Tagged with manufacturing

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.…

France Josephine Yang Comiskey, president of GSK France, gives insights into GSK’s corporate culture, portfolio and priorities in France. She also highlights the need for collaboration and a better dialogue between industry and authorities, to ensure quicker market access for innovative products in the country.   We welcome the fact that…

France Emmanuelle Quilès, CEO of Janssen France, speaks about how she joined the American multinational with the ambition to bring digitalization and transform the organization from the inside. Quilès goes on to cover the operational specifics of the affiliate and shares her insights on the French pharma ecosystem.   When I…

France On January 21st, 2019, AstraZeneca inaugurated the extension of the group’s industrial site in the city of Dunkirk in Northern France. The launch was attended by Secretary of State to the Minister of the Economy and Finance, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, as part of the promotional event ‘Choose France,’ designed to promote…