More women are moving into the corner office in pharma in India, with Merck Specialities Pvt. Ltd, the healthcare business of Merck KGaA emerging as the latest foreign firm that will be steered by a female executive in the country.
Company long-timer Pratima Reddy was appointed as managing director of Merck Specialities effective 1 August, emerging as the first woman CEO for the group’s healthcare business in India.