Generics Alvogen Group, the New Jersey, USA-based generic pharmaceutical company, has announced that Robert Wessman, former chief executive of Actavis, an Iceland-based generic pharmaceutical companies, has become executive chairman and a major shareholder in the company. At the same time, Ghiath Sukhtian, chairman of Alvogen, Mr Wessman and AFI Partners, a US-based private equity firm, have unveiled plans to substantially grow Alvogen globally and build the next generation international generic pharmaceutical company. 29 July 2009