AIFD - Association of Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies In an environment where the line between generic and innovator companies is less and less relevant, due to the growing trend of innovators integrating generics products in their portfolio through acquisitions, to what extent has the role of association evolved? Despite the growing trend of integrating innovative products with generics,…
MSD Czech Republic Dr. Novotný, in 2008, you became Managing Director for MSD for the Czech and Slovak Republics. In the very next year after your appointment, you were tasked with managing the merger between MSD and Schering-Plough. How challenging was this undertaking, and what were the keys to its success? This was…
Ministry of Health Czech Republic Dr. Heger, you were appointed as the Czech Minister of Health in July of 2010. What challenges did you see for the Czech healthcare system, and what has been your overall vision for reform? I believe that we continue to face the same difficulties today that we have faced for…
Cegedim Czech Republic Mr. Krýza, Mr. Nádvorník, between the two of you, you have over 21 years of experience at Cegedim, and have watched this company grow significantly through a series of mergers. What has been the historical development of the Czech affiliate? Tomáš Nádvorník: Cegedim was established in the Czech Republic in…
Ipsen Czech Republic Ms. Hauser, you represent what is perhaps the last major generation of medical doctors in this country that left the medical field to join the pharmaceutical business. What do you find are the greatest differences between the Czech pharma industry you joined in 1993 with Wellcome, and the industry you…
Ewopharma Czech Republic Mr. Krejčí, can you please begin with a broad introduction to Ewopharma, for those of our readers who are unfamiliar with the company? Ewopharma is part of a large group of companies with its headquarters based in Switzerland. Ewopharma AG was founded in 1959 and focuses on the pharmaceutical markets…
BIOTEC Thailand As one of the figureheads of the BIOTECh industry in Thailand, could you introduce your background to our readers? I was trained as a biochemist in Thailand, and did my Master’s Degree and PhD in the US at the University of Connecticut. I did two post-Doctorates, one at Rutgers University…
Nobel Pharma Ukraine Nobel Pharma has quite a history in the CIS region as this region is becoming increasingly important for the company. What is the company’s story in Ukraine? Nobel Pharma Ukraine has been established 6 years ago, we have finished 5 years of active marketing in Ukraine. First let me provide…
Abbott South Africa Ms Joubert, could you start by telling our readers over the 16 months of heading the operations here, what have been the most challenging situations as the General Manager of Abbott South Africa? I worked in Abbott’s Pharmaceutical Division for 12 years, and then spent 3 years as General Manager…
Amayeza Abuntu (SA 2011) Mr. Godard, you previously worked in Europe for Baxter Edwards Life Sciences, what made you decide to move to South Africa in a smaller company? It is a purely romantic French story. I met my wife in France 10 years ago during a medical product training session that we had…
Abex Pharmaceutica Your professional career went back and forth between creating your own business and running a smaller and very dynamic structure and managing over a thousand of employees for multinational organizations. Could you compare the two and tell us what position you enjoyed the most? I think I prefer the creative…
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