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LatAm Carlos Abelleyra leads Medix, a 70-year-old Mexican pharmaceutical company undergoing a major strategic transformation. Since 2024, he has diversified the firm beyond its historical obesity focus, establishing divisions in vitamins, gastrointestinal products, and women’s health. With a landmark Biocon licensing deal for GLP-1 therapies and plans to launch 30 new…

LatAm Fernando Almeida, EVP China & International Markets, discusses his global pharma career and Chiesi’s evolution into a high-performing, innovation-led group. He highlights strong double-digit growth, disciplined investment, and expansion across China and Latin America, underpinned by access-driven strategies, talent mobility, and long-term patient impact.   To become a strong and…

LatAm From cancer treatments to cardiovascular drugs, access to innovative medicines in South America lags behind developed market norms with patients forced to endure considerable delays for therapies that are already considered global standards. According to the Waiting to Access Innovative Therapies (W.A.I.T.) Indicator from FIFARMA, an association representing research-based pharma…

UAE Adeeb Al Attar leads Genpharm at a point where rare and advanced therapies in the Middle East face a more exacting test. Scale and ambition are no longer enough. What matters now is execution, credibility, and the ability to move innovation through complex healthcare systems without losing focus. In this…

USA Neil F. McFarlane, President and CEO of Zevra Therapeutics, reflects on how his experiences in clinical practice, military service, and leadership roles across biotech and mid-sized pharma come together and led him to this moment. Under McFarlane, Zevra is driven by the urgency of patient needs and engaging with patient…

France Kyowa Kirin’s new head for France and Benelux steps into the role at a time when rare diseases, regulatory expectations and scientific modalities are all shifting at speed. In this interview, Aurelie-Anne Chausse reflects on the recent strategic transition toward a fully rare-disease-focused organisation, the growing pressure to identify patients…

Taiwan Jayashri Kulkarni Managing Director of Johnson & Johnson Taiwan, brings 27 years of experience across pharmaceuticals and medical technology in Asia Pacific. Since assuming her Taiwan role , she has focused on outcome-based healthcare, patient advocacy, and leadership development, bringing a perspective that bridges emerging market innovation with healthcare system…

Taiwan With Takeda preparing for global leadership change and Taiwan rapidly upgrading its innovation and access frameworks, General Manager Alexis Lin is navigating one of the most pivotal periods in the affiliate’s 64-year history. Drawing on a career that began far from pharma, she has reshaped Takeda Taiwan into a regional…

Taiwan Nick Wang, General Manager of Daiichi Sankyo Taiwan, has more than 25 years’ experience across clinical research and commercial leadership. Since joining the company in 2020, he has led the build-out of its oncology business while steering the affiliate’s transition to a full-function organisation, with a clear focus on lifecycle…

France Biogen France is operating at a moment of profound change, where rapid advances in neurology, immunology and rare diseases intersect with shifting global dynamics on investments to innovation and new expectations of industry-public collaboration. In this interview, Marina Vasiliou reflects on how these forces are reshaping the affiliate’s mission, the…

Taiwan Taiwan is entering a pivotal phase in its healthcare evolution, and Roche’s leaders in Taiwan outline how the convergence of global expertise, advanced diagnostics and innovative therapeutics can accelerate that shift. Diana Liu and Sophia Chao describe an ecosystem that is eager to adopt prevention, early detection and personalised care,…

Taiwan Vivian Kuo, General Manager at UCB, brings over two decades of pharmaceutical industry expertise across medical affairs, marketing, corporate strategy and commercial excellence. Having spent seven years at UCB, progressing from Neurology Head for Taiwan and Hong Kong to regional leadership across Southeast Asia, she now steers both affiliates through…