LAKE FOREST, Ill., Aug. 18, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Akorn, Inc. (Nasdaq:AKRX), a leading specialty generic pharmaceutical company, today announced that Rob Monahan has recently joined Akorn as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development.
Mr. Monahan joins Akorn from Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (formerly Walgreen Co.), where he was a corporate development professional focused on Mergers & Acquisitions since 2009, most recently as Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions. At Walgreens, he was responsible for developing and executing merger and acquisitions, joint ventures and divestitures across the enterprise and was involved in more than 40 transactions totaling more than $50 billion during his seven year tenure. Prior to Walgreens, Mr. Monahan was a key member of the M&A departments at other publicly traded companies including Option Care, Inc. and Omnicare, Inc. Earlier in his career, Mr. Monahan held positions in healthcare financial advisory with increasing responsibilities at Deloitte and Lehman Brothers. He holds an MBA and a BA from The University of Chicago. Mr. Monahan holds a Chartered Financial Analyst® designation.
Raj Rai, Akorn’s Chief Executive Officer, remarked, “Rob has a proven track record in business development having spearheaded the acquisitions of multiple targets in the healthcare arena. We are glad to have Rob on board as we continue to advance our strategy of expanding our capabilities in the areas of human generics in alternate dosage forms, animal health generics, over-the-counter brands, and branded ophthalmics.”
About Akorn:
Akorn, Inc. is a specialty generic pharmaceutical company engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of multisource and branded pharmaceuticals. Akorn has manufacturing facilities located in Decatur, Illinois; Somerset, New Jersey; Amityville, New York; Hettlingen, Switzerland and Paonta Sahib, India that manufacture ophthalmic, injectable and specialty sterile and non-sterile pharmaceuticals. Additional information is available on Akorn’s website at www.akorn.com.
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