Tagged with Brazil

Brazil Gaetano Crupi, president and general manager of BMS in Brazil, leverages his long-standing experience at the head of prestigious pharmaceutical companies’ affiliates to provide an insightful overview of the key success factors to consider in the Brazilian market. He also documents BMS’ commitment to being a frontrunner in the medical,…

Brazil Fraser Hall, country president of AstraZeneca Brazil, describes the current trends and dynamics shaping the Brazilian pharmaceutical market and documents the promising partnership opportunities he envisions to significantly increase patient access in both the private and public sectors. You were appointed country president of AstraZeneca Brazil in September 2016 after…

Brazil Sameer Savkur, country manager of Biogen Brazil, provides insights into the key specificities of the Brazilian pharmaceutical ecosystem and documents the great successes of Biogen affiliate in working hand-in-hand with all key public and regulatory stakeholders in Brazil, as recently illustrated with Biogen’s innovative treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA),…

Brazil Dr. Florentino Cardoso, president of the Brazilian Medical Association, discusses the challenges of navigating Brazil’s healthcare system and reveals his aim to promote the needs of the medical community to ultimately ensure the best patient outcomes. Can you describe your background and introduce yourself to our executive readership? “As for…

Brazil Henrique Tada, executive director of ALANAC, the association gathering Brazilian pharmaceutical companies, provides an historical overview of the rapid and eye-catching growth of the local pharmaceutical industry and documents the new development opportunities envisioned by domestic manufacturers with regards to botanical and biological drugs as well as their competitive advantages…

Brazil Luis Eduardo Caroli, CEO of BioZeus, is contributing to the pre-commercial development of Brazilian-born innovations. In this interview he explains how he set up the company and documents the company’s unique model of collaboration between local project managers and highly experienced senior international executives to develop academic science, as well…

Brazil Cristina Dislich Ropke, CEO of Phytobios, a company that helps multinational and local companies turn Brazilian biodiversity into medicinal products, highlights the company’s exceptional perseverance in studying the Brazilian biodiversity at times when legal uncertainties threatened the development of this segment. She also expands on the drug development center founded…

Brazil Allan Finkel, recently voted Novo Nordisk’s best GM globally, speaks about the partnerships and projects that the Brazilian affiliate organizes with doctors and patient associations to increase diabetes awareness in the country as well as their newly launched obesity treatment Saxenda®, which has seen tremendous success in Brazil. You took…

Brazil Roberto Alvarenga, general manager Latin America at Biotronik, the leading company globally for cardiovascular and endovascular medical technologies, documents how he has been leveraging on his long standing experience among prestigious pharmaceutical companies in order to implement pioneering processes in Brazil’s medtech field and ultimately increase Brazilian patients’ access to…

Brazil Rolf Hoenger, president and general manager of Roche Pharma Brazil, provides an inspiring insight into the innovative and multi-faceted market access vision implemented by the Brazilian affiliate under his tenure and documents his personal approach to bolstering creativity at the affiliate level and ultimately fulfill the company’s fundamental objective to…

Brazil Bruno Costa Gabriel, managing director of Janssen Brazil, provides insights into the transformative market approach successfully implemented by this leading company in Brazil and his main priorities to further leverage the great potential of Janssen’s innovation and impact an ever-increasing number of Brazilian patients.   You display a truly international…

Brazil Pius Hornstein, MSc, PhD, country chair Sanofi Brazil and general manager Pharma, shares his positive outlook on the Brazilian pharma market over the next few years and details Sanofi’s strategy in Brazil; a ‘must-win’ market for the company. Unsatisfied with being just the top-ranked multinational pharma company in Brazil, he…