Article: Alcon Announces Leadership Change to Research and Development Organization.

HUENENBERG, Switzerland -- Alcon, Inc. (NYSE:ACL) announced today that Gerald D. Cagle, Ph.D., Alcon's senior vice president of Research and Development and chief scientific officer, will be retiring from the company on June 30, 2008, after 32 years of dedicated service. The company also announced that Sabri Markabi, MD, currently vice president, head of Development Franchise at Novartis Global Development, will succeed Dr. Cagle and join the company as senior vice president of Research and Development on March 27, 2008.

Dr. Cagle began his long and distinguished career at Alcon in 1976 as a senior scientist in Microbiology. He quickly advanced to lead the ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!