Can you give our readers an outline of Bayer’s background in Malaysia and its current organisational division? Herbert Dittmar (HD): Bayer has been in Malaysia for…
In Conversation
Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). Singapore and Taiwan are known for their high level of basic research and their focus on Biotechnology. Philip Yeo, Chairman of Spring Singapore…
Nowadays we can talk of an abundance of information coming from companies like Frost& Sullivan, IMS and even consultancies who are producing their own data. As…
You have worked in the pharmaceutical industry for many years starting with Novartis and you have spent the last eight years working for Lundbeck. What are…
Pharmaceutical Executive is a magazine about executives, their experience and their perspectives on the pharmaceutical industry. You have worked in Australia, Hong Kong and now you…
Interview with Jan-Willem Eleveld, Vice President, Counsulting & Services, Asia Pacific, IMS Health Malaysia
You spent most of your career in the pharmaceutical industry with Bristol Meyers Squibb and earlier on for NV Organon which you joined in 1998. In…
You have spent much of your time working in the USA and came to Malaysia in 2008 as Country Manager. What were your expectations of Malaysia…
Herbal Science started in 1985 as team of two pharmacists and now represents a large 200-person operation. What have been the main challenges for the company…
The society started at the beginning of the 20th century with the combination of the Penang Pharmaceutical Association and the Straits Pharmaceutical Association. Have there been…
Would you begin by giving our readers a brief overview of the recent changes in the Ministry of Health’s focus? After Prime Minister Najib changed Malaysia’s…
Interview with Mahaletchumy Arujanan, Executive Director, Malaysian Biotechnology Information Centre (MABIC)
How would you describe MABIC today and the way that it has evolved since its creation in 2000? The Malaysian Biotech Information Centre or MABIC is…
In the same week that you announced a rise in your Q3 profits your Managing Director resigned. How have you managed to achieve this increase in…