Tagged with Manufacturing

Serbia Nenad Djordjevic, managing director of Esensa, introduces the Belgrade company’s 200-strong portfolio of medical devices, food supplements, cosmetics and general use items; how it is now exporting its ‘made in Serbia’ products to geographies as diverse as Kazakhstan and Hong Kong; and how Esensa is breaking down stereotypes of what…

Canda Richard Lajoie shares his main priorities for his tenure as new president of Valeant’s Canadian operations: portfolio rejuvenation through launches of innovative molecules addressing the unmet needs of Canadian patients, growing the company’s manufacturing capacity in the country and fostering the Valeant culture. What does Canada represent for Valeant today?…

Poland Mieczysław Wośko, president and founder of Polfarmex, a leading Polish company, discusses the key factors behind the enterprise’s successful growth and the movement towards R&D to create their own treatments. Furthermore, he highlights the company’s international strategy and strong manufacturing capabilities, both for their own treatments and in the context…

India A strong advocate for quality, Dilip Surana, chairman and managing director of Micro Labs, explains how the company’s strong focus on the quality of its products and move to specialty generics has led them to success in both the Indian and US markets. When we met in 2011, the company…

Serbia Nenad Markovic, director of fast-growing, family-run pharmaceutical company ADOC in Serbia, sheds light on the organisation’s rapid and consistent growth, the ADOC stamp of approval and why the road to EU membership will be a smooth one for ADOC. What are ADOC’s current operations in Serbia? “We are very happy…

Switzerland Alessandro di Napoli, CEO of Swiss family-owned pharmaceutical group, TRB Chemedica, discusses the company’s focus on the rheumatology, ophthalmology and neurology niches and the importance of ‘Swissness’ within its internationalization process. TRB Chemedica is a family business set up by your father Guido in 1980, now counting 700 employees globally…

Serbia Aleksandra Miric, a pharmacist with a strong background in industry and development, presents the activities of Pharmanova, the company which she directs and which has built up a leadership position within dietary product manufacturing in Serbia. Can you tell us something about your company? “For Pharmanova, we would like the…

Switzerland Kurt Reichen, VP Technical Operations at PaxVax, an American-headquartered fully integrated specialty vaccine company focused on infectious diseases, discusses the establishment of the company’s only site outside of the US in Bern, Switzerland, following the 2014 acquisition of a former Crucell manufacturing site from J&J. The establishment of your Swiss…

Lithuania Audrius Tutlys, country manager at Teva Lithuania, highlights the importance of Teva in Lithuania, based not only on its broad product offering but also its manufacturing capabilities and shares his willingness to position Teva as a true partner of the government in making Lithuania a European biotech center. Can you…

Lithuania Mantas Katinas, general manager at Invest Lithuania, discusses the country’s strengths, how it can become an attractive destination for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and the commitment of the agency towards developing a proper ecosystem for life sciences in Lithuania. Mr. Katinas, you worked in the telecoms industry before joining Invest…

Switzerland Stefan Frefel, CEO of Bilfinger Industrial Services in Switzerland, outlines Bilfinger’s core offering of maintenance and engineering services to the pharmaceutical industry, the importance of the Swiss affiliate to the global group, and how the company is positioning itself at the forefront of digital disruption and other new industry trends.…

Switzerland Marc Funk, COO of Swiss-headquartered product development service specialist, Lonza, discusses the company’s remarkable recent fortunes, how it is implementing innovative efficiency improvements, and answers the question, “why Switzerland?”   We aspire to move the company and the relationship with our customers from being a functional service provider to the strategic partner…