Ludwig Hantson is cleaning house at Alexion, booting R&D chief Martin Mackay and other execs
Two months ago, ex-Baxalta CEO Ludwig Hantson got the CEO’s job at Alexion $ALXN after the former helmsman got the heave-ho following accusations that the company had been pushing advance sales to make the numbers look better.
Today, Hantson is cleaning house and preparing to bring in his own team.
The group of departing execs includes R&D chief Martin Mackay, who is now being forced out for the second time since he was ousted by Pascal Soriot as head of R&D at a struggling AstraZeneca in early 2013. Mackay will leave at the end of August.
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