Tunisia Fabrice Barbu, general manager of Servier Tunisia, discusses how Servier wants to build a strong presence in the oncology field in Tunisia and is currently investigating the possibilities of bringing its generics to the market. He also explains how local partners and highly proficient human resources have contributed to the…
Canada Doug Sommerville, senior vice-president and general manager of Teva Canada, discusses Teva Canada’s enviable top five positioning within the global organization, the strength of Teva’s generics portfolio within Canada, and the critical importance of Canada possessing a local pharma manufacturing industry. Teva recently announced a new global CEO, Kåre Schultz.…
Generics With cost-cutting measures exacerbating an already fraught regulatory process, the Canadian generics industry is facing somewhat of an existential crisis. However, within this difficult market environment, enterprising generics companies are still seeing significant opportunities for growth. “Sometimes it seems as if [non-industry members] believe generic products grow on trees” Jim…
Bulgaria Vladimir Afenliev, chief director business operations, strategic and organizational developments at Sopharma, explains the great success of the strongest Bulgarian pharmaceutical company in the country as well as the upcoming strategies to further grow Sopharma in the region. Sopharma is the most important pharmaceutical group in Bulgaria with activities spanning…
Tunisia Alya El Hedda, GM of Opalia-Recordati in Tunisia, describes the Opalia affiliate’s evolution since the Recordati takeover, her ambitions for the future, and how the company will leverage its production facilities – the largest in Tunisia – to become Recordati’s export hub for the rest of Africa and MENA. Could…
Colombia With the onset of universal public healthcare, new types of foreign actors have been spying fresh opportunities to penetrate the Colombian market. Inward investment from India, in particular, has been increasing year on year, while the number of government sponsored trade delegations promoting the import of India-manufactured generics has multiplied.…
Canada Mark Lachovsky, founder and president of Accel Pharma, a Canadian generics company with a unique business model, discusses the inspiring story of how he started and grew the company through challenging times, the important role Accel plays in providing affordable generics drugs to the Canadian population, and his international partnership…
Poland Zszisław Sabiłło, president of the Polish Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry Employers (PZPPF), discusses the significance of the Polish generics market in terms of volume and sales market share, and highlights the obstacles that the generics ecosystem faces in light of the new reimbursement act. Furthermore, he provides insights into…
Brazil Mauro Loch, general manager of Amgen Brazil, documents the eye-catching turnaround of the affiliate since the beginning of his tenure and provides insights into the company’s unique positioning in Brazil, the outstanding performance of recently launched products, as well as his main priorities to further increase access to Amgen’s life-changing…
Bulgaria Nikolay Hadjidontchev, general manager at Actavis EAD – a Teva company (the sales and marketing part of the company) in Bulgaria, explains the importance of finding the right balance between innovative and generic portfolios and highlights the unique positioning of Teva in Bulgaria as a consequence of the global acquisition…
Tunisia Khalil Ben Ammar, managing director of Adwya since 2016, has been responsible for stabilizing the finances and corporate atmosphere within the company. In this interview he elaborates on the company’s leading position in the Tunisian market, its transformative environment and the exciting development plans aimed at Africa that Adwya is…
Tunisia Ramzi Sandi, general manager of the Arab Society of Pharmaceutical Industries (SAIPH) is responsible for the development of the company since 2015. From that date, SAIPH has been the strongest performing actor in the Tunisian market with an annual growth of 20 percent in 2016 and 2017. In this interview…
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