Bayer Taps Pfizer Emerging Markets Head To Lead Health Care Division
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Pfizer’s Olivier Brandicourt, who has specialized in emerging markets and infectious diseases, inherits Bayer’s health care division, which is in the midst of several product launches and has few near-term patent expirations. Bayer has one of the largest exposures to emerging markets among large pharma companies.
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