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Torbett has been executive director of economic, health and commercial policy at the pharma association
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry has appointed Richard Torbett as its next chief executive.
Torbett will take over at a critical time for the organisation, with huge concerns over Brexit in the research-intensive pharma sector and questions over drug pricing in any trans-Atlantic trade deal becoming an increasingly heated political topic.