Novartis Appoints Patrick Horber, M.D., President, International As Marie France Tschudin, President, Innovative Medicines International and Chief Commercial Officer, Steps Down From the Executive Committee of Novartis
Sep 06, 2023•over 2 years ago
Position
President of Operations
Company
Novartis
Description
Basel, September 06, 2023 — Novartis today announced that Marie-France Tschudin, President, Innovative Medicines International and Chief Commercial Officer, has decided to leave the company and will step down from the Executive Committee of Novartis , effective September 15, after nearly seven years of commercial leadership at Novartis. Patrick Horber, M.D., currently Senior Vice President and President, Immunology at AbbVie has been appointed as President, International, effective later this year, reporting to Vas Narasimhan, M.D., CEO of Novartis. Dr
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