Tagged with export

Turkey Seizing the cost competitiveness of the Turkish market and the government’s nurturing of local manufacturing, Turkish companies are looking to harness their geographic positioning and export to developed and developing markets alike.   We did not shy away from entering the most advanced healthcare ecosystems. Barış Özyurtlu, General Manageger, Berko Ilac.…

Malta Malta has the second largest pharma trade balance per capita in the EU, the tenth in total, and was the continent’s fastest growing pharma exporter between 2001 and 2016. Malta acts a flight hub for southern Europe, with 35,000 international departures and arrivals per annum. Doing business in Malta is…

India Although most industry observers expect that Indian pharma exports to the US will pick up again in the coming years, Indian companies have – in the meantime – been rapidly increasing their efforts to develop stronger footprints in strategic emerging market such as Brazil, Russia and some Asian and African…

Poland The value of Poland’s pharmaceutical exports shot from USD 501 million in 2005 to USD 3.475 billion in 2015, a total growth of an astounding 590% and a compound annual growth rate of 21%. Most exports go to Europe (80%) but Asian markets are becoming increasingly important to Poland and…

India Raghuveer Kini, executive director of the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil) provides insights into the key success factors that have allowed India to become the world’s pharmaceutical hub and gives us his assessment of the recent plateauing of Indian exports as well as an overview of the new…

India In this exclusive interview, Binish Chudgar, vice-chairman and managing director of Intas, the largest privately-owned Indian pharmaceutical company with sales of over USD 1.7 billion during the last financial year, provides insights into the company’s growth model and M&A approach, as well as his objectives with regards to a large-scale…

Poland Colm Murphy, general plant manager of Anpharm, a key European production site for the Servier group, highlights major investments in recent years, such as the state-of-the-art QC Lab, and his strategy to increase the plant’s exports. Additionally, he discusses the growing importance of the company’s CDMO activities and the steps…

Canada Canadian medtech at a glance: market value, number of companies, number of employees,export markets, spinoffs.   Key areas of expenditure in Canadian medtech: diagnostic imaging stands as the single largest therapeutic area served.   Canadian medical device export destinations; the US is far and away the largest market for Canadian…

India Umang Vohra, managing director and global CEO of Indian pharma giant Cipla, discusses the company’s ambition to grow in both the domestic and emerging markets as well as the opportunities that Cipla sees as a specialty pharmaceutical company in the US.   The opportunity to service such a vast patient…

Tunisia Ridha Charfeddine, founding CEO of Unimed and president of the National Chamber of the Pharmaceutical Industry (CNIP) discusses enforcing European quality standards in Tunisia, the CNIP’s role in guiding pharmaceutical and medical device companies in Tunisia, as well as his entrepreneurial journey with Unimed, now the preferred partner of the…

Ukraine Ludmila Bezpalko, CEO of Borshchahivskiy Chemical Pharmaceutical Plant (BCPP), a top 10 domestic pharmaceutical company in Ukraine, documents the development strategy she has been following over the past two decades to ensure BCCP now proudly stands as the Ukrainian leader in terms of international standards and quality certifications. She also…

Ireland Despite a comparatively small population by European standards, Ireland’s macroeconomic indicators remain healthy, with strong GDP growth rates. Ireland is globally competitive in terms of flexibility, adaptability, human resources, culture, and economic policy. Ireland’s tax regime is also globally competitive, with favourable corporate tax rates, R&D tax credit, and an…