Tagged with Generics

USA Robert Matsuk, president of Glenmark North America, introduces the scope of the company’s operations in the US – including a manufacturing facility that obtained its first approval in 2019. Matsuk describes the unique business model a generic player in the US needs to maintain its competitiveness and conveys the role…

USA Indian firm Biocon has seen great success in the US in recent years, with two biosimilar launches and a range of generic medicines now available on the American market.   In a recent interview with PharmaBoardroom, Biocon’s Commercial Head Global Generics & SVP Marketing Abhijit Zutshi outlined the company’s recipe…

Belgium In 2020 PharmaBoardroom sat down with several key stakeholders in Belgian pharma to discuss company strategy, the Belgian healthcare landscape at large, and the country’s role within the wider European and global ecosystem. Here we highlight some of the key themes of the discussions: innovation, generics and biosimilars, and teamwork.…

Morocco Salim El Guermai, CEO & head pharmacist of Galenica, a leading generics company in Morocco, presents the original mission of the company to provide high-quality affordable medicines to Moroccan patients by developing and manufacturing its own portfolio as an alternative to expensive imported drugs. El Guermai also shares his ambitions…

Mexico Americo Garcia oversees Latin American operations for Canadian generics player Apotex. He outlines the firm’s impressive growth in the region in recent years – expanding both in terms of portfolio and geographies -, gives his take on the proposed Mexican healthcare reforms, and explains how he has been able to…

USA KV Kumar, head of the Indian American International Chamber of Commerce, gives an account of the bilateral trade relations between India and the US and candidly speaks about the opportunities for Indian generic companies in the world’s largest pharmaceutical market. He addresses the need for supply chain diversification in light…

USA Abhijit Zutshi, commercial head global generics & SVP marketing at Indian firm Biocon highlights the challenges inherent in the US generics market, the process of setting up an affiliate in the US, and how Biocon’s level of vertical integration allows it to be highly competitive and stand out from the…

UAE Emcure, a fully-integrated Indian pharmaceutical company with a global presence, has invested in Dubai as an operational hub for the Middle East, North and West Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Amr El-Neklawy, Emcure’s general manager for the region, explains how the company’s wide product offering and culture attracted him to the…

Romania While the dismal regulatory environment in Romania has negatively affected the innovators with the uncertain and lengthy regulatory approval timelines as well as the dreaded ‘clawback tax’ doubling over the past decade, the generics sector has argued that they are the ones that have borne the brunt of unfavourable industry…

Romania Stana Moisescu of Teva Pharmaceuticals Romania shares her insights on how to overcome unpredictability and inconsistency at the government level in Romania and why there needs to be a change in the country’s clawback tax. Moisescu shares news of upcoming launches of both innovative and generic products and the optimisation…

Mexico Francisco Kuri Breña, director of new developments at local Mexican player Landsteiner, shares the company’s existing positioning as one of the top 10 suppliers of generic medicines to the Mexican government, their exciting pipeline of new projects including in genomic medicine and upcoming plans to invest in medical marijuana once…

Mexico CP Maria del Socorro España Lomeli, executive director of the Mexican generics industry association ANAFAM, discusses the challenges with regard to the ‘new rules of the game’ in Mexico’s healthcare sector since 2018, the willingness of the Mexican pharmaceutical industry to be a trusted ally to the public healthcare system,…