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Egypt Ahmed Zaghloul, CEO of October Pharma, stresses the need for better infrastructure for biosimilars in Egypt to stay competitive on a global level. He also highlights October Pharma’s ambitious export strategy, targeting markets in the Gulf Region and South East Asia.   Production costs are rising, and pricing pressures continue,…

Spain Nabil Daoud, president of Lilly Spain, Portugal and Greece, highlights the importance of Lilly’s Spanish operations to the global group; Spain being the only country outside to hold manufacturing, pre-clinical research and commercial sales functionalities. Furthermore, he gives insight into his strategy to deliver the company’s exciting pipeline and his…

Korea Historically, Handok has been the entry point of multinational companies to Korea. Now Handok is reinventing itself as a total healthcare company with global ambitions. Its chairman and CEO, Young-jin Kim, explains how he has continued his father’s legacy while also driving the transition to new product development by following…

Spain Javier Hidalgo, CEO and president of Tedec-Meiji Farma, highlights the main challenges he faces and how he positions the company as the preferred partner of choice. Furthermore, he offers his insights into the strategic importance of Spain for the group and how he blends the two cultures of the company,…

France Michel Spagnol, chairman and CEO of Novasep, a robust French CDMO, shares his insights on the key global trends that are shaping today’s CMDO sector – particularly the emerging significance of biopharmaceuticals and gene therapies. Spagnol goes on to elaborate on his strategy to revitalize Novasep’s organizational structure and position…

Spain José Luis Martin, director general of HC Clover, a Spanish manufacturer of soft gelatin capsules, highlights how they adapt their services to clients as well as their strategy for rapid growth, such as the recent expansion of operations into Brazil. Furthermore, he touches on the competitive nature of the market…

France Patrick Mahieux, general manager of ABL Europe, a CDMO specialized in the provision of viral vectors, discusses the company’s history within the Institut Mérieux and, the unique and flexible strategy Mahieux leverages to position the CMO as a top player in the market.   We manage ABL Europe as a…

France David Lescuyer, managing director of Skyepharma, a specialized CDMO, reflects on the past three years of the company as it transitioned from a drug delivery platform to a fully-fledged service provider leveraging agile solutions across the value chain. Lescuyer also shares his insights on the service sector and the most…

Turkey Turkey – home to an 80 million-strong population, a substantial pharmaceuticals market and a universal healthcare system that is the envy of its neighbours – stands as one of the most promising healthcare and life science investment destinations in its region. Topics covered in this report range from the successes…

Korea Dr Byung Guk Yang, CEO of Daewoong Bio, explains the challenges the Korean healthcare system is facing and how his experience in the public sector now helps him lead a private sector company. He also offers his insights into Daewoong Bio’s diversified business model and highlights the need for internationalization.…

France Denis Delval, CEO of iconic French pharma firm LFB since December 2017, discusses his key priorities to build the new LFB.   My vision is that we should be strong enough to assume a leadership position in any space that we seek to participate in During his two terms at…

China Aditya Bhattacharji manages Eurasia Group‘s healthcare analysis. Together with his colleague Sarah Hassan, a researcher at the company they look at China’s skyrocketing health industry and what to expect from it in the Year of the Pig, 2019.    China approved a record 48 new drugs last year, despite a significant organizational restructuring.…