Tagged with Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Gustavo A. Hermida, President of CIC Construction Group, shares the remarkable journey of Puerto Rico’s leading general contractor. Built on a foundation of excellence in the pharmaceutical sector, CIC has successfully diversified into healthcare, hospitality, and housing while upholding its rigorous standards of safety, quality, and timely delivery. Hermida highlights…

Puerto Rico Migna Fontan, Director of Operations for Viant Medical in Puerto Rico, provides insights into the company’s evolution and its critical role in the medtech industry. Fontan discusses Viant’s journey in Puerto Rico, its transformative milestones, and its manufacturing facility’s innovative capabilities. She highlights how the island’s skilled workforce positions Puerto…

Puerto Rico CytoImmune, founded in 2017 and established in Puerto Rico in 2020, is focused on developing immune-based therapies using proprietary natural killer (NK) cells. CEO Dr José Eduardo Vidal discusses the biotech’s innovative approach, the access promise of allogeneic NK cells as opposed to T-cell therapies, the advantages of setting up…

Puerto Rico Juan Ignacio Diddi, GM of BMS Puerto Rico & Caribbean, has over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, having held various roles across Latin America before taking on the role leading BMS Puerto Rico and the Caribbean in 2022. He focuses on ensuring early access to therapies, fostering…

Puerto Rico Dr. Eduardo Nicolau shares his journey from being a professor of chemistry to becoming Executive Director of the MSRC in 2021. His leadership focuses on financial stability, creating a biotech incubator, and establishing key partnerships with the industry, including a significant collaboration with the biotechnology company CytoImmune Therapeutics for cancer…

Puerto Rico Ella Woger-Nieves of Invest Puerto Rico highlights the island’s remarkable evolution into a global pharmaceutical manufacturing, life sciences, and innovation hub. Woger-Nieves explains how, over the past five years, Puerto Rico has expanded its capabilities in research and development, fostered collaboration between startups and legacy companies, and positioned itself as…

Puerto Rico Arthur Deboeck is a chemical engineer with more than 50 years of expertise in the domain of drug delivery systems, having pioneered innovations such as the first extended-release once-a-day drug exempt from food effect. He founded his own company in Puerto Rico (Galephar) in 1986, focusing on R&D for difficult…

Puerto Rico Long recognized for its strengths in manufacturing and distribution, Puerto Rico is looking to capitalize on its positive attributes and position itself as a centre for innovation. While important tax incentives have provided stimulus for R&D, the US territory is also working on building a strong local ecosystem, developing and…

Puerto Rico As president of Puerto Rico’s Colegio de Químicos (CQPR), Dr. José A. Pérez Meléndez is focused on elevating the US territory’s standards of chemistry education and creating a bridge between industry and academia. He remarks on the Colegio’s strategic partnerships and talent retention efforts aimed at solidifying Puerto Rico’s standing…

Puerto Rico Yandia Perez is the executive vice president of the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association (PRMA), an organization celebrating its 95th anniversary and dedicated to fostering a strong manufacturing ecosystem on the island. Under her leadership, PRMA has prioritized not only the pharmaceutical sector, which constitutes about 30% of Puerto Rico’s GDP,…

Puerto Rico The Puerto Rico Consortium for Clinical Investigation (PRCCI) is a non-profit organisation offering specialised clinical trials services. Executive director Dr Amarilys Silva-Boschetti shares key developments since she last spoke with PharmaBoardroom in 2020, including the creation of a new clinical research centre with trials set to begin in 2024 and…

Puerto Rico Lucy Crespo, CEO of the Puerto Rico Science Technology and Research Trust, highlights significant recent advancements in establishing Puerto Rico as a global innovation hub, including the recent designation of Puerto Rico as one of the US Economic Development Administration’s technology hubs (Tech Hubs) and the opening of the island’s…