Tagged with BIOTEC

Serbia Gordana Zdravkovic has overseen the progression of BIOTEC International, Serbia through thick and thin. With over 25 years’ experience in the life sciences industry, she has put together a fantastic team of young professionals eager to take advantage of Serbia’s teeming pharmaceutical landscape. In this interview, Gordana sheds light on…

Canada Michel Fortin, president and CEO of Prevtec Microbia, a global biotech player founded in Saint-Hyacinthe, outside of Montréal, analyzes the opportunities in the global animal health industry, and how Prevtec Microbia has positioned itself to seize those by developing technologies that are alternatives to the usage of antibiotics in animal…

Poland Agnieszka Grzybowska-Zalewska, general manager of Sanofi Genzyme Poland, reflects on the company’s stable growth over the last few years and the market access challenges they have encountered along the way. Moreover, she highlights the importance of achieving reimbursement for three key products for Multiple Sclerosis and Oncology as well as…

Canada David Main, CEO and president of Aquinox Pharmaceuticals Inc., introduces the company he founded in 2006, which now is in the late stages of development of a drug targeting the SHIP1 enzyme, with a focus on treating interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome. Other applications may include blood cancers and chronic prostatitis/chronic…

Poland Paweł Przewięźlikowski, CEO of Selvita, the largest biotech company between Germany and India, discusses the first-in-class and pioneer Polish molecule, SEL24, and the future game changing molecule, SEL120 – the first ever CDK8 inhibitor for acute myeloid leukaemia with great opportunities for further indications and development. Furthermore, he highlights the…

Switzerland Laurent-Dominique Piveteau, CEO of Swiss medtech innovator Debiotech, discusses digital disruption, Swiss innovation, and future growth drivers. As well as being CEO of Debiotech, you also lecture courses at EPFL on “Economics of Innovation in the Biomedical Industry”. What are your thoughts on the incorporation of disruptive technologies in the…

India A pioneer of the biotechnology industry in India and the head of the country’s leading biotechnology enterprise, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, discusses the recent US FDA approval of Ogivri™, the first biosimilar for trastuzumab and the sixth approved biosimilar in the US overall, and how Biocon is implementing a low-value high-volume model…

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…

Brazil Sameer Savkur, country manager of Biogen Brazil, provides insights into the key specificities of the Brazilian pharmaceutical ecosystem and documents the great successes of Biogen affiliate in working hand-in-hand with all key public and regulatory stakeholders in Brazil, as recently illustrated with Biogen’s innovative treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA),…

Brazil Luis Eduardo Caroli, CEO of BioZeus, is contributing to the pre-commercial development of Brazilian-born innovations. In this interview he explains how he set up the company and documents the company’s unique model of collaboration between local project managers and highly experienced senior international executives to develop academic science, as well…

Switzerland Oliver Rinner, CEO and founder of Biognosys, provides a fascinating account of the company’s unique business model and explains how its technical research into proteomics and cell expression is likely to be even more successful despite continuous technological developments. Biognosys – a proteomics focused company – was initially founded as…

Brazil Dr. Ogari Pacheco, president of the Board of Directors for Cristália, highlights the unique journey for Cristália over the past 45 years, as one of the most innovative local pharma companies with its own manufacturing operations; the innovations they have brought to both Brazilian and international markets; and his vision…