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Poland Colm Murphy, general plant manager of Anpharm, a key European production site for the Servier group, highlights major investments in recent years, such as the state-of-the-art QC Lab, and his strategy to increase the plant’s exports. Additionally, he discusses the growing importance of the company’s CDMO activities and the steps…

Ecuador Santiago Salguero, executive director of the Association of Latin American Pharmaceutical Laboratories in Ecuador (ALAFAR), elaborates on the exceptional work done by the association to build the relevant quality of products manufactured by his member companies, additional services the association can provide to its associates as well as the unmatched…

Poland Andrzej Tarnkowski, founder and owner of Antar, a Polish success story within the orthopaedic field, discusses the company’s successful international expansion into various markets, including Germany, while highlighting the opening of their own production in 2013, offering a huge potential ahead. Finally, he reveals Antar’s strong positioning as the partner…

India Deloitte predicts that the global market for biosimilars will reach between USD 25 and 35 billion by 2020, driven by some key global biologic drugs facing loss of exclusivity in the next few years and an increasing global focus on improving healthcare access and the cost of care. Against this…

India Alexandre Williams, founder and managing director of Athena, an international company with an Indian manufacturing basis specialized in life cycle products, provides insights into some key trends shaping India’s pharmaceutical industry and exports. He also documents Athena’s plan to launch over 50 new products in both advanced and strategic emerging…

Canada Halo Pharma, a US-based one-stop-shop CDMO (Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization), operates out of a site in Mirabel, close to Montreal, that boasts 30 years of experience in developing and manufacturing medicine. Maryse Laliberté, Halo Pharma’s vice-president and general manager, highlights the company’s differentiation factors of quality delivery and flexibility,…

Serbia Serbia macroeconomic factsheet including data on population, GDP, education and life expectancy. Serbia has risen 50 places in the World Bank’s ‘Doing Business’ rankings from 93rd in 2014 to 43rd in 2018. Serbia’s GDP per capita between 2008 and 2016. International comparison of healthcare spending growth and GDP growth between…

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…