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Valeant CEO: More efficient, available health care needed
CHICAGO — Making health care more efficient and access to that health care more available as the population ages has become an important factor for the companies involved in pharmaceuticals and technology, Joseph Papa, chairman and CEO of Valeant Pharmaceuticals, said during a press briefing here.In discussing Valeant and Bausch + Lomb’s strategies for addressing these trends, Papa said that consumption of eye care drugs and treatments is 7.8 times greater in persons older than 60 years of age than in those who are younger.