ZURICH, June 4 (Reuters) - Roche Chairman Severin Schwan said on Thursday that protectionism by the United States and China is the biggest geopolitical concern occupying the Swiss drug maker.
Dr. Severin Schwan is a Vice President at International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, a Vice Chairman at Credit Suisse Group AG, a Member of the Board of Directors at Credit Suisse AG, a Member at European Round Table of Industrialists, a Member at International Business Leaders Advisory Council, a Chairman at Roche Holdings, Inc., a Chief Executive Officer at Roche Group, a Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director at Roche Holding AG, a Chief Executive Officer & Director at F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., a Chairman at Genentech, Inc., a Chairman at Roche Pharma Schweiz AG, a Chairman-Supervisory Board at Roche Diabetes Care GmbH, a Chairman-Supervisory Board at Roche Diagnostics Deutschland GmbH and a Chairman-Supervisory Board at Roche Pharma AG. He is on the Board of Directors at Credit Suisse Group AG, Credit Suisse AG, Roche Holding AG and F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
Dr. Schwan was previously employed as a Chief Executive Officer by Roche Diagnostics Corp., a Head-Asia Pacific Region by Roche Diagnostics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd., a Head-Global Finance & Services by Roche Diagnostics AG, a Member-Executive Board by Roche Deutschland Holding GmbH, a Head-Finance & Administration by Roche (Brussels), and a Chairman-Member-Supervisory Board by Roche Diagnostics GmbH. He also served on the board at Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
He received his graduate degree from the University of Innsbruck and a doctorate degree from the University of Innsbruck.
Roche Holding AG (Roche) is a research-based healthcare company. The Company's operating businesses are organized into two divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics. The Pharmaceuticals Division consists of two business segments: Roche Pharmaceuticals and Chugai. The Diagnostics Division consists of four business areas: Diabetes Care, Molecular Diagnostics, Professional Diagnostics and Tissue Diagnostics. The Company develops medicines for various disease areas, including oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, ophthalmology and neuroscience. Its pharmaceutical products include Anaprox, Avastin, Bactrim, Bondronat, CellCept, Cotellic, Dilatrend, Dormicum, Invirase, Kadcyla, Kytril (Kevatril), Lariam, MabThera, Madopar, Neupogen, Pegasys, Perjeta, Pulmozyme, Rocaltrol, Rocephin and Roferon-A. The Company offers products for researchers, including cell analysis, gene expression, genome sequencing and nucleic acid purification.
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