Mylan Announces Appointment of Jagdish Dore' as CEO and Managing Director of Matrix La...( PITTSBURGH Feb. 27 /- Mylan Inc. ...),Health

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mylan Inc. (NYSE: MYL) today announced the appointment of Jagdish Viswanath Dore' as CEO and Managing Director of Matrix Laboratories Limited. Mr. Dore' will assume the responsibilities of Rajiv Malik who became Executive Vice President and Head of Global Technical Operations for Mylan in October 2007 and has been serving as interim CEO for Matrix, a majority-owned subsidiary of Mylan. Mr. Malik will relocate to the United States in connection with his employment by Mylan.

Mr. Dore' joins Matrix after a distinguished 29 year career with Sandoz most recently as Managing Director and India Country Head. In this role, Mr. Dore' was responsible for all of Sandoz's operations in India including global development and manufacturing; local and export sales; day-to-day operations; and technical operations in the Asia Pacific region. He was previously responsible for business operations in the Asia Pacific cluster and involved in the startup of Novartis Enterprises Private Limited (now Sandoz), Novartis Consumer Health India Private Limited and Master Builders Technology India Private Limited, India.

Matrix Chairman and Mylan Vice Chairman and CEO Robert J. Coury said: "Jagdish's impressive industry reputation is well known, and I believe he will be a huge asset to Matrix as it continues to expand its integral role in support of Mylan's global platform. I have every confidence that Jagdish will ensure that Matrix continues its strong growth and supports Mylan in becoming the world's leading, fully-integrated generic pharmaceuticals company."

N. Prasad, Matrix's Vice Chairman, commented, "I have known Jagdish for some time, and I am absolutely delighted that he will be assuming Rajiv
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