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Last week, Omicron continued to mutate, allowing the outbreak to spread widely around the world. The World Health Organization recently updated the total global death toll from COVID-19 to 14.9 million, including direct and indirect deaths.
The domestic epidemic is still running at a high level, and large-scale epidemics are intertwined with sporadic epidemics. From April 30 to May 5, the country reported an average of more than 5,800 new infections per day, a drop of 80% from the peak period. After more than a month of epidemic control in Shanghai, the number of newly confirmed cases continued to decline for several consecutive days. At the same time, Shanghai announced that the city's college entrance examination will be postponed to July 7th to 9th, and the high school entrance examination will be postponed to July. Held from 11th to 12th.
In terms of company dynamics, due to the risk of thrombosis, Johnson & Johnson's new crown vaccine was required by the FDA to restrict the use; due to potential quality problems, Novartis suspended the production of two radioligand drugs...
In terms of personnel changes, Fresenius Medical Care hired the next CEO, who once led the Philips Connected Care Department; Hengrui announced the latest executive adjustment! Appointed Dai Hongbin as general manager; Bojian CEO is about to leave; Beijing Kexing Zhongwei was accused of laying off a large number of employees before the year-end bonus...
personnel changes
1. Fresenius Medical Care hires next CEO, who led Philips Connected Care Recently, Fresenius Medical Care announced that it has hired Carla Kriwet as its next CEO, effective January 1, 2023.
Kriwet spent seven years at Philips from 2013-2020, eventually leading the Connected Care division as CEO and serving on the company's executive committee.
From July 2020 to April 2022, Kriwet was CEO and President at BSH Hausgeräte (Household Appliances) Ltd. During this period, BSH, with around 62,000 employees and 40 production plants, achieved record sales for two consecutive years, reaching 15.6 billion euros by 2021.