Merck appoints Clara Sattler de Sousa e Brito and Robert Machinek to key leadership roles

Clara Sattler de Sousa e Brito to lead discovery solutions from Q3 2026, while Robert Machinek takes over as Head of Strategy & Business Development

Lonza appoints Jason Berndt as Head of Group Operations

Maria Soler Nunez appointed as Chief Quality Officer

Eight Roads Ventures to host fourth edition of Scale-Up Health conference on Sept 10

The conference will explore the path to India’s first billion-dollar drug, evolution towards value-based healthcare, biotech breakthroughs, and the role of AI and LLMs in care delivery

GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals appoints Vishwanath Swarup as Commercial Head - General Medicines

Most recently he served as Chief Operating Officer at Bharat Serums and Vaccines

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

Alembic Pharmaceuticals appoints Manish Kejriwal as Independent Director

BioPhy launches AI platform to accelerate the drug development market

The company has raised US$4.5 million in funding for its AI operating system

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

Pfizer appoints Meenakshi Nevatia as MD and Additional Director

She is a seasoned leader with nearly 30 years of business leadership and consulting experience with top companies such as Mckinsey and Co, Novartis Pharmaceuticals and Stryker India Pvt. Ltd.

WEF recognises Dr. Reddy’s Hyderabad factory as part of its Global Lighthouse Network

Dr. Reddy’s largest manufacturing facility in Bachupally, Hyderabad, joins Global Lighthouse Network of the World Economic Forum