Tagged with Ophthalmology

Puerto Rico Jose Viera-Colon, Region Director Caribbean for Allergan, highlights the opportunities and obstacles related to leading the company’s commercial operations in Puerto Rico and countries like the Dominican Republic. He also gives insights in planned product launches in CNS and eyecare and explains Allergan’s approach to ensure product affordability for Puerto…

China Japanese ophthalmology specialist Santen first established a China affiliate in 2005 and has grown very successfully in the past 14 years. GM of Santen Pharmaceutical (China) Co., Ltd. (hereafter, Santen China) Takayuki Yamada gives his first impressions of the Chinese market since his arrival in April 2019, Santen’s commitment to…

France Martine Claret of Horus Pharma – a family-owned ophthalmology pharmaceutical company established in 2003 and based in Nice – discusses the highly regulated and competitive ophthalmology market, the company’s remarkable recent growth, and the state of play for SMEs in France today.   We as a flexible medium-sized company have…

Korea Jong-Gu Chung, general manager of CooperVision Korea, lifts the lid on his strategy to establish their position in the Korean market for contact lenses. Chung also gives his assessment of the impact price-driven competition for lenses is having on the market, both for providers and users, and offers his ambition…

Hong Kong Yvette Chu, general manager of CooperVision Hong Kong, shares the affiliate’s double-digit growth over the past three years, the importance of their relationships with the optometrists in Hong Kong, the value of their innovative and comprehensive portfolio of contact lenses, and her vision for the affiliate in the next few…

Spain Ana Fernández of Théa Spain discusses the strategic importance of the Spanish affiliate – the group’s oldest, current trends in Spanish ophthalmology, and what differentiates Théa – as a family-run mid-sized company – from its competitors.   Having taken on your first country manager position in January 2018, what are…

Hong Kong George Kwan, managing director of Hoya Lens, one of the first contact lens manufacturers in Hong Kong, introduces recent new innovation introduced to the market, public sector collaboration, and future strategy.   George, could you start by introducing Hoya Lens Hong Kong to our international audience? Hoya Lens Hong Kong…

France Professor José-Alain Sahel, founder and director of the Institute de la Vision in Paris, offers his insider take on the ophthalmology landscape in France, international perceptions of the country, and the future of the Institute.   Could you please describe to our audience your career path and introduce the Institut…

Hong Kong Colman Chan, CEO of ophthalmology specialist Skyview Optical, outlines recent developments in the Hong Kong eyecare market, Skyview’s evolution as a distributor and how it can foster greater links with Mainland China. What have been some of Skyview Optical’s main achievements and milestones since its establishment? Since creating the company…

UK Professor David Garway-Heath, a specialist in glaucoma, talks with us about the screening devices of the future, low awareness of glaucoma as a chronic disease and collaboration in training and establishing standards of care on a European level.   I see technology as the enabler that creates new possibilities. Imaging…

UK Philip Lews Williams, managing director of the UK affiliate of French ophthalmology specialist Théa, describes the evolution of the company’s engagement in the UK and his strategy for taking on the big players in eyecare. Laboratoires Théa entered the UK for the first time back in 2007 via a joint…

UK Craig Wallace established the UK affiliate of Santen, the Japanese ophthalmology company, in 2014. Wallace describes the journey Santen has been on so far in the UK, as well as his ambitions to contribute to its goal of becoming a leading global ophthalmology company by 2020.  You set up Santen’s…