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Canada Having managed the Canadian affiliate of Otsuka from its infancy steps, Allison Rosenthal, general manager, highlights the affiliate’s feat to exceed expectations for the performance of each of its launches while maintaining extremely high employee engagement. Otsuka’s specialization in mental health also leads Rosenthal to call for better support from…

Ecuador Pablo Ledesma del Pozo, managing director at PharmaBrand, discusses the company’s ambition to equal the business model of a multinational companies in the foreseeable future by commercializing their products as well as opening fully-integrated affiliates in neighboring countries, such as Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Central American countries. Pablo, you have…

Canada Looking back on three years of operations in Canada and nine months of approval of Ocaliva® for the rare non-viral liver disease PBC, Brian Canestraro, general manager of Intercept, is proud of how far the Canadian affiliate has come. He is confident that the company has established a solid foundation…

Canada Lee Ferreira, newly-appointed general manager of Ferring Pharmaceuticals Canada, shares her excitement about the company’s transformative changes. She stresses the importance of conducting research in Canada in all areas of the organization’s portfolio, from reproductive medicine and women’s health to gastroenterology and urology.  Lee, what are your main priorities coming…

Poland Dariusz Adamusiński, general manager of A&D Pharma’s Polish operations has a busy year ahead. A new warehouse in Poland, partnerships across the pharmaceutical spectrum coupled with new regulations are all positive signs for the company.  Could you introduce A&D Pharma’s scope of operations in Poland? “Many other pharma companies are…

Baltics As the Lithuanian market matures, profound shifts have been taking place in the arena of human resources and how drug developers go about identifying, acquiring and retaining the personnel they require for a new age of medical science. “There are a number of emerging trends underway that are forcing companies…

Canada After 35 years in the pharmaceutical industry, Barry Fishman shares his excitement about heading one of Canada’s leading licensed cannabis producers. He explains how his experience in the world of pharma helps him to steer ABcann towards global expansion and emphasizes the importance of product development in both adult-use and…

Ecuador Francisco Cordero, general manager of Rocnarf, a proudly Ecuadorian family company with over 40 years of experience in the market discusses the company’s recent rebounding from experiencing severe price controls on its products. Looking forward, Cordero intends to develop international activities in collaboration with European, Middle Eastern and Central Asian…

India India’s pharmaceutical sales and forecast from 2013 up to 2021. Between 2017 and 2021, the Indian pharma market is forecasted to grow by a CAGR of between nine and ten percent. The Indian biotechnology market grew by a CAGR of 20.33% between 2005 and 2015 and stood at USD 11.6…

Canada With a diverse pipeline to back up its projects, Tetra Bio-Pharma wants to be the first Canadian pharmaceutical company to launch a cannabis-based drug in breakthrough pain. Bernard Fortier, CEO of Tetra Bio-Pharma, counts on the production of credible scientific data to overcome stigmas attached to medical cannabis and believes…

India The top 15 pharma companies in India for 2017 ranked by market share and growth rate. Homegrown champions Sun Pharma, Cipla and Zydus Cadila lead the way with 5.5, 4.6 and 3.9% market shares respectively.

UK Tim de Gavre, country head of Sandoz UK, discusses the role of biosimilars in driving innovation, the threats and opportunities of Brexit to the biosimilars industry, and how Sandoz partners with the NHS. In addition to your role at Sandoz, you are also one of the founding members of the…