Background
Vasella, Daniel Lucius was born on August 15, 1953 in Fribourg, Switzerland. Came to the United States, 1988. Son of Oskar Emil and Ursulina Isabella (Vieli) Vasella.
pharmaceutical marketing executive
Vasella, Daniel Lucius was born on August 15, 1953 in Fribourg, Switzerland. Came to the United States, 1988. Son of Oskar Emil and Ursulina Isabella (Vieli) Vasella.
Federal physician diploma, University Berne, Switzerland, 1979. Doctor of Medicine, University Berne, Switzerland, 1980. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1989.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Basel, 2002.
Resident in pathology University Berne, Berne, 1980-1981. Resident in internal medicine Inselspital, 1982-1983, Waid-Spital, Zurich, Switzerland, 1983-1984. Psychoanalyst University Berne, Berne, 1983-1988.
Attending physician Inselspital, 1984-1988. Manager special projects Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey, 1988-1990, product manager, 1990-1991. Director marketing Sandoz PharmaceuticalsCorp., 1991-1992.
Chief Executive Officer Sandoz Pharmaceuticals AG, Basel, Switzerland, 1992-1996, Novartis AG, Basel, Switzerland, 1996—1999, chairman, Chief Executive Officer Switzerland, 1999—2010, chairman Switzerland, since 2010. Board directors Novartis AG, since 1996, Pepsi Cola, Inc., since 2002, Alcon, Inc., since 2008. Lecturer University Fribourg, Berne and Fribourg, 1985-1988.
Speaker various organizations, United States of America and Switzerland, 1985-1992. Member American Management Association, Swiss Medical Association (board certified for internal medicine 1985), Swiss Society for Geriatrics, Swiss Psychosomatic Association, Swiss Psychoanalytical Association (candidate), Deutsches Kollegium fuer Psychosomatik. President International Foundation of Pharma.
Manufacturers Association, American Academy Arts & Sciences(honorary.fgn.).
Married Anne-Laurence Moret, May 12, 1978. Children: Emilia Anna, Mauro Giovanni, Flavio Bernardo Placi.