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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.…

Japan Number of consultations for drugs in Japan by category in 2016. Oncology drugs leads the way, followed by gastrointestinal drugs and respiratory tract drugs. The launch of new medicines for major non-communicable diseases in Japan from 2004-2016 in terms of both applications and approvals. Regenerative medicine product approvals in Japan…

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…

India Janmejay Vyas, chairman of the Dishman Group, shares the story of his success in establishing a trustworthy relationship with the strictest drug regulator in the world, the US FDA. Mr Vyas, since the very beginning your focus has been on research and developing various in-house technologies for quaternary ammonium compounds…

Brazil Allan Finkel, recently voted Novo Nordisk’s best GM globally, speaks about the partnerships and projects that the Brazilian affiliate organizes with doctors and patient associations to increase diabetes awareness in the country as well as their newly launched obesity treatment Saxenda®, which has seen tremendous success in Brazil. You took…

India Indian pharma production is growing rapidly – boosted by the Modi government’s ‘Make in India’ campaign – and both Indian companies and multinationals implanted in the world’s second most populous nation are responding to the drastic need for quality, affordable generic medicines across the world. “When it comes to manufacturing…