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Optum names Witty CEO, launches fund

March 13, 2018 8:30 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 (see BioCentury Extra, March 17, 2016). ...

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