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France Estelle Fruchet, General Manager of Shionogi France since September 2024, brings 25 years of pharmaceutical experience spanning major organisations including Roche, Gilead, and Novartis Gene Therapies. A pharmacist by training with specialisation in product launches – most notably Gilead’s hepatitis C therapy – Estelle Fruchet now leads a 25-person affiliate…

Global 2025 was a year of volatility for pharma and healthcare. In particular, the speed with which the administration of Donald Trump makes (and often then changes) consequential policy decisions has left industry stakeholders in the US and globally scrambling to fall in line. There are already clear winners and losers…

Mexico Ricardo Amtmann, President of Sanfer Group, discusses the company’s evolution from a licensing-dependent operation into Latin America’s most vertically integrated pharmaceutical enterprise. With nearly 14,000 employees across the region, Sanfer has transformed through strategic acquisitions, manufacturing investments, and a principled approach to market expansion. Amtmann articulates his vision for Mexico’s…

Brazil Latin America’s largest and most dynamic pharma market is booming. Despite sluggish macroeconomic growth, agile local firms are consolidating their positions to serve Brazilian patients, while a spate of technology transfer agreements is bolstering local manufacturing capabilities and helping these companies scale the value chain. Multinationals – with the right…

Taiwan Dr Shuling Cheng is steering Oneness Biotech through a pivotal transition from a Taiwan-based research organisation to a globally focused commercial company. After 25 years in US biotech and medtech, she returned to Taiwan a decade ago and brought two companies to IPO on the Taipei stock exchange.  She joined…

China This week’s China healthcare highlights from PharmaBoardroom content partner Selesta include Pfizer’s US$2.1B licensing deal with Fosun Pharma for an oral GLP-1 agonist, Bao Pharmaceuticals’ 129% surge on its HKEX debut, and Juncell’s Hong Kong IPO filing targeting China’s first TIL therapy. Biocytogen listed on Shanghai’s STAR Market for its…

Brazil Danielle Bibas leads Pierre Fabre’s operations in Brazil, overseeing three key dermo-cosmetic brands – Avène, Darrow, and Ducray – in the world’s third-largest beauty market. Since assuming the role in January 2025, she has focused on navigating the rapidly transforming skincare landscape, balancing traditional physician relationships with emerging digital channels,…

Taiwan PharmaEngine is entering a defining phase as it strengthens its development-only roots while expanding into early discovery, differentiated DNA damage response programmes and AI-enabled design. In this conversation, CEO Hong-Ren Wang outlines how ONIVYDE® provides the stability to advance a more ambitious pipeline, how a virtual model sharpens scientific focus…

USA Matt Shaulis, General Manager for North America at BeOne Medicines, discusses the company’s rapid rise as a global oncology leader and its growing impact in the US. He explains how BeOne’s fully integrated research, development, and manufacturing model is transforming the way new cancer therapies are discovered and delivered. Shaulis…

USA Spiro Gavaris, President of Lupin’s US generics business, shares a candid assessment of the shifting dynamics shaping today’s generic and biosimilar landscape. He outlines how Lupin is positioning itself for long-term leadership through focused investment in complex generics across inhalation technologies, injectables, and biosimilars, while navigating a market challenged by…

France Norgine is redefining what a mid-sized European specialist can achieve, shifting from its gastroenterology heritage into a broader mix of consumer health, women’s health and rare diseases. These changes are taking shape across the organisation, with France playing an important role under Cyril Tavier’s leadership, from implementing new omnichannel models…

USA Kelly LoBianco, founding director of the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity, discusses how the agency is driving growth of the region’s life sciences sector. She outlines LA County’s Life Sciences Industry Cluster Strategy and Action Plan, which aims to create 10,000 new industry jobs by 2030 and explains…