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Canada Montréal International, the strategic partner for foreign investment, international organizations, and talent, has served the city and surrounding areas for 22 years. Hubert Bolduc, president and CEO, and Christelle Fasano, director of Business Development, Life Sciences and Health Technologies, provide an insight into working practices in Montréal, the importance of…

India Umang Vohra, managing director and global CEO of Indian pharma giant Cipla, discusses the company’s ambition to grow in both the domestic and emerging markets as well as the opportunities that Cipla sees as a specialty pharmaceutical company in the US.   The opportunity to service such a vast patient…

Serbia Nenad Djordjevic, managing director of Esensa, introduces the Belgrade company’s 200-strong portfolio of medical devices, food supplements, cosmetics and general use items; how it is now exporting its ‘made in Serbia’ products to geographies as diverse as Kazakhstan and Hong Kong; and how Esensa is breaking down stereotypes of what…

Brazil Tatiane Galindo, executive director of Ortosintese, Brazil’s and Latin America’s leading implant company, provides insights into Ortosintese’s historical commitment to the highest quality standards and her ambitions to further bolstering the development of innovative projects as well as the company’s international footprint, while Ortosintese’s implants are already available in over…

Switzerland Cristina Marti’s colorful and successful career has taken her across Asia from Spain, before settling in Switzerland with Indukern. In this interview, Marti explores themes of competition in Switzerland, the differences in global markets and why Indukern Switzerland and other API sourcing firms are a reliable route to understanding market…

Switzerland Dr. Teodoro Albarano, chief medical officer and vice CEO of Swiss skincare specialists Mavena, discusses why he decided to join the company after an illustrious career in Big Pharma, Mavena’s internationalization activities, and the importance of effective treatments for psoriasis.   You decided to join Mavena a year ago after…

Switzerland Dr. Raymond De Vré, senior VP and head of Business Operations and Strategy, Biologics at Dr. Reddy’s in Switzerland, discusses scaling up the Indian-headquartered company’s biosimilars business globally and the importance of selecting Switzerland as the location for regional headquarters.   The main challenge in the mature markets is the…

Switzerland Darren Kerr, CEO of Swiss medtech Stratpharma discusses, the company’s roots, its broad portfolio in dermatology, plastic surgery and scar management, as well as its growing international footprint.   We target very different market groups, from government and university teaching hospitals with cutting edge science, to the OTC field and…

Switzerland Jean-François Gouzer, CEO of Scientis Pharma, discusses the company’s origin story, its specialization in skin pigmentation disorders, and future internationalization prospects Could you start by introducing the Scientis Pharma story and how the company was founded? “Switzerland is a great environment to do business and to create and develop a…

India A pioneer of the biotechnology industry in India and the head of the country’s leading biotechnology enterprise, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, discusses the recent US FDA approval of Ogivri™, the first biosimilar for trastuzumab and the sixth approved biosimilar in the US overall, and how Biocon is implementing a low-value high-volume model…

Canada Dr. Jean-Yves Leroux, CEO and founder of Medelys, lets his entrepreneurial fiber shine through in this interview as he talks about the beginnings of his company in 2006, the initial challenges, and the prospects for collagen-based natural health products in the treatment of joint pain resulting from arthritis and osteoporosis…

Serbia Siniša D. Vučinić, the brains behind Aqualab Plus Systems, which holds laboratories across Serbia that offer a variety of sophisticated blood tests specifically targeted at the elderly, pregnant women and children 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, tells the story of the creation of Aqualab, explains their phenomenal…