A biography for Heather Breschhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm running a business.”
“You know what makes me want to cry? I think, whoever the next Facebook is, why would you ever start that company here in the United States?”
“I'd like to believe that achieving a leadership position is all about competency, capability and ambition, so I try not to distinguish between the sexes when it comes to giving career advice.”
“Obama had the wherewithal to muscle through an entire health care reorganization, right? Like it, don't like it, whatever.”
“Someone in Washington needs to get serious about fixing the tax code. That is what needs to happen.”
“Starting early in life and in school, we need to ensure women develop the confidence and capabilities to work in a team that will allow them to reach the heights of leadership.”
“No one was talking about price decreases, but that does happen in the industry to keep medicine affordable.”
“We are going to continue to run a business, and we are going to continue to meet the supply and demand that's out there.”
“People are starting to understand: all generic companies aren't created equally.”
“Throughout our history we have been tireless advocates for expanding access to high-quality, affordable medicine. This is especially true in the area of HIV/AIDS.”
“People can put their capital to work where they like.”
“Treating everyone with dignity and respect is of utmost importance to me and are values we instill and take very seriously at Mylan.”
“Some shareholders believe it is all about price and a few people's pockets.”
“Patients deserve increased price transparency and affordable care, particularly as the system shifts significant costs to them.”
“I'm not in public service, nor do I ever plan to be, but I give back in my own way.”
“There is simply no substitute for hard work when it comes to achieving success.”
“As a mother of four children, I want to know the drugs I'm giving them are safe. And as an American businesswoman, I want to keep jobs here, and that means making sure foreign drug plants have to meet the same standards as domestic ones.”
“Being a woman leader is secondary to me - and should be to others.”
“Women don't necessarily understand that it is possible to have the same level of ambition as men - they allow themselves to be held back by the obstacles rather than empowered by the possibilities.”
“The pharma pricing system was not built on the idea of consumer engagement. It was built... on market efficiencies. It was not built on the premise of consumerism.”