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Optum names Witty CEO, launches fund

March 16, 2018 6:37 PM UTC

Andrew Witty will succeed Larry Renfro as CEO of the Optum health services unit of UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE:UNH), effective July 1.

Before retiring as CEO of GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE:GSK; NYSE:GSK) last year, Witty advocated "de-linkage" of R&D costs from drug prices and a model in which pharma companies pre-specify their target rate of return...

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