Teva Lands A CEO: Can Schultz Replicate Lundbeck Success?
Executive Summary
After seven months of uncertainty, Teva has announced a new CEO. But Kåre Schultz, who has won applause for turning around the fortunes of Danish firm Lundbeck over the past two years, faces a daunting turnaround challenge when it comes to the generics behemoth.
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