Munich, Germany, March 27, 2014 – Sandoz announced today that Vasant (Vas) Narasimhan, MD, MPP, has been appointed Head of Sandoz Biopharmaceuticals & Oncology Injectables effective April 1, 2014. Vas, currently Global Head of Development at Novartis Vaccines, succeeds Ameet Mallik who will take on a new leadership role at Novartis Oncology. Vas will be responsible for biosimilars, oncology injectables, the biotechnology contract manufacturing business, as well as Sandoz’ industry-leading biosimilars pipeline.

“I am deeply grateful for Ameet’s outstanding …