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LatAm When it comes to pharmaceutical exports, Latin America has historically been confined to the margins of the global life science industry. In 2023, the region accounted for a mere one percent of worldwide pharmaceutical exports, down from 1.97 percent a decade earlier, despite housing over eight percent of the world’s…

Argentina Has Argentina, for years one of the economic basket cases of Latin America, finally turned a corner? And is its pharma industry set for a bounce back?   Firebrand TV pundit-turned politician Javier Milei was elected President in late 2023 on a promise to slash public spending and state intervention.…

Taiwan Built around an engineering mindset and a clear view of where a smaller biotech can compete, Pharmosa is pursuing a differentiated path in pulmonary hypertension and related rare diseases through drug-device combination therapies. In this discussion, Pei Kan outlines how scientific focus, selective partnerships, disciplined capital allocation, and early investment…

Taiwan Pei-Jiun Chen, CEO and President of Mycenax, outlines the company’s evolution into a focused, end-to-end biologics CDMO with deep roots in development excellence and GMP manufacturing. She highlights Japan as Mycenax’s core market, expansion into Europe, disciplined capacity growth, automation-driven productivity, and a niche, customer-centric model supporting complex biologics and…

USA North Carolina has become a focal point for the next phase of biopharmaceutical manufacturing, and FUJIFILM Biotechnologies is placing a significant bet on that momentum. Laurie Braxton discusses how the combination of large-scale capacity, experienced talent, and a tightly integrated site network is shaping a long-term manufacturing platform designed for…

Taiwan Sean Chang, CEO of Locus Cell, explains how his clinical CAR-T background led him to build a Taiwan-based CDMO for advanced cell therapies. The company is scaling Southeast Asia’s largest GMP facility, leveraging Taiwan’s manufacturing discipline, regulatory reforms and global partnerships to deliver high-quality, cost-competitive production bridging academic innovation and…

USA Alberto Santagostino, CEO of AGC Biologics, discusses how the company is positioning itself in an increasingly regionalized CDMO market, the strategic value of its global manufacturing footprint, and the role of technical expertise and long-term partnerships in supporting advanced biologics and cell and gene therapy programs. Santagostino goes on to…

Brazil Marco Billi, International CEO of Eurofarma, shares his perspective on the company’s evolution from a Brazilian CMO (Contract Manufacturing Organisation) into one of Latin America’s most internationally active pharmaceutical groups. Billi discusses how operational discipline, long-term investment, and a strong global market mindset have underpinned Eurofarma’s sustained growth, while outlining…

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…

USA Lonza’s transformation under the One Lonza Strategy comes at a moment of significant change for the global biologics and CDMO sectors. Gordon Bates, Head of Integrated Biologics, reflects on the rationale behind the company’s new organisational model, and how a more unified structure is designed to accelerate decision-making and strengthen…