Dr. Kathiresan Rajasekar appointed President – International Business, Gufic Biosciences

With over 28 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, he is a seasoned Techno? Commercial professional and accomplished top management leader

Steven R. Smith joins Zealand Pharma as Senior Global Medical Advisor in Obesity

Dr. Smith brings 30 years of clinical and translational research experience in obesity, diabetes, and metabolism with over 300 scientific publications

Sai Ramana Ponugoti appointed as CEO, ICH of Piramal Pharma

Consequent to this appointment, Sarosh Shetty ceases to be Interim CEO of ICH.

Zydus Lifesciences appoints Vikram Shukla as President - Parenteral Operations

He has 29+ years’ comprehensive experience in world-class Formulations and API (for US and EU requirements) mainly related to injectables

Abbott India appoints Prithwish K Banerji as Commercial Director - Women’s Health, Metabolics and International Business

Prithwish has close to 28 years of experience in a Commercial role

Alembic Pharmaceuticals appoints Prag Goel as VP – Sales and Marketing (Megacare, Enteron and Osteofit business divisions)

He is an experienced professional in the pharmaceutical industry with about 30 years of progressive experience

Cupid strengthens board with appointment of four new directors

Smeeta Bhatkal, Santosh Desai and Akshay Kumar join as Independent Directors; Shaina NC as Non-Executive Director

Fortis Healthcare appoints Leo Puri as Chairman of the Board

Puri is an accomplished leader and financial sector veteran with over four decades of experience

Dr. Sandip Shah appointed as Chairperson of NABL-QCI

Tejnaksh Healthcare’s MD granted Indian patent for Pflow

Pflow is a revolutionary, disposable, and portable home based urine flow measurement test

Gilead Sciences appoints Dietmar Berger as Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Berger is a board-certified internist, hematologist and oncologist who brings more than 25 years of extensive experience in developing and delivering innovative medicines

AstraZeneca appoints Iskra Reic as Executive Vice President, International

Iskra has held leadership positions across Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Middle East & Africa at AstraZeneca

Ann-Xiaoyan Li appointed Group CFO and MD of Romaco Group

She will be responsible in this role for Finance & Controlling, HR Services and IT Management at Romaco Holding

Surendralal Karsanbhai elected to Merck Board of Directors

With the addition of Karsanbhai, the Merck board will consist of 13 members

Strides Pharma Science appoints Dr. C. Muthulingam as Executive VP - R&D

Dr. Muthu was last associated with Mankind Pharma

Pfizer appoints Chris Boshoff as Chief Scientific Officer and President, Research & Development

Roger Dansey to become Interim Chief Oncology Officer and Johanna Bendell to join Pfizer as Oncology Chief Development Officer

Natco Pharma appoints Madhava Rao Karicherla as Associate VP – Formulation Research & Development

He did Master’s of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutical Technology, Formulations) from National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Mohali and Bachelor of Pharmacy from Osmania University

Divyesh Maru appointed CFO of Hester Biosciences

He specializes in financial planning, audit, compliance and ERP implementation, with extensive experience in leading automation and risk management projects

Imtiyaz Basade appointed Senior VP of NATCO Pharma

He has 35+ years of experience in understanding of business and products, analytical ability, eye for detail and computer literacy and knowledge of recent trends.

Jubilant Ingrevia appoints Vijay Srivastava as Chief of Operations

He has more than 25 years of experience in manufacturing across various industries including petrochemicals, engineering polymers, agrochemicals, organic, and inorganic intermediates