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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…

Canada Despite Canada’s provincial approach to healthcare, Steve Gundersen, president of BD Canada’s operations, praises the collaborative spirit of healthcare stakeholders at all levels in order to overcome the challenges, such as a decentralized system, and to make a meaningful difference to Canadian patients. Having spent most of your career with…

Poland Krzysztof Popławski, general manager of Baxter Poland, discusses the Baxter Education Center, the largest educational program for a European affiliate, and its role in raising the awareness within the Polish medical community. Furthermore, he highlights the key growth drivers for the company, the overriding need to better treat and diagnose…

Baltics Roland Lepik, cluster head Baltics at Sandoz, discusses the company’s strategy that has allowed it to rank number one in the Estonian market along with the importance of ever-closer collaboration with key stakeholders to enhance the uptake of biosimilars. Roland, prior to joining Sandoz as Cluster Head Baltics you were…

Poland Łukasz Korybalski, regional manager of Becton Dickinson (BD) Central Eastern Europe, discusses the rising significance of the region as the company continues to grow and the strategic importance of Poland, being home to BD’s CEE regional commercial operations and a global shared service centre. Additionally, he highlights the steps they…

India A successful commercial leader, Annaswamy Vaidheesh, president of OPPI, VP South Asia and managing director at GSK India, talks about the tremendous work that the local affiliate is doing in the country in making innovative products available to patients and their recent GBP 100 million investment in manufacturing. Can you…

India A strong supporter of public-private partnerships, MSD’s managing director in India, Vivek Kamath, explains how the company’s collaborative approach is the key to enhancing their reputation, improving patient outcomes and tackling unmet medical needs in India.   Mr. Kamath, you have worked for MSD for over four years and you…

India Think global, act local! This is the Novartis business approach in India. A great believer in stakeholder collaboration, Jawed Zia, country president of Novartis India, explains how co-marketing deals with big names like Cipla and Lupin allow patients in every corner of the country to benefit from the company’s breakthrough…

Estonia Kadri Maegi-Lehtsi, general manager of Roche Pharmaceuticals Estonia, discusses the company’s established footprint in the Estonian market and their mission to give back to the Estonian society not only by providing innovative and highly needed medicines, but also through awareness and lifestyle campaigns. In Estonia, Roche focuses on marketing and…

Baltics Kuuno Vaher, market access director Baltics and country lead of AstraZeneca Estonia, discusses the liberal attitude towards innovative and highly needed medicines of Estonian regulators and the crucial importance of closer collaboration with payers, which has led the thriving affiliate to have its portfolio reimbursed in the country. Can you…

Poland Artur Chabowski, president of Mabion, a pioneer Polish biotech player, discusses the historic partnership of their product, MabionCD20 with Mylan for the EU and Baltic states and the opportunities this opens up. Furthermore, he highlights the future potential of the biosimilar market and the company´s plans to design their own…

Lithuania Aki Kasvi and Mindaugas Plieskis of Janssen Baltics discuss their strategic priorities, acting as a strategic partner within the region, and ensuring that patients can access their innovative latest-generation therapies Mr Kasvi, you were nominated to head up Janssen’s Lithuanian office back in November 2017. What was the strategic mission…