, biosimilars and women's health • Source: Shutterstock

Organon & Co. CEO Kevin Ali is the first to admit that the company faced a lot of skepticism when it spun out of Merck & Co., Inc. with three seemingly disparate sets of assets – established products, biosimilars and women’s health – with plans to most aggressively invest in women’s health for growth. Ali is also the first to note that the company has delivered on its promises across all three areas during its first year.

“Investors and analysts at the very beginning when we first spun out were wondering how these three pieces of the...

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