Tagged with Isla

Puerto Rico David Foster, president and co-founder of Isla Pharmaceuticals, explains the rationale behind selecting Puerto Rico as a base for the company, which aims to develop treatments for mosquito-borne disease. He highlights Isla Pharmaceuticals’ unique approach of tackling diseases like Dengue fever and reveals plans for conducting follow-up clinical trials in…

Puerto Rico Esther Cintrón Rivera, newly appointed president and COO of Islandwide, Puerto Rico’s largest logistics provider, outlines the main objectives of her presidency and the opportunities present in the island’s logistics sector. She also highlights how the company will remain a reliable integrated solutions provider for highly specialized industries.   Today,…

Pharma Mario Marazziti, President of the Italian XII Social Affairs Commission, discusses new legislation relating to clinical risk, the effects of the 2014 Pact for Health, and the efficiency of Italian healthcare in general. You were recently highly instrumental in the passing of new legislation relating to clinical risk. Could you…

regulation Carlos Chiale, National Administrator of ANMAT, discusses the agency’s latest strategy implementation and its pioneering work in the area of fighting drug falsification.   Could you provide a historical overview of ANMAT, its main achievements and current activities today? Since its creation in 1992, ANMAT has performed activities intended for…

generics Chile is aiming to achieve complete bioequivalence of generics by the end of 2014. Chile’s Public Health Institute is leading the bioequivalence testing, aimed at regulating differences between generic and bioequivalent drugs. The recently appointed director of the Public Health Institute, Ricardo Fabrega, echoes the need for drastic change and…