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FRANCESCO GRANATA
Group Vice President and President, EUCAN Region I
Global Pharmaceutical Business
Schering-Plough Corporation
Francesco Granata is group vice president and president, region I,
for the Global Pharmaceutical Business of Schering-Plough Corporation's
Europe-based regional organization (EUCAN). Region I encompasses Canada,
France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK/Ireland, and the four Nordic countries
of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.
Granata joined Schering-Plough from Pfizer Inc., where he served as
president of the northern Europe region and was responsible for the
Scandinavian countries and Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
Earlier in his tenure with Pfizer, he was president of the Africa and
Middle East region. With an extensive background in the international
pharmaceutical industry, Granata held positions at Dow Chemical, Glaxo
and Dompe Biotec, before he joined Pharmacia and Upjohn as managing
director and president, Italy, in 1999.
Granata holds a degree in medicine and surgery from the University of
Pavia in Italy. After obtaining his degree, he spent several years in
medical research at Societa Prodotti Antibiotici in Milan, where he
served first as assistant to the medical director and later as medical
manager. He currently serves on the International Section Executive
Committee of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
(PhRMA), which is the governing body of PhRMA.s International Section.,
as well as on the Heads of Europe Group of PhRMA and the European Federation
of Pharmaceutical Industries Associations (EFPIA).
Schering-Plough is an innovation-driven, science-centered global health care company. Through its own biopharmaceutical research and collaborations with partners, Schering-Plough creates therapies that help save and improve lives around the world. The company applies its research-and-development platform to human prescription and consumer products as well as to animal health products. Schering-Plough's vision is to "Earn Trust, Every Day" with the doctors, patients, customers and other stakeholders served by its colleagues around the world. The company is based in Kenilworth, N.J., and its Web site is www.schering-plough.com.
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