Teva has announced a leadership change in its global operations, while Lupin has made a key appointment to focus on quality and compliance. Among other changes in leadership roles, Olainfarm has seen one of its six management board members resign. 

Alvotech has brought in a Pfizer biosimilars specialist as chief scientific officer, while Lupin has recruited a women’s health expert to head its US Specialty business. And Ian Read is to retire as Pfizer’s chairman at the start of next year.  

Christoph Stoller, Teva’s general manager for Germany and Austria, has just been announced as president of European off-patent industry association Medicines for Europe with a two-year mandate. In an exclusive interview, he sets out the organization’s immediate priorities.

Dipharma appoints a new CEO, Xellia gets a new commercial head in North America, promotions are made at Lek, GVK Bio and the APhA, while appointments are seen at Auris Medical and Tris Pharma.

Accord has attracted a former Biogen and Ipsen executive to a new senior role overseeing regulatory and medical affairs, as well as pharmacovigilance and drug safety.

The head of the UK’s health technology assessment body NICE is stepping down, while the country’s medicines agency, the MHRA, will have an interim chief in the run-up to the UK’s planned Brexit from the European Union on 31 October.