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Ecuador Stefano Carló, general manager of Kronos Laboratories recently took over the reins of the family business his grandfather created in the 1960s. He elaborates on the company’s shift of focus away from the institutional market to focus on the private non-traditional market and maquila services and shares his plans of…

UK Lord O’Shaughnessy, parliamentary under secretary of state for health in the UK, discusses how stakeholders are interacting to ensure that the UK remains at the forefront of the global life sciences industry post-Brexit.    We have scrutinized the Life Sciences Industrial Strategy and found it to be a very optimistic…

Portugal Salvador Lopez saw an opportunity in the summer of 2015 to create the first Portuguese affiliate for Mundipharma. Three years on, he reveals how their business model, company culture and leadership has succeeded in disrupting the respiratory market with their blockbuster drug Flutiform, built the fastest growing subsidiary in Portugal…

UK Ben Ellis, general manager at Lupin UK and Ireland, talks about the strategic challenges of transitioning from the sphere of generics to specialist pharma and how he hopes Lupin can change how it is perceived. Furthermore, he comments on the uncertainty Brexit brings to the industry and how healthcare should…

Ecuador Ana Dolores Román, general manager at Pfizer Ecuador as well as the first woman to lead the affiliate in the country, discusses promoting medical education, increasing patient access to innovations and being a leading light for the local pharmaceutical industry. Besides being the GM of Pfizer, you are also the…

Ecuador The recently appointed Deputy Minister of Public Health Governance and Surveillance, Dr. Carlos Durán Salinas, elaborates on some of the most recent changes implemented by the government and the tremendous efforts that the administration is making towards the construction of a harmonized and efficient healthcare system in Ecuador, notably in…

Canada Susanne Picard, founder and president at SPharm, speaks about how her passion for regulatory affairs led her to found her own consultancy in 1997 and how the company can look back at an impressive track record of success over the last 21 years. Here, she outlines key priorities to further…

Ecuador Daniel Leszcz, general manager and founder of Leterago in Ecuador, documents the distributor’s exceptional progression in the last 15 years to become one of the largest corporations operating in the country; all sectors included. He explains how the company has strived to deliver world-class standards from the beginning and that…

Canada Having managed the Canadian affiliate of Otsuka from its infancy steps, Allison Rosenthal, general manager, highlights the affiliate’s feat to exceed expectations for the performance of each of its launches while maintaining extremely high employee engagement. Otsuka’s specialization in mental health also leads Rosenthal to call for better support from…

Ecuador Pablo Ledesma del Pozo, managing director at PharmaBrand, discusses the company’s ambition to equal the business model of a multinational companies in the foreseeable future by commercializing their products as well as opening fully-integrated affiliates in neighboring countries, such as Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Central American countries. Pablo, you have…

Poland Arjo, formerly Arjo Huntleigh, has undergone a rebrand and established its first formal office in Poland in 2017. Konrad Pianko, president of the CEE region which includes over 22 countries, intends to capitalize on the growth potential in the Polish market, bring innovative rental solutions to the hospital and healthcare…

Canada Looking back on three years of operations in Canada and nine months of approval of Ocaliva® for the rare non-viral liver disease PBC, Brian Canestraro, general manager of Intercept, is proud of how far the Canadian affiliate has come. He is confident that the company has established a solid foundation…