Teva appoints Richard Francis as CEO

Teva immediately introduced the appointment of Richard Francis as president and CEO as of January 1, 2023. The corporate added that with a purpose to facilitate an orderly transition, Kåre Schultz and the Teva board of administrators have mutually agreed that Schultz will retire from December 31, 2022. Schultz joined Teva in November 2017, and his foremost activity has been to streamline the corporate and reduce its debt.

Francis, 54, has 25 years of expertise as a pharmaceutical government, together with 5 years as Sandoz CEO and a member of the Novartis government. Previous to his position at Sandoz, he was a senior government at Biogen for 13 years. He’s at present CEO of Purespring Therapeutics, a pioneering gene remedy firm targeted on reworking the therapy of kidney ailments, and CEO of Forcefield Therapeutics, a pioneer of best-in-class therapeutics to guard coronary heart perform. He’s additionally an working accomplice for Syncona Funding Administration Restricted.

Francis has signed a three-year contract with Teva, with an automated possibility to increase it for an extra three years. He’ll obtain an annual wage of $1.6 million and bonuses of between 150% and 2005 of his wage primarily based on assembly targets. Capital incentives may attain $9 million – 70% in blocked shares on assembly goal and 30% in common blocked shares in addition to different incentives. Francis can even obtain $5 million in blocked shares, redeemable after one yr, as a signing-on charge. Like Schultz, Francis will handle the corporate from Israel and can obtain monetary help to assist in his relocation.

Schultz mentioned, “It has been an incredible privilege to serve Teva as its CEO since 2017, and to work with our devoted and gifted group to enhance the lives of sufferers. We’ve got positioned Teva as a pacesetter in each our specialty and generics companies, constructed a powerful monetary and operational basis and enhanced our portfolio and pipeline. That is the precise time for a transition, and Richard’s confirmed observe file within the business makes him the precise particular person to function Teva’s subsequent CEO.”

Teva chairman Dr. Sol Barer mentioned, “On behalf of your entire Board, I wish to thank Kåre for his dedication and contributions to Teva over the past 5 years. Underneath Kåre’s management, we’ve stabilized the enterprise and undergone a major operational transformation throughout our worldwide footprint. The corporate is now properly positioned for an thrilling future and, by leveraging Richard’s compelling observe file of rising companies within the life sciences, biologics and generic drug sectors, his entrepreneurial and pragmatic management fashion and emphasis on a collaborative and progressive tradition, the board and I are assured that Teva will construct on this strong basis. As a worldwide enterprise, we look ahead to furthering our mission to supply a lot wanted medicines to much more sufferers all over the world underneath Richard’s management. The board is delighted to have discovered the best chief for the following part in Teva’s thrilling journey to return to development and management.”

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Francis mentioned, “I’ve lengthy been impressed with the worth Teva offers to sufferers globally and I’m honored to tackle the position of main this extraordinary firm into the long run. I look ahead to leveraging my background and years of pharmaceutical expertise to construct on Teva’s sturdy fundamentals and to jot down the following thrilling chapter for Teva, specializing in constructing a strong pathway to ship long-term development. I proceed to see a shiny future forward for the Firm and look ahead to working intently with the Board, administration group and gifted workers to proceed driving worth creation for sufferers, workers, shareholders and different stakeholders.”

Revealed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on November 21, 2022.

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