Pharmaceutical Industry Baxter Spain’s general manager, Luigi Antoniazzi, discusses the challenges that the affiliate has faced in light of recent changes in the market, and the strategies taken to adapt to an ever-changing ecosystem for the pharmaceutical industry in the country. You became general manager of Baxter Spain & Portugal in 2011,…
Infarmed Eurico Castro Alves, president of Portugal’s regulatory agency Infarmed, talks about the biggest challenges facing the regulation of health products in the country today, and introduces new initiatives aimed at positioning Infarmed as a regulator of reference worldwide. You have been president of Infarmed since 2012. What have been some…
biotech Portuguese pharmaceutical group Bluepharma consists of ten companies that represent different parts of the medicine value chain. The success of Bluepharma during Portugal’s crisis was due to a strong focus on overseas exports and diversification of risk. Paulo Barradas and Sérgio Simões explain how they created that success. Bluepharma…
market access José Aranda da Silva, General Manager of Formifarma Portugal, stresses the importance of market access, demonstrating added value for companies today, as well as the need for a revamp of Portugal’s outdated reimbursement system. What was your inspiration for creating Formifarma? Having spent my career in various fields of…
Distribution Rui Carrington, CEO of OCP Portugual, a Pharmaceutical distributor which has undergone a significant evolution over the years as part of an adaptation to the changing market trends in Portugal, outlines the history of the company, and offers insight into the ways in which local pharmacies can recover from their…
Generics Armando Esguerra, President of Chira Pharmaceuticals, Philippines, explains the concept of chirality, why it is relevant and extremely important in the pharmaceutical industry, and what have been the major challenges and successes of the company since its founding. CHIRA Pharmaceuticals as a company was founded on the concept of…
Distribution Raymund Azurin of Zuellig Group, Philippines, discusses the potential opportunities in the Philippines’ emerging healthcare sector, the affect of the increasing use of health apps and electronic health records, and how they can be used as a competitive advantage in the healthcare landscape. Home to where the Zuellig Group…
MNCs Pedro Miranda Jr., General Manager of Pacific Healthcare Philippines, talks about the decision to join Pacific Healthcare in the Philippines, how the company’s diversification strategy has evolved over the past two years, and what’s in store for the company in terms of new principals and partnerships in the next five…
Generics Thelma Tobias–Go, President of the Philippine Chamber of the Pharmaceutical Industry and Scheele Laboartories, and Ed Ocampo, COO and Vice President of Scheele Laboratories, discuss the implications of the changing pharmaceutical landscape, and how far the country still remains from universal healthcare coverage. How have you seen the pharmaceutical…
Pharmaceutical Industry Jason Carroll, General Manager of Janssen Philippines, discusses what it will take to put Janssen Philippines on the map as one of the largest, most reputable pharmaceutical companies in the country, and why the Philippines will be a force to recon with in the near future in many industries, including…
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