Fast Company October 5, 2020
In a conversation with ‘Fast Company’ Editor-in-Chief Stephanie Mehta, Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan explained why the world failed to respond to the pandemic—and how we can eventually get back to something resembling normal.
There will be no silver bullet that brings COVID-19 to an end—not even a vaccine, said Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan.
During a conversation with Fast Company Editor-in-Chief Stephanie Mehta, the chief executive of the pharmaceutical giant laid out how he thinks the global health system failed and why he’s optimistic about the future. Part of the problem, Narasimhan said, is that the world was in a particularly vulnerable place when the pandemic hit.
“Over the last decade there has been a decline in overall public health...