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Mexico Alan Smithers, CEO at IFA Celtics, highlights the obesity as a national healthcare challenge and explains the company’s strategy to enlarge its capabilities to cope with the increasing needs of the patients’ and physicians’ communities. Could you please introduce yourself to our international as well as the main activities and…

Mexico Salomon Rayek, CEO at Sinbiotik, explains how the company managed to adapt its business model to the industry trends and showcases the added value of Sinbiotik when offering high quality, cost-effective and fully regulated APIs manufactured locally. Could you please introduce yourself to our international audience as well as the…

Luxembourg Novartis’ newest Head for the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg provides a fascinating insight into the Luxembourg market and reveals how this small nation has found itself in pole position for future pharmaceutical innovation. After over a decade with GSK, you joined Novartis one and half years ago. What made you join…

Switzerland Advances in delivery technology and manufacturing costs have driven a surge of activity in peptide drug development, says Thomas Früh, CEO of Bachem –  the largest and most advanced peptide drug CMO in the world. Peptide therapeutics are a hot topic in the pharma industry today – what’s the story…

Ireland James Lennertz, Group VP and GM EUMEA for BioMarin, discusses the key highlights of the past few years for BioMarin, their unique positioning as a company offering innovative therapies for ultra-rare diseases, the main challenge he sees for BioMarin’s international operations, and his priorities for the next few years. James,…

Philippines Ebb Hinchliffe, Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, discusses the Chamber’s current advocacy efforts in the country and their strategic objectives moving forward in terms of increasing the already strong business ties between the United States and the Philippines. He also discusses the potential for…

Singapore Martin Dewhurst of the Global Pharmaceuticals and Medical Products Practice at McKinsey & Company provides his view of the Asia Pacific Medtech Forum 2016 in Singapore and elaborates on the prominent trends for the industry in the region. What have been your first impressions of the MedTech Forum and your…

London Among the assorted pharma CEOs and KOLs gathered at the recent Financial Times Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Conference in London, debate raged on the pros and cons of a pure play strategy, focusing on a few key therapeutic areas, compared to a more diversified approach. If the 1990s and early 2000s, were all…

Singapore Boehringer Ingelheim’s (BI) country managing director in South East Asia and South Korea (SEASK), Gerrard McKenna characterizes the recent changes within the family-owned business as “evolutionary” in nature, while highlighting the key role that Singapore plays in capitalizing on the blossoming opportunities in the region. It seems it’s been a…

Switzerland With over 50 years of history in Switzerland, Zambon operates in Canton Ticino one of Zambon’s two major global production centers. Swiss Market  Manager Giampiero Roncoroni discusses the unique features of the Swiss market, and how a particular focus on the OTC/OTX market has been a key factor of success…

Singapore In an exclusive interview with Stephen Ooi, Senior Executive Advisor at Zimmer Biomet, he emphasizes the strategic benefits of the global merger between Zimmer and Biomet and how through leveraging their synergies, Zimmer Biomet will continue to raise the standards of quality and take an active role in bringing musculoskeletal…

Luxembourg Miriam Steimer, as employee number one of the Fast-track diagnostics success story, provides a thorough analysis into the company’s global footprint, the scope of operations in Luxembourg with both manufacturing and R&D activities, and the significance of the “made in Luxembourg” label. Finally, Ms Steimer shares FTD’s remarkably high levels…