India Dilip Surana of family-run Indian generics giant Micro Labs talks company performance, the evolution of the Indian pharma market, and strategy moving forward. Last year Micro Labs moved up in the rankings. How satisfied are you with the company’s performance in 2010? The company performed satisfactorily last year, showing good…
Arch Pharmalabs Arch Pharmalabs started its operations in 1999 when you bought a plant in Hyderabad with a turnover of 2Mn USD. 12 years later, you have grown to a 300Mn USD company with 11 manufacturing plants. What triggered the acquisition of the Hyderabad plant, and what have been the main milestones…
Cachet Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. Cachet Pharmaceuticals was founded in 1978, what have been your main achievements? We started as a manufacturing company. In the early 1990s we started our own marketing and since then we have grown progressively and we are proud to say that today we are nearly 200 crores company with a…
Janssen Pharmaceutica Can you please start by giving to our readers an overview of your background and your involvement with Janssen? I am a Public Health graduate and have completed an MBA program, so I have a combination of science and business. I have been with the Pharma industry for over 20…
GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceuticals S.A. In the pharma world, managers change frequently from one company to another, and this phenomenon has been accelerated with the consolidation of the market, however you chose to dedicate your entire professional career to GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), that you joined in 1992. What has kept you within the group, what has…
Polpharma SA For years Polpharma has been the market leader in Poland. In many countries the arrival of multinational companies (MNCs) led to the loss of leadership by the historical players to the benefit of MNCs. How has the arrival of GSK, Teva or Sandoz, altered the playing field for the company…
Octapharma Brazil Mr. Mauricio, you’ve mentioned that Brazil is a different kind of market for Octapharma, one strongly based on price, and that because of this it’s hard to add value. Could you delve a bit deeper and elaborate on this point? Before delving into the Brazilian market situation, it is important…
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Turkey (IEIS) IEIS is an association with dual responsibilities. Promotion of generic usage in turkey and ensuring the sustained development of a local manufacturing industry. Before we look into these two aspects, I would like you to give us your perspective on the future role of the association, in an environment where…
Gelpharma Gelpharma started in 1999 and its main strength lies in manufacturing. Please can you give us a more detailed history of the company and its major milestones since opening? We started over forty years ago from a company called Vitae Laboratorios that for many years had two soft-gel products manufactured…
Pharma International Co. (PIC) You took over from your father in 2006. What have been the key milestones & achievements in the company’s development since then and how does your approach differentiate from your father’s? I joined Pharma International in 2006. We had already started our production in 2000. Previously we had a British…
Hayat Pharmaceutical Industries (HPI) The company was one of the last Jordanian pharma companies to be founded and started production only in 1997… How was Hayat able to establish itself among the leading pharma companies in the country so quickly? What is the key ingredient for the company’s success? We started commercial production and…
The Government Pharmaceutical Organization (G Dr. Witit, when we interviewed your predecessor in 2006, we talked about the vital role and leading position GPO plays in the Thai pharmaceutical industry and the company’s investments in manufacturing facilities to improve access and affordability of drugs. What have been some of the most important milestones since you…
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