Biotechnology The CEO of Bellus Health outlines his strategy since 2010 to change the focus of the company from Alzheimer’s to a niche disease, AA amyloidosis, as well as the strategic shift towards becoming a semi-virtual model company. He also considers the importance of creating global links to capital as a…
ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. Mr. Pierre Laurin is a senior executive with 28 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Involved in the development of ProMetic’s platform technology since 1989, Mr. Laurin founded ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. in 1994. As Chairman until March, 2011 and President and CEO of the Corporation since…
government relations With a Master’s Degree in Marketing Science from the University of Leicester and a Degree in Management Information Systems from Université du Québec à Montréal Jacques Dessurealt has had a fruitful career in the pharmaceutical industry with some of the biggest names like Bristol Myer-Squibb and Novartis. He talks with…
Human Resources Teresa Bitetti has a long history with BMS, spanning 3 decades in which she rose up the ranks starting from Senior Director of Abilify Marketing before becoming Sales Vice President of CNS until she reached her current position of President and General Manager of BMS Canada. Today she shares with…
EndoCeutics Dr. Fernand Labrie, long before becoming CEO of EndoCeutics, discovered and developed medical castration with GnRH agonists, a breakthrough treatment that quickly replaced surgical castration back in the early 1980s. Along with other discoveries, he founded EndoResearch in 1985 to further his research. After billions in revenue from treatments developed…
Spar Todopromo Mexico In 2011, Todopromo decided to join forces with Spar, an American company specialized in merchandising and points of sale solutions. After remaining for many years as a self-run company, how did you experience this new joint venture? It has been great and we are proud to be part of a…
Pronaos Dr. Sommermeyer, you’ve spent approximately two decades working for pharmaceutical companies throughout Europe. From a personal standpoint, why did you decide to leave the industry and found a consultancy? I started my career in research, and then moved to marketing and strategic planning. After ten years spent in headquarter functions,…
Promomed Mr Vandiest, it’s always a pleasure for us to interview the entrepreneurs behind the businesses we meet. Can you tell us more about the vision behind the creation of Promomed? Since its foundation, Promomed has been focused on providing outsourced sales representative solutions for its clients. Certainly, this is by…
Association of Producers of generic medicines in Romania (APMGR) APMGR is obviously a rather young association that has only really been active since about a year now. Can you first comment on the timing that the Association was called into life? The timing has been quite good, as the generics industry is currently experiencing a strong momentum. Every country,…
Pró Genéricos When we last interviewed you in 2007, you said, “The generics business is a very exciting one,” but you “regret[ted] that the Government is not doing enough work to promote it.” At that time, generics penetration was around 10.5% – now it’s around 20%. Does this reflect some fundamental change…
Productos Roche S.A. What has been the evolution of Roche’s operations in Colombia’s over the course of its proud 52-year history here? As with almost all pharmaceutical companies with commercial operations in Latin America, we began our business here in Colombia with a production plant. The plant has closed since 1997 as our…
NEPROFARM In order to understand the culture behind the business that this association represents, what would you say is the perception of OTC and non-prescriptive drugs in the Netherlands? OTC medicines are the medication of choice in the Netherlands. Most people will have some OTC medicines in his cabinet and indeed,…
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