Russia's Akrikhin appoints sales/marketing vice president
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Sophia Treus has been chosen to fill the new position of vice president for sales and marketing of Akrikhin, the wholly owned subsidiary of Poland's Polpharma and one of Russia's largest pharmaceutical manufacturers. Most recently, she was head of Mylan's representative office in Moscow, and her earlier jobs included managerial positions in Russian subsidiaries of Sandoz (Novartis' generics business) and Egis, Hungary's second-largest pharmaceutical company.
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