European Notebook: Shake-Up At EMA, Restructuring At Pierre Fabre, Reinhardt Returns To Novartis
Executive Summary
A new leadership team at EMA to be unveiled in September; the death of Pierre Fabre leads to management restructuring at France's third largest pharma; Reinhardt to review strategy as he replaces Vasella at the Swiss multinational, Novartis; and more…
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