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Malta Mario Galea, CEO of Malta Enterprise, the country’s economic development agency, discusses the importance of Malta’s pharmaceutical manufacturing industry and the country’s strategic positioning at the forefront of medical tourism and research. You became CEO of Malta Enterprise in 2016. What have been the top priorities you set and how…

India Jonathan Hunt, CEO of Syngene International, one of the fastest-growing and leading contract research and manufacturing organizations in the world, discusses the company’s unique ecosystem of innovation, India’s eye-catching talent resources, Syngene’s partnership model with leading biotech and Big Pharma companies, the company’s ongoing forward integration and its stringent approach…

Malta Robert Magri, executive officer for the pharmaceutical division at Alfred Gera & Sons, introduces the key milestones and operations of one of the oldest pharmaceutical distributors in Malta, as well as the opportunities and challenges the sector is experiencing in the country. Established in 1888, Alfred Gera & Sons has…

UK After a series of recent acquisitions, developing a diverse portfolio comprising four business areas; including OTC and branded prescription medicines, Mylan UK’s country manager, Jean-Yves Brault, takes a step back and analyses the new Mylan, while highlighting how it is fit for the future of healthcare. How does Mylan position…

Portugal Azevedos is one of the oldest pharmaceutical brands in Portugal. Lead by Thebar Miranda, president for 30 years it operates across Portuguese speaking companies and distributes worldwide. In this interview, Miranda highlights the importance of flexibility and high-quality in production and sheds light on global production trends, Portugal’s status as…

Portugal Paulo Lilaia, president of the board of APOGEN and CEO of Generis, highlights the need for generics in the healthcare system and the government’s approach to their implementation. He also discusses the introduction of biosimilars into the Portuguese healthcare system and the cost-saving effect this has for patients and companies,…

Spain Ángel Luis Rodríguez de la Cuerda, secretary general of AESEG, the trade association of generic producers in Spain, discusses the initiatives that the organization is undertaking to develop a true generic culture in the country and a new proposal changing the requirement for originator drugs to remain at the same…

China Tian Yaolin, CEO of Shenzhen Govita Medical Laboratory, shares the exciting story of Govita’s start-up in the past two years; their robust and innovative business model centered on healthcare management and preventive medicine; and the synergies they are leveraging between their Hong Kong and Shenzhen affiliates. Yaolin, as the CEO…

UK Keith Thompson, CEO of the Cell & Gene Therapy Catapult, one of a number of Catapult institutions in the UK designed to help commercialize innovative research, discusses strategy, funding, international collaboration and Brexit.     Most likely, the UK is the best environment for putting forward trials that are properly…

Baltics In terms of being able to access medicines, patients in the Baltic states fare poorly compared to many of their European counterparts. 135 new medicines were approved by regulators in Lithuania and Estonia in 2016, but only 38 and 30 were made available to patients respectively. Latvia fares even worse,…

UK Terry O’Regan, VP and managing director at Biogen UK and Ireland, discusses the company’s longstanding commitment to the UK, market access issues, and why Biogen is staying the course with developing Alzheimer’s products at a time when many MNCs are winding down their neurology programs. How would you describe Biogen’s…

India In this exclusive interview, Binish Chudgar, vice-chairman and managing director of Intas, the largest privately-owned Indian pharmaceutical company with sales of over USD 1.7 billion during the last financial year, provides insights into the company’s growth model and M&A approach, as well as his objectives with regards to a large-scale…