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Canada Frank Baylis, chairman of the board at Baylis shares his views on his motivations for maintaining a lifelong interest in healthcare, the Baylis approach to problem solving, and sharing knowledge between university institutions and industry. Can you explain the founding of Baylis Medical? “Canada is a unique market in that…

Poland Łukasz Korybalski, regional manager of Becton Dickinson (BD) Central Eastern Europe, discusses the rising significance of the region as the company continues to grow and the strategic importance of Poland, being home to BD’s CEE regional commercial operations and a global shared service centre. Additionally, he highlights the steps they…

India A successful commercial leader, Annaswamy Vaidheesh, president of OPPI, VP South Asia and managing director at GSK India, talks about the tremendous work that the local affiliate is doing in the country in making innovative products available to patients and their recent GBP 100 million investment in manufacturing. Can you…

Canada Moving into the position of National Pharma & Life Sciences Leader, PwC’s Rami El-Cheikh announces the firm’s plan to introduce the comprehensive Pharma Advisory Services currently existing in the US into Canada, including enterprise and function-specific service expertise. He further identifies areas of potential growth in healthcare-related industries, putting forward…

India A strong supporter of public-private partnerships, MSD’s managing director in India, Vivek Kamath, explains how the company’s collaborative approach is the key to enhancing their reputation, improving patient outcomes and tackling unmet medical needs in India.   Mr. Kamath, you have worked for MSD for over four years and you…

Lithuania With over 120,000 people whose lives are affected by the disease in Lithuania; diabetes stands as one of the country’s major health issues today. Furthermore, as Marijus Valatka, general manager for Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia of Novo Nordisk – the world leader in insulin and diabetes drugs – explains, “Lithuania…

India Ashok Battacharya, executive director of the Indian affiliate of Takeda Pharmaceuticals, with 38 years experience in global Ppharmaceutical MNCs, discusses the top-notch reputation that Takeda has among physicians and patients and how the company is working towards making Takeda’s innovative medications available to Indian Patients. Can you give our international…

Estonia Kristin Raudsepp, director general of Estonia’s drug regulator – the State Agency of Medicines – discusses her organization’s mandate, current priorities, and reactiveness to the pervading trends in international regulation. Can you introduce the State Agency of Medicines of Estonia and its mandate to our international readers? “Despite of the…

Poland Marzena Kulis, managing director of Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices CEE, highlights the importance of the region and Poland within J&J Medical Devices, and the impact of increasing healthcare expenditures on the medical device market. Additionally, she highlights the main challenges encountered by innovative companies and the extensive educational campaigns…

India Think global, act local! This is the Novartis business approach in India. A great believer in stakeholder collaboration, Jawed Zia, country president of Novartis India, explains how co-marketing deals with big names like Cipla and Lupin allow patients in every corner of the country to benefit from the company’s breakthrough…

Estonia Kadri Maegi-Lehtsi, general manager of Roche Pharmaceuticals Estonia, discusses the company’s established footprint in the Estonian market and their mission to give back to the Estonian society not only by providing innovative and highly needed medicines, but also through awareness and lifestyle campaigns. In Estonia, Roche focuses on marketing and…

Poland Cezary Kilczewski, president and founder of Medicofarma, a Polish CMO, discusses the company’s recent upgrades to double production capacity and the move into R&D operations as well as the dynamics of the possible CMO threat from cheaper nations in the east. He also highlights the strong positing of the company…