Heather Bresch Biography

Heather Bresch is CEO of Mylan and an accomplished pharmaceutical executive who also serves on the company’s board of directors. Her extensive experience in the industry has helped position Mylan as a global pharmaceutical leader. During her more than 25 years at the company Bresch has become an influential voice in the healthcare industry on issues including access to generic medicines global quality standards for pharmaceuticals affordable drugs treatment soon after diagnosis for those living with HIV/AIDS and increased awareness of and preparedness for life-threatening allergic reactions.
Bresch joined Mylan in 1992 as a data-entry clerk working over the next 20 years in various roles of increasing responsibility in 15 functional areas including as Mylan’s president. In 2012 she became the pharmaceutical industry’s first female CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Bresch led the successful integration of two international acquisitions - Matrix Laboratories and Merck KGaA’s generics business. These acquisitions more than doubled the size of the company and transformed Mylan from a U.S. company to a global one.
As CEO she is responsible for a workforce of approximately 35000 a powerful global R&D platform a manufacturing footprint comprising 47 facilities and a global portfolio of more than 7500 generic and branded pharmaceuticals sold in more than 165 countries and territories.

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