Global Giants

Victor Bulto  President, Innovative Medicines U.S. Novartis Bulto, the former president of Novartis Pharmaceuticals, is now helping company pursue a bold strategy to reimagine medicine and deliver on its responsibility to unlock the potential for helping patients...

Thomas Polen  Chairman and CEO Becton, Dickinson & Co. In 2020, Polen became leader just as the pandemic struck. BD has responded brilliantly, overcoming supply-chain issues to be a leader in supplying COVID test and syringes —...

Ken Keller  CEO Daiichi Sankyo U.S. Veteran health care exec, who also heads Daiichi Sankyo’s global oncology business, has successfully launched numerous biologic products in therapeutic areas ranging from oncology to bone health to nephrology to inflammatory...

Ivan Cheung  Chairman and CEO Eisai Company, which moved its U.S. headquarters to the ON3 campus in Nutley, is hopeful (and confident) that the breakthrough Alzheimer’s drug it produced with Biogen will win full approval from drug...

Robert Davis  CEO Merck Merck was named to Fortune’s 2022 Change the World — an annual list that recognizes companies that have had a positive social impact through activities that are part of their core business strategy. James...

Ken Frazier  Executive chairman Merck Frazier continues to guide Merck from his chair role — and continues to be a source of counsel for business leaders and government leaders around the state and around the county, most...

Kevin Ali CEO Organon Heads Jersey City-based Organon, a spinoff from Merck, which believes the journey to improve women’s health is critical to achieving a healthier world, and it works tirelessly toward its goal of finding solutions...

Sherine Aly  Founder and CEO BioCentric Runs a privately held, full-service global medical and scientific health care communications and training company that develops programs for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and device industries; medical and health care associations; and...

Doug Langa  Head of North America operations Novo Nordisk The company, which makes its U.S. headquarters in Plainsboro, recently got a huge branding moment for Wegovy: Elon Musk tweeted that it is helping him lose weight. Ken...

Joaquin Duato  CEO Johnson & Johnso Among first duties as CEO was helping the company split off its consumer brands products into a new brand, Kenvue, which will begin operating next year. Robert DavisKen Frazier