Hungary Jānis Meikšāns, newly appointed general manager of Teva Hungary, speaks about his first few months in the country. Meikšāns goes on to elaborate on Hungary’s key positioning as a strategic affiliate for Teva with strong R&D and manufacturing operations. Additionally, he highlights Teva’s longstanding commitment to the country not only…
Hungary Dr Mátyás Szentiványi, Director General of the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition (OGYEI), introduces the administrative authority and specifies his strategy to be an increasingly collaborative and communicative body of Hungary’s health regulation framework. Dr Szentiványi also goes on to comment on the current key challenges facing the sector,…
UAE Khaled Elrefae, Middle East and Africa Specialty Care Operations Head (GM) for Ipsen, highlights Ipsen’s impressive internationalization strategy and the success factors as well as rationale behind the company entrance to the MEA market with the newly established affiliate in UAE. He then discusses his mandate to drive a transformation…
Puerto Rico With four manufacturing plants in three sites, Becton, Dickinson and Company is a symbol of the Puerto Rico’s manufacturing prowess. José Sánchez, director of Reagent Manufacturing and operations manager for BD’s Cayey site, discusses the company’s 62-year history on the island and explains why it continues to be an attractive…
Puerto Rico Rolando Torres, executive vice president of global manufacturing for CooperVision, explains why Puerto Rico is a force to be reckoned with in medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturing. Moreover, he provides a general overview of their manufacturing operations and their large-scale efforts to make sustainable practices the new global standard. …
China PharmaBoardroom recently analysed the contents of 10 interviews conducted with country managers at multinational pharma companies in China. We found some underlying themes present in the majority of the interviews, giving an exclusive glimpse into what is currently at the top of the minds of pharma country managers in China.…
Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017, its infrastructure was left severely damaged. CMA, one of the island’s premiere architecture and engineering firms, has been working on reconstruction ever since. Jorge Tirado, CMA’s managing partner, describes how the company has managed to become the go-to firm for the pharma…
Czech Republic Martin Mátl, executive director of the Czech Association of Pharmaceutical Companies (ČAFF), shares the key priorities and challenges of the association and its members; assesses the Czech generics ecosystem, and gives insight into the importance of generics in providing a sustainable healthcare environment with ready availability of medicines for patients.…
Hungary Dr. György Bagdy, professor and former vice rector at Semmelweis University, shares his insights on the longstanding history of pharmacology in Hungary, the key strengths of the country in the field of neuroscience, and the future outlook of a more collaborative and innovation-focused research landscape. Hungary has the knowledge…
Puerto Rico Based in Tampa, Florida, Romark is a research-based pharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative treatments for infectious diseases. The company recently inaugurated its first finished products manufacturing facilities in Puerto Rico, transforming itself into a vertically integrated organization. CEO Marc Ayers extols the strengths of Puerto Rico as manufacturing location…
Hungary Hungarian national champion Egis and French Big Pharma Sanofi have both made recent big-ticket investments in new facilities in Hungary. Egis’ new manufacturing plant in Körmend and Sanofi’s new shared service centre in Budapest respectively stand to have a sizeable impact on the local economies and show the increasing attractiveness…
Thailand PharmaBoardroom’s latest report: Healthcare & Life Sciences Review: Thailand is available for download now. Thailand is in the midst of an economic transformation with healthcare at its heart. With four years of around three-four percent annual GDP growth behind it, ASEAN’s second-largest economy has implemented an ‘Industry 4.0’ policy through which…
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