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The man brought in to fill Loan's large shoes is Gareth Steer, who joined B&L fresh from his managing directorship of Johnson & Johnson's Nordic eye care business. Cardiff-bred Steer studied microbiology at university but quickly moved into pharmaceutical sales and then marketing. Between 1992 and 1996 he added a distance learning MBA to his qualifications, while working in prescription pharma products and medical devices such as hip and knee replacements. In 1996 he joined J&J as the European business manager for hip replacements and later went on to work in the US in the pharmaceutical business for blood products.
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