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Holland Pharming Group CEO Sijmen de Vries discusses the advantages of his company’s transgenic platform for recombinant protein production, the commercial progress of their lead product Ruconest, and the company’s plans for developing new applications through the platform, including a partnership with the SinoPharm subsidiary SIPI. From a production point of…

R&D Lundbeck Turkey’s managing director discusses CNS and mental illness in Turkey, and their recent development of manufacturing operations in Turkey for their new product. Given this specialization in and deep knowledge of CNS, how would you assess the Turkish medical systems’ ability to handle mental illness? First of all, when…

respiratory disease The country manager of an Italian pharmaceutical firm talks about the evolution of Algerian health needs and what her firm is doing to counter different forms of respiratory disease prevalent in the country. After eighteen years at Chiesi, what have been your main successes to date? On a personal note,…

rare diseases The country manager of a leading German chemical and pharmaceutical company sheds light on her company’s activities in the rare diseases segment and speaks about the multiple benefits of promoting home care and greater patient autonomy. You are known for your medicines against diseases that are often neglected, such as…

biotech The general manager in charge of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean is on board with the corporate mission of doubling Shire’s product sales to USD 10 billion by 2020 and explains how Mexico and the rest of the region will contribute to this achievement. You were appointed head of…

CNS diseases Oscar Parra, general manager at Lundbeck Mexico, explains the seriousness of CNS diseases in increasingly urbanized countries and the impact they can have on the productivity of the Mexican workforce. The last time we met was in 2012. How have central nervous system (CNS) diseases evolved in Mexico over this…

orphan drugs Gabriela Pittis discusses the Argentinian healthcare system’s ability to diagnose, treat, and regulate rare diseases, and the country’s progress in further developing what is already the region’s most comprehensive system in this regard.   Is the Argentinian system able to reliably diagnose and treat rare diseases? “Rare diseases” is a…

International Research-Based Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association (IRPMA) General Manager, Chugai Pharma Taiwan and President of International Research-Based Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Association (IRPMA), discusses the continuous price cuts that plague the Taiwan market, and how IRPMA is getting involved in the discussions with the government on how to rectify this growing problem. During our interviews, general managers heading IRPMA…

Cardiology The president & CEO of CQDM discusses her vision of how CQDM’s activities can have a direct impact on the development of safer and more efficient drugs, and how to bring CQDM to a more globally competitive level. You were appointed as CEO of CQDM about ten months ago. What…

ireland Mr. Mazeman, can you please begin by offering a brief overview of your career to date? I am a French pharmacist by training, with expertise in pharmacology. I have worked for Servier for my entire career. I started in the industry as a medical representative for the company. I went…

AIFD - Association of Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies Pharmaceutical Executive and Focus Reports are of course about the industry but also about the people making it happen. So before anything would you like to introduce yourself to our readers and expose the career path that has led you to take the helm of Turkey’s leader in the pharmaceutical…

AIFD - Association of Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies In an environment where the line between generic and innovator companies is less and less relevant, due to the growing trend of innovators integrating generics products in their portfolio through acquisitions, to what extent has the role of association evolved? Despite the growing trend of integrating innovative products with generics,…