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Insud And Apotex Chiefs Take Lead As IGBA Shuffles CEO Committee

Global Off-Patent Body Names Chair And Vice-Chair

 
• By Dave Wallace

Insud Pharma chief executive Lucas Sigman has moved up to lead the IGBA’s CEO Advisory Committee, replacing Lupin chief Vinita Gupta at the helm. Meanwhile, Apotex president and CEO Allan Oberman has become vice-chair.

The IGBA has shuffled the leadership of its CEO committee (Shutterstock)

Fresh leadership has been announced for the CEO Advisory Committee of the International Generic and Biosimilar medicines Association, with Insud Pharma chief executive Lucas Sigman moving up from his previous position of vice-chair to become chair. Allan Oberman, president and CEO of Apotex, has been named as the new vice-chair.

Sigman replaces Lupin CEO Vinita Gupta, who became chair of the committee for 2024. Gupta had herself replaced Richard Saynor, who was the inaugural chair of the advisory...

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