Biocon names Peter Bains as Group CEO

Bains has stepped down from his role on the Biocon Board as an Independent Director with immediate effect

AstraZeneca Pharma India appoints Praveen Akkinepally as Business Unit Head - Oncology

Currently, Praveen Akkinepally is the Head of Lung Cancer Commercialization, AstraZeneca Gaithersburg, MD, USA

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw appointed as member of the Court of Regents at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

The RCSed's Court of Regents comprises a group of distinguished and accomplished individuals in their field

Aptar appoints Sarah Glickman to its Board of Directors

Sarah currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer for Criteo S.A.

Sanofi announces changes to its Executive Committee

Brian Foard will lead the Specialty Care GBU ad interim, effective immediately.

Bayer appoints Dr. Juergen Eckhardt as new Head of Pharmaceuticals Business Development & Licensing/Open Innovation

Juergen Eckhardt joined Bayer in 2016 to help start Leaps by Bayer

Former Bayer Pharma CEO Dieter Weinand joins Coya’s Board of Directors

Weinand is the former CEO and Chairman of the Board at Bayer Pharma AG, leading Bayer’s fully integrated $20 billion healthcare business

BioNTech appointing James Ryan as Chief Legal Officer

Ryan has nearly 20 years of global legal and IP expertise in the pharmaceutical industry

Dr Srikanth Ramaswamy bags Lister Prize to fund brain research

Newcastle University’s Dr Srikanth Ramaswamy has been announced as one of six new Fellows selected for the 2023 Lister prize

Biocon Biologics announces leadership appointments

Merck India appoints Pratima Reddy as Country Speaker

Pratima takes on the role of Country Speaker in addition to her role as GM and MD of Merck Specialties in India

Healthium Medtech appoints Dr. Vivek S. Iyer as GM for Professional Education & Market Growth Strategy

Dr. Vivek joins Healthium after a stint at Ethicon, Johnson & Johnson

Brinton appoints Amit Jain as President & Head of Domestic Business

Jain will have oversight of Brinton's domestic operations, including business development, sales, and marketing

Piramal Critical Care appoints Jeffrey Hampton as President & COO

Hampton joins PCC from Accord Healthcare, where he was the President and responsible for accelerating the firm's growth strategy

Kristin Judge Joins Emmes as Chief Growth Officer

Supriya Lifescience Limited appoints of Dr. Shekhar Bhirud as President – Business Development, Strategy and R&D

Astec LifeSciences appoints K. Suryanarayan as Chief Financial Officer

He has over two decades of leadership experience as an innovative strategic planner in finance diligence

Healthium Medtech appoints Prashant Krishnan as Global Business Head for Advanced Wound Care and Surgery

The strategic appointment is also critical to reinforcing Healthium’s market leadership, corporate governance and deep domain expertis

Atul appoints Rangaswamy Iyer as Independent Director

The appointment is effective from May 01, 2023 for five years

Vaniam appoints Paula Franson to lead Clinical Strategy & Solutions

Franson will help biopharma clients design a phased approach to inform and execute clinical development plans