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Turkey Mahmut Oguzcan, country business leader of 3M Turkey, offers his expert insights into the Turkish medical devices market. He explains how Turkey’s Health Transformation Program (HTP) and private-public partnership (PPP) models have created opportunities and challenges for 3M and outlines its commitment to Turkey moving forward.   Turkey is home…

Malaysia Chuwn Leong Ch’ng, CEO of Thunder Print, presents his company’s strategic role within the Malaysian healthcare industry to provide a high-quality packaging services for all type of health products, from medicines to health supplements.   Today, we are one of the few printers in Malaysia that offer a complete range…

South Korea Southeast Asia’s notoriously strict anti-cannabis laws could be set to relax dramatically as South Korea becomes the first country in the region to legalise cannabis for medicinal use.   This surprising move towards legalisation is intended to expand treatment options for patients suffering from rare diseases such as epilepsy.  …

Spain Manuel Ramos Ortega, chairman of Labiana, a Spanish CDMO, highlights his strategy to create company stability and discusses the major trends in the manufacturing world of human medicines. Furthermore, he gives an overview of what differentiates Spain and Labiana in the competitive world of pharmaceutical production.   The old business…

Korea Sunyoung Kim, CEO and founder of ViroMed, reveals his strategy for conquering the US market and the feasibility of his ambitions for ViroMed to become the biotech company with the largest revenues from gene therapy by 2025. He also discusses the areas within the Korean biotech sphere that must develop…

Malaysia Robert Kruit, chief executive for Zuellig Malaysia and Brunei, discusses Zuellig’s plans to expand beyond distribution and diversify its offering in the healthcare sector, and how Zuellig’s investments into digital health, commercial solutions, and animal health further the goal of making healthcare more accessible.   The pharmaceutical segment [in Malaysia]…

Turkey Ismail Yormaz, vice president & regional director south-east at Recordati, shares the management secrets that have helped him grow Recordati into one of the top pharma companies in Turkey. He also shares his advice on navigating the Turkish market and his visions for the future.   Running a pharmaceutical company…

China Song Ruilin, executive president of the China Pharmaceutical Innovation and Research Development Association (PhIRDA), discusses his association’s mandate, key achievements and the future of innovative Chinese pharmaceuticals and biotech.   Innovation is at the core of PhIRDA. Any organization that supports innovation, realizes the country’s dream of biomedical innovation and…

Malaysia Tan Sri Dato’ Ariffin Yusuf, founder and managing director of Primabumi, explains how he came to build Primabumi in 1975 and how he managed to position the company as a strategic partner for healthcare companies interested in winning public tenders. With his long business experience with the government, he also…

USA Chester “Chip” Davis, Jr, the President and CEO of the Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM) discusses the Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act (CREATES) and how it will improve access to medicines and restore healthy competition to the market.    American taxpayers, along with millions of patients, will benefit…

Spain After a recent course of political shifts, Spain now finds itself with a new minister of health; the third since this past June.  Maria Luisa Carcedo, who was named as the Spanish minister of health by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on September 11, has replaced Carmen Monton, who resigned after…

France Vincent Leonhardt explains how the French administration’s zeal for life science innovation can actually place pressure on some pharma SMEs. He also discusses the challenges he faced during his first 2.5 years at the helm of Nordic Pharma in France.   Over the last decade, Nordic Pharma has gained renown…