Dr.
Daniel Vasella
Novartis International AG
Company executive
Area
Leadership, Policy, and Communications
Specialty
Business, Corporate, and Philanthropic Leadership
Elected
2008
International Honorary Member
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Led Novartis to rank as one of the most successful pharmaceutical companies in the world. Implemented pioneering initiatives to ensure access to medicines, including research on neglected diseases of the developing world, the International Patient Assistance Program for cancer drugs, the supply of malaria treatments below cost to the World Health Organization and other institutions, as well as a pledge to donate the drug therapy needed to eradicate leprosy worldwide.
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