Tagged with Innovation

engineering CIC Construction Group is the largest general contractor for the pharmaceutical industry in Puerto Rico today. Gustavo Hermida, the company’s founder and president, traces the evolution of CIC over the decades and highlights some of the ongoing construction projects currently underway in Puerto Rico. You founded CIC and the company…

medical devices Edwards Lifesciences has been operating its Puerto Rican facilities in the town of Añasco since 1972. Carlos Rivera-Vélez, vice president and general manager of Edwards Puerto Rico, discusses the company’s production for hemodynamic monitoring and vascular devices and its contribution to the Puerto Rican economy. Will there be a greater…

locals The chairman and CEO of Santa Farma discusses how the Turkish pharmaceutical landscape has evolved in response to the government’s healthcare transformation programs. He also enumerates various strategic initiatives the company is pursuing to bolster its competitive positioning the market such as constructing new state-of-the-art production and R&D facilities, penetrating…

engineering CRB Caribe operates as the Puerto Rican affiliate of US-based CRB, an architectural and engineering design firm specialized in the life sciences industry. Tom Forester, general manager of CRB Caribe, describes the subsidiary’s adaptation to new trends in Puerto Rico’s manufacturing sector, and outlines his strategy for growth in the…

innovation Nilsa Martinez, general manager of Pace Analytical Puerto Rico, outlines the affiliate’s services in microbiology and chemistry analysis as a critical service provider to the local life sciences industry. You have been General Manager of Pace Analytical since 2010. What initially drove you to this company and what were the…

hospitals The managing director at Adcock Ingram Critical Care reveals the company’s unique business model. As a long-established division within Adcock Ingram, Critical Care operates with relative independence. What is the relationship between Critical Care and the group? We had historical group strategy focused on a centralized business model, with one of…

innovation The chairman for the National Innovation Agency (NIA), Mr. Somchet Thinapong, shares his personal ambitions to bring innovation to the forefront of Thailand’s agenda, why innovation is vital to ensuring the success of the nation and where he hopes to see Thailand’s innovation strategy in the coming years. What experiences…

Merck Merck’s managing director for South Africa and general manager for Southeast Africa reveals why the company takes a long-term perspective when investing in African countries, helping to shape healthcare systems, working on CSR initiatives and public/private partnerships by partnering with governments, how the way of doing business on the continent…

association The industry of medical devices is still not very well understood. Pablo Dávila shared with us his overview on the Mexican market, how the Mexican Association of Innovative Medical Device Industries (AMID) is interested on putting the sector on the map. Could you please tell us a bit more about…

MSD The managing director of MSD in Mexico explains why the Mexican pharmaceutical market is an attractive market in which to compete, but not one that will deliver 12 to 15 percent growth year on year, why 2014 has been a tough year for the sector and how MSD is focusing…

Janssen The country manager of one of the foremost providers of sustainable and integrated healthcare solutions describes the sorts of local adaptations that need to be enacted when launching a product on the Romanian market. He also speaks extensively about the state of the local medical device market and its likely future potential. Can…

GSK GSK’s VP and Area GM Pharmaceuticals, Turkey and Caucasus, and chairman of Turkey’s innovative pharmaceutical association, discusses the effectiveness of the government’s current strategy for reducing the trade deficit in the pharmaceutical industry, and the need for the industry and government to approach all discussions with a partnership mentality. Do…