Why Viagra Keeps Going Up: Pfizer's CEO On The Drug Pricing Controversy

When Ian Read, an accountant and company lifer, took over as Pfizer’s chief executive in December 2010, the drug firm–the world’s largest–was facing the impending patent expiration of Lipitor, the bestselling drug ever made, and the utter failure of one of the most lavishly funded research laboratories on the planet to develop much of anything. The stock was suffering, and Read’s predecessor–Jeffrey Kindler, a bearlike lawyer hired from McDonald’s–had just spent $68 billion to buy rival drugmaker Wyeth in a Hail Mary strategy shift. Now Read had to make it work.

Hey, check out all the research scientist jobs. Post your resume today!

Back to news