KRPIA appointed Jan Peterse as new chairman

The KRPIA has appointed Pharmacia's president Jan Peterse as a new chairman and he succeeds Mark H. Johnson, president of Lilly Korea, who is leaving Korea next month for joining Lilly Headquarters.

A. KRPIA official said, "The departure of chairman Johnson from Korea was already known to us two months ago. The appointment of Jan Peterche was informally decided regardless of the recent lobby...