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Until recently, Big Pharma CEOs were either medical doctors of pharmacists. Marketing and finance were important, but not a driving force. Nowadays all of Big P
by wazoox 7y ago
Until recently, Big Pharma CEOs were either medical doctors of pharmacists. Marketing and finance were important, but not a driving force. Nowadays all of Big Pharma is headed by bean counters, marketing drones and finance guys, and are only interested in EBITDA. This is the main problem in all industries were science and engineering once prevailed.
- shadowtree 7y agoReally? Novartis - former head of R&D. Pfizer - PhD in Veterinary Medicine (he joined their AH division in 93) Astra Zeneca - Veterinary too Merck / MSD - Lawyer Roche - Economics & Law Gilead - Biology abbvie - never went to college, 30 years at company Amgen - Biology