Person: Vasant Narasimhan
Asia Leaders
Vasant Narasimhan Is Funding Novartis’s Next Growth Cycle with Debt, Deals and China Capacity
Vasant Narasimhan has committed Novartis to a rapid sequence of acquisitions and Chinese investment while net debt rises. The strategy could rebuild growth across RNA medicine, oncology and radioligand therapy, but execution now matters more than portfolio rhetoric.
Asia Leaders
Vasant Narasimhan Narrowed Novartis to Innovative Medicines. The Portfolio Must Now Outrun Its Patent Losses
Novartis is strategically cleaner but its leading medicines face inevitable erosion. Vasant Narasimhan’s next task is converting a promising pipeline into dependable growth.