Actavis restructures, appointing industry veterans to lead US Specialty Brands business units

14 January 2014

US generics and specialty drugmaker Actavis (NYSE: ACT) has announced an updated business structure for its US Specialty Brands business designed to maximize the company's newly-strengthened position in key therapeutic areas and position it for continued long-term growth.

Under its new structure, Actavis' US Specialty Brands business has been refocused as four business units - Women's Health, Urology/Gastroenterology (GI), Dermatology/Established Brands and Business Operations.

The company has appointed Herm Cukier (who joins from Bayer) to lead the US Specialty Brands Women's Healthcare category, Charles Sabino Jr (formerly with Aptalis Pharma), to lead the US Specialty Brands Urology and GI therapeutic category, and Thomas Griffin Jr, to lead the Business Operations team.

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