Tagged with research

Pharma The country manager for BMS South Africa talks about the company’s first to market strategy, and how BMS has shifted the treatment paradigm for oncology in South Africa. Through our platform, we introduce the leaders of the pharma industry, and their partners to our 95,000 readers around the world. With that in mind, would…

Pharma The Chairman & CEO of DBV Technologies reveals how they have developed a new therapeutic method and new technology in the form of a patch to treat various allergies. DBV received a “breakthrough” designation from the FDA for the design which meets safety standards that no other products currently being developed do.…

Pharma Winner of the Dutch Prix Corona Gallina in 2011, Prof. Dr. Bart Roep discusses his groundbreaking research into type 1 diabetes; his wishes to deal with the cause rather than the symptoms of this disease and the current research climate in the Netherlands. Introduction to Bart Roep and his current…

Pharma Frank Grosveld, Professor of Molecular Biology at Erasmus Medical Center, tells PharmaBoardroom about how Dutch research and development environment has evolved over recent decades.  Frank, to begin could you please introduce yourself to our readers around the world, with reference to your current research interests and educational responsibilities? I am…

Pharma Miroslav Secerov, VP Sales & Marketing NATEC, explains the choice of Mauritius for NATEC’s headquarters as well as the unique assets that make Mauritius the ideal business location. He also analyses Mauritius’ recent emphasis on development of the life sciences sector and the public-private relationship required to make that a…

Pharma OrganoPlates™ serve as a highly useable platform for 3D cell cultures, are completely compatible with existing lab equipment, and can be used to develop true ‘organ-on-a-chip’ models. Co-founders of the developer and manufacturer, Mimetas, discuss the impact this product is already having on the drug development process, and its potential…

Pharma The General Manager of LEEM talks about the association’s strategy based on three key points, innovation, attractiveness and efficiency; how the Mediator affair has placed a question mark on the championing of the pharma industry as a national asset; why both France and Europe are at turning point and what…

Pharma Michel Dutree, former director general of the Dutch association for pharmaceutical innovators, gives a detailed overview of the changes happening in the Dutch pharmaceutical industry, and the Netherlands’ role at the European level as the “laboratory of Europe.” It’s been four years since your last interview with PBR; what do…

Research Arnaud Lagesse, CEO of GML, the largest company in Mauritius and the third largest company in the Indian Ocean, discusses his company’s successful diversification into the life sciences sector, with the creation of GML Life. The history of GML has always been linked to the development of the Mauritian economy.…

Holland Pharming Group CEO Sijmen de Vries discusses the advantages of his company’s transgenic platform for recombinant protein production, the commercial progress of their lead product Ruconest, and the company’s plans for developing new applications through the platform, including a partnership with the SinoPharm subsidiary SIPI. From a production point of…

Holland A serial entrepreneur, Henk Viëtor founded the Drug Discovery Factory as an active venture fund focused on translating life science research into medical innovation. He discusses his perspective on the Dutch startup environment, and makes his case for how the country should proceed if it is serious about supporting the…

Holland Pivot Park in Oss, the Netherlands, aims at becoming an inspiring campus for open innovation in life sciences. The CEO discusses the unique assets the park offers to companies and calls for an increased collaboration among private industry, academia, and government to enhance the country’s global competitiveness. You took over…