Former exec returns to Genentech as CEO

25 January 2019

Swiss pharma giant Roche’s (ROG: SIX) Genentech subsidiary has appointed Alexander Hardy as chief executive, effective March 1, 2019.

Mr Hardy first joined Genentech in 2005, where he held several senior management positions, including leading patient access services and overseeing commercial operations for a range of therapeutic areas from HER2-positive cancer to influenza and neuroscience.

In 2014, he became head of Asia Pacific for Roche Pharmaceuticals and is currently head of global product strategy. Mr Hardy succeeds Bill Anderson, who was recently appointed chief executive officer, Roche Pharmaceuticals, replacing Daniel O’Day, who is moving to Gilead Sciences as CEO of the US biotech firm.

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