In a veiled swipe at Gerard Le Fur, his predecessor and former head of research and development, who was appointed chief executive and ousted within months, he said: “We had really a scientific organisation that really lived within its own walls; not a lot of external partnerships, virtually no contact with our commercial organisations.”
Mr Viehbacher added: “The best scientists are often lousy leaders [and] managers. You had a research and development god who hoped a blockbuster emerged. When it didn’t, you merged. The model was flawed.More
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