Wave Of New Leaders Could Reshape Generics Industry

Numerous Major Off-Patent Players Have Announced New Leadership In Recent Months

With a number of top generics and biosimilars firms announcing new leaders over the past few months, the industry could be in for some strategic shifts as new faces take the helm at established off-patent players.

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Ask an industry onlooker what the following companies have in common – Teva, Viatris, Apotex, Fresenius Kabi, Hikma, Zentiva, Alvotech, Nichi-Iko, Biocon Biologics and Padagis – and they might answer that these firms are among the leading generics and biosimilars players around the world.

While this is accurate, a further characteristic that these firms share is that within the last few months, they have...

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