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Latvia A social partner for Latvia! This is how Kristine Juckovica, executive director and Karlis Urbans, head of business development describe Rigvir Holding, the Latvian enterprise behind the homonymous virus-based cancer treatment produced by the ECHO-7 virus Can you kick off by introducing the structure of the company to our international…

Poland Stefan Jaworski-Martycz, country manager Poland and CEE Cluster Lead of Théa, a leading French ophthalmology company, discusses the intricacies of the Polish ophthalmology environment and the key steps for the Polish government to better value eyecare innovation. Additionally, he highlights the key growth drivers for the affiliate and the close…

Brazil When combining the sheer size of Brazil – the fifth largest country in the world – with its tropical climate, its largely perfectible infrastructure, and the soaring importance of temperature sensitive biologicals, one understands the urgent need to develop solutions guaranteeing appropriate transport conditions in Brazil. “We may be vaguely…

Canada Upon opening an R&D center in Mississauga in 2017, Biolab Pharma Canada, headed by Paulo Wickbold Marques, became the first Brazilian pharmaceutical company to establish an affiliate in Canada. In this interview, Paulo describes Biolab’s bold leap from Latin America, the strengths of the Canadian pharmaceutical landscape and how the…

Baltics Evija Buksa, general manager at Merck in Latvia, explains the strong history of Merck in the country as well as its key role in participating in the discussions to shape the Latvian healthcare system. Could you please start by introducing Merck in Latvia and the strategic significance of the local…

Canada Halo Pharma, a US-based one-stop-shop CDMO (Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization), operates out of a site in Mirabel, close to Montreal, that boasts 30 years of experience in developing and manufacturing medicine. Maryse Laliberté, Halo Pharma’s vice-president and general manager, highlights the company’s differentiation factors of quality delivery and flexibility,…

Ecuador Juan Carlos Galarza, executive director of Ecuador’s National Health Regulation, Control and Surveillance Agency (ARCSA), discusses the multiple procedural improvements that the Agency has recently implemented with the objective of increasing its international recognition, the benefits of these actions for Ecuadorians – who will have faster and safer access to…

UK Much of the new inward investment in the UK from international pharmaceutical companies is from those that wish their discovery science to be in close adjacency to the most successful basic science programmes in biomedicinein the world. The co-location of pharmaceutical discovery sciences adjacent to the best universities (AstraZeneca in Cambridge, Novo Nordisk…

Canada Boiron Canada is the sixth largest affiliate of Boiron’s global operations (in terms of sales), and under Daniel Dereser’s leadership, the company intends to change the perception of homeopathic medicine in Canada, providing a more informed choice to patients. The CEO touches on global homeopathic trends, the stable family environment…

UK Simon Gillespie of the British Heart Foundation (BHF), the UK’s leading national heart charity, outlines the organization’s mission, the issues surrounding translational research, and the potential impact of Brexit on the UK life sciences landscape.   One of the key matters for us is that we don’t have direct customers.…

UK Hilary Evans of Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK), the UK’s leading national research charity in the field of dementia, discusses her organization’s mission; the growing awareness of, and investment in, dementia research, care and diagnosis; and the enduring importance of international collaboration.   In the UK, when people want to help…

Canada Introducing Vantage BioTrials, a CRO focused on operational excellence with a lean and holistic approach to each project, Vatché Bartekian, president and co-founder, also advocates for greater visibility for Canada on the international stage and an increase in collaboration within the pharmaceutical industry and regulatory bodies. Vantage BioTrials celebrated its…