Sun Pharma Raids Covid-19 Antibody Outfit for General Counsel

May 13, 2020, 9:30 AM UTC

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., a large generic drug manufacturer founded and controlled by Indian billionaire Dilip Shanghvi, has recruited a new general counsel from Roivant Sciences Ltd.

Erik Zwicker, the new in-house legal chief at Mumbai-based Sun Pharma, spent the past year as acting general counsel and head of legal at Roivant, which was founded in 2014 by CEO Vivek Ramaswamy, a Yale Law School graduate and former hedge fund manager.

Roivant is currently working on a potential antibody treatment for Covid-19. The company, which is backed by Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp., elevated Zwicker to interim legal head in ...

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