The Old Order Changeth: Women CEOs at Foreign Firms In India Chart New Course

Foreign firms including Merck KGaA, Boehringer Ingelheim, Takeda and Sanofi’s vaccines business are being led by women in India, a fiercely competitive, largely out-of-pocket market. There’s a lot riding on these female leaders as they seek to drive business growth and potentially change the paradigm around the gender gap in pharma at the top.

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More women are moving into the corner office in pharma in India, with Merck Specialities Pvt. Ltd, the healthcare business of Merck KGaA emerging as the latest foreign firm that will be steered by a female executive in the country.

Company long-timer Pratima Reddy was appointed as managing director of Merck Specialities effective 1 August, emerging as the first woman...

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