Former GlaxoSmithKline chief executive Sir Andrew Witty has taken a leave of absence from his current day job to lead the push to develop vaccines for COVID-19 at the World Health Organization (WHO).

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When Andrew Witty headed up GlaxoSmithKline, he repeatedly told investors he was prepping the company for a future rife with payer pressure and cost-saving maneuvers that would hit pharma where it ...

Even as the healthcare system drives toward innovation, it remains too "fragmented" to achieve sustained and substantial improvements, said UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty. Witty said the idea of ...

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty in his address to the company staff said their duty to prevent dubious health insurance claims would continue and that drew flak on social media after Brian ...

UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty has been playing defense over the backlash of consumer complaints against the health insurance industry and most recently, around The Wall Street Journal's ...

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The Board of Directors of UnitedHealth Group has named Sir Andrew Witty as chief executive officer, succeeding David S. Wichmann, who is retiring after what the company called a successful tenure ...

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