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Mental Note: People to Befriend

Apr 03, 2009

The Wall Street Journal's 2008 CEO compensation survey is out. Most of the pharma CEOs make in the $16 million to $18 million range, and the highest-paid person on the list of pharma execs is Abbott's Miles White, who receives a little more than $18 million. Eli Lilly's new CEO, John Lechleiter, may feel a little shafted with a compensation package worth about $10 million.

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