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PIERRE VERSTRAETE
Group Vice President/President, Latin America Region
Global Pharmaceutical Business
Pierre Verstraete is group vice president and president,
Latin America region, for the Global Pharmaceutical Business of Schering-Plough
Corporation.
Verstraete joined Schering-Plough in 1986 as general manager, Venezuela,
and moved to Mexico as general manager in 1988. He spent a year in the
United States as vice president, marketing and then resumed his international
career with the company as vice president and general manager for Spain.
Prior to his current position, Verstraete served as senior vice president
and general manager for France, a position he held since 1996. Verstraete
began his career in the pharmaceutical industry in 1982 with Ciba-Geigy
as manager for the company's pharmaceutical division in Bogota, Colombia.
Verstraete graduated from University "I.C.A.M.," Institute
of Art and Technology, in France, as a mechanical and industrial engineer.
He has taken active roles in various pharmaceutical associations in
France, Mexico and Spain. During his tenure in Mexico, Verstraete was
vice president and president of the U.S. Pharmaceutical Association
and was involved in developing and implementing the Pharmaceutical Industry
Modernization Program with the Mexican government within the framework
of the North American Free Trade Agreement between Canada, the United
States and Mexico.
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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