Roche searches for pharma chief Anderson's successor from within: chairman

Roche’s pharma chief Bill Anderson is embarking on his next assignment outside the company. And the Swiss pharma isn’t really looking elsewhere for his replacement.

Roche prefers to lift a company veteran to the pharma chief job, Chairman Christoph Franz, Ph.D., said, according to a Bloomberg report. Franz himself is about to vacate the chairman role, handing the baton to Severin Schwan, who ascends from the CEO job.