Lonza picks Roche executive as CEO, ending year of turmoil at the top

ZURICH (Reuters) - Lonza Group on Friday named a veteran Roche manager to become its new chief executive, as the Swiss contract drug manufacturer seeks to end a year of turmoil at the top and accelerates work to produce a possible COVID-19 vaccine.Pierre-Alain Ruffieux, currently head of global pharma technical operations at drugmaker Roche , will join on Nov. 1, Lonza said in a statement. Before that, Ruffieux spent 12 years at Novartis , and the 50-year-old has more than 20 years of..