Teva Announces Appointment of Richard Francis as President and CEO - Seite 2

“I have long been impressed with the value Teva provides to patients globally and I am honored to take on the role of leading this extraordinary company into the future,” said Mr. Francis. “I look forward to leveraging my background and years of pharmaceutical experience to build on Teva’s strong fundamentals and to write the next exciting chapter for Teva, focusing on building a solid pathway to deliver long-term growth. I continue to see a bright future ahead for the Company and look forward to working closely with the Board, management team and talented employees to continue driving value creation for patients, employees, shareholders and other stakeholders.”

About Richard Francis

Richard Francis is an operating Partner at Syncona, which focuses on founding, building and funding healthcare companies. Mr. Francis is the Chief Executive Officer of Syncona’s portfolio companies, Purespring Therapeutics, one of the first AAV gene therapy companies focused on the kidney globally, and Forcefield Therapeutics, a pioneer of best-in-class therapeutics to retain heart function via protection of cardiomyocytes.

Prior to his current roles, Mr. Francis spent five years as the Chief Executive Officer of Sandoz and a member of the Novartis Executive Team. During Mr. Francis’ time at Sandoz, he developed a transformative strategy to reshape the business by focusing the organization on key geographies, reshaping the portfolio and targeting efficiencies to drive growth and margin improvement. Mr. Francis held various leadership roles over a 13-year tenure at Biogen, including Senior Vice President of U.S. Commercial, Vice President / Senior Vice President of Global Commercial Strategy, Managing Director of Canada and Managing Director of the UK and Ireland. During his time at Biogen, Mr. Francis oversaw the growth of the U.S. Commercial business, driven by a strategic focus on commercial excellence. To that end, at Biogen, Mr. Francis led the successful launch of Tecfidera in 2013. Earlier in his career, Mr. Francis worked at Sanofi and Wyeth.

Mr. Francis holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from The Manchester Metropolitan University.

About Teva

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYSE and TASE: TEVA) has been developing and producing medicines to improve people’s lives for more than a century. We are a global leader in generic, biosimilar and specialty medicines with a portfolio consisting of over 3,500 products in nearly every therapeutic area. Around 200 million people around the world take a Teva medicine every day, and are served by one of the largest and most complex supply chains in the pharmaceutical industry. Along with our established presence in generics, we have significant innovative research and operations supporting our growing portfolio of specialty and biopharmaceutical products. Learn more at www.tevapharm.com