Pharma The head of Aspen sterile operations and managing director of Aspen NDB, reveals how their facility in France acts as the main platform for the group´s sterile business, a market with tremendous potential at the world level; how the factory has a particularly strong international exposure, exporting 75 percent of…
Pharma Eduardo Negrón-Navas, attorney-at-law, for the Puerto Rican law firm Fiddler, González & Rodríguez, discusses the firm’s long-standing service to the pharmaceutical industry and the need for both government and industry to reinvent a business model better defined for the new realities of the 21st century. What is your evaluation of…
Pharma The CEO of BioTech Africa, Jason Lurie, evaluates the domestic and global landscape for diagnostic recombinant proteins, and highlights other developmental streams that have helped diversify the company’s portfolio. He also illustrates the underlying aspirations in targeting this market niche, while depicting the distinct set of hurdles faced from the…
Pharma The owner of Altis Biologics, Nick Duneas, illustrates the significance of the company’s flagship product, the Altis Osteogenic Bone Matrix (OBM) and how the company plans to commercialize the injectable bone graft substitute on a domestic and international scale moving forward. He also highlights how the Innovation Prize for Africa has…
Pharma The managing director of Trinity Pharma, Gaby Simaan (Jnr) depicts Trinity’s evolution from a regulatory consultancy into a fully commercialized pharmaceutical company, and how their unique position in the private label space has allowed the company to significantly expand its pipeline of products and presence in the market. To begin,…
Pharma The managing director of Galderma South Africa, Jenny Wright reveals the importance of the dermatology sector within the country’s healthcare system, as well as the role Galderma is playing in bringing dermatological solutions to the market and raising awareness of skin diseases. She also illustrates the factors that have truly…
Pharma The CEO of Diaxonhit Group, a fully integrated French leader in in vitro diagnostics, discusses the company’s strategic focus on specialty vitro diagnostics, his perspective on the challenge of consolidation that the diagnostics industry faces, as well as his cautiously optimistic assessment of French competitiveness in the pharmaceutical and life…
Pharma M&N Electronic Inc., also referred to as G.O.D Enterprises, provides hi-tech doors and material handling to the life sciences manufacturing industries of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. The company’s president, Manuel De La Cruz, outlines M&N’s rapid growth since its inception in 2008 and future expansion opportunities. How did…
Pharma Pedro Tejada of Right Way Environmental introduces the environmental and life science markets in Puerto Rico and elaborates on the challenges that the company faces. What were the main reasons for the establishment of Right Way Environmental? I have worked in the environmental field since 1983. In 1995, my wife and…
Pharma The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) has been at the international forefront of cancer research and treatment for more than 100 years. The director of research discusses the fields and collaborations the institute is currently focusing on and why funding to (blue-sky) research should be seen as an investment. What were…
Pharma Andrés Soto and Luis Baez co-founded ISPV (Integrated Services for Productivity and Validation) in 2007. As a relative latecomer to the validation market of Puerto Rico, they explain how they capitalized upon their previous experience to become one of the fastest-growing service providers in the Puerto Rican pharmaceutical and food…
Francisco Arteaga-Martínez Francisco Arteaga-Martínez founded Caribbean Project Management (CPM) in 1991. Since then, the company has expanded considerably, with a presence now in Florida and Panama as a leading Puerto Rican construction management provider. He discusses the history, growth and key assets of the company. What were your intentions behind starting CPM?…
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