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Mar 2024
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Vas Narasimhan

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Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan talks about transforming the pharmaceutical giant into an innovative medicines company. He speaks on "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations". This interview was recorded February 15 in New York.

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