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BioDuro You’ve run a number of life sciences companies now, but before that you started Telephia, an information services provider to the wireless industry. How did you make the jump to the healthcare industry? I worked in life sciences prior to Telephia, including Genta and another firm that later merged into…

China Medicinal Biotech Association (CMBA) Could you please give us a brief introduction on CMBA? First and most obviously for new arrivals to our office, since 2011 we have changed locations, making it more convenient for companies to come here and benefit from the opportunities we can provide our members. CMBA’s membership now totals 205…

Alliance of Bio-Box Outsourcing China Could you please give a brief introduction to the ABO and its history? ABO was established in 2005. The CRO business emerged in 2000 in China, and provided services for medicine factories; however, these CRO companies were small as individuals. As a result, they were gathered together and ABO was…

Biogen Idec - China You have been here in China for about a year. What were your assumptions about China before you arrived and were things more or less what you thought they would be or were you surprised about the reality on the ground? We conducted extensive research and scouting before setting up…

HUYA Bioscience International - China Your business is very much relationship based here in China. You’ve now established a number of relationships with institutes, universities and companies, but I can imagine that breaking into this market and building those relationships was a challenge. How did you grow this business in the early days? The early…

Biogen Idec Argentina Biogen Idec’s arrival in Argentina has been very recent. Could you explain to our readers why the time was right to take back your licences and to set up in Argentina? Biogen Idec has a worldwide expansion strategy. Two years ago, the company decided to establish its own affiliates in…

Amega Biotech What was the vision behind the creation of the umbrella organisation Amega Biotech in 2005? What led you to consider setting up an organisation with this structure, and offering these services in particular? When we started Amega, the idea was to exploit this argentine know-how that had not been touched…

Bio Sidus Sidus was originally established in 1938. Today, the Sidus Pharmaceutical Group is one of the most respected in Argentina and Latin America. To what extent is the company today still the same company that was founded in 1938, and how has it developed to the position that it is in…

Biocodex Russia You have been at your current position for less than a year, and joined BIOCODEX after having managed the Russian affiliate of Yves Saint Laurent. You have a long history of working in the luxury goods industry, but no pharmaceutical management experience. How do you navigate the challenge of entering…

Biopharmaceutical investments of RVC (RVC BioFund) Biofund is an independent spin-off of the broader Russian Venture Capital organization. What is the working relationship and synergy between these agencies, and what are the market conditions that have necessitated the creation of Biofund? Biofund was created on January 24th, 2011. There are two stakeholders in the creation of…

Bharat Biotech International Limited If we first take a step back and look at how Bharat Biotech was established, we see quite a remarkable story. It is rather exceptional to see scientists becoming entrepreneurs. What made you this exception, and what drove you to set up Bharat Biotech? I was based in the US…

Biocon If we look back at the conditions under which you founded Biocon in 1978, we see a young woman with a seed capital of only Rs. 10,000 in a garage in an infrastructure deficient Bangalore. Both India and Biocon have come a long way since then. How different is the…