Tagged with strategy

UAE Ana Raposo, country director for Gulf Countries at Janssen discusses her role, the main similarities and differences between the various markets throughout the Gulf, mental health, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in the region.   The Gulf markets are very open to innovation and eager to bring the most…

China Shirley Xu, president of Baxter Greater China, reflects on her extraordinary 26-year (and counting) career with Baxter China, including her perspectives on the success factors behind Baxter’s growth in the country over the past decades, its strengths as a diversified healthcare company offering not only pharmaceutical products but medical devices…

Puerto Rico Iliette Frontera, VP Operations of Boston Scientific in Puerto Rico, shares the significance of the Dorado site within the group’s global supply chain, her four priorities to ensure sustainable growth, lessons learned from Hurricane Maria, and the importance of gender equality.   You have to be extremely agile and you…

Thailand Shinsuke Yuasa, president of Thai Otsuka discusses the importance of Thailand for Otsuka as its first overseas market back in 1973. Yuasa goes on to highlight how the affiliate is overcoming the obstacles present in the Thai pharma market and how it is contributing to the country’s growing medical food…

Sweden Originally from Croatia, Vatroslav Mateljic was appointed as the general manager of Takeda Sweden in April 2019. Mateljic outlines how Takeda is integrating Shire operations in Sweden, highlights how Sweden’s innovation potential could pave the way for a value-based healthcare system, and how solutions and learnings from the Swedish affiliate…

Sweden InDex Pharmaceuticals is a Swedish biopharma company developing drugs that could help patients suffering from ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease. CEO Peter Zerhouni gives an overview of the company’s journey, including the recent phase IIb results of their lead asset, cobitolimod, and the future strategy to bring the product…

Sweden Richard Wikner, country manager of Lundbeck Sweden, explains the affiliate’s strategic significance to the research-based company and its role in raising awareness about mental illnesses in the region, in addition to the company’s mission of striving to help patients return to their normal lives following depression.   [Sweden] still remains…

China Kevin Pan, CEO of Asieris, shares the origins behind the company’s distinctive name and how it reflects their ambition to bridge scientific discoveries and innovative medicines; their focus on genitourinary (GU) tumours and related disease because of the significant and oft-overlooked medical needs there; and the importance of building and…

Sweden Biotage, a Swedish company that specializes in separation technology, from analysis to industrial scale, and high-quality solutions for organic and analytical chemistry, has been a story of success since its creation in 1997. Upcoming CEO, Tomas Blomquist, provides insights into the company’s goal of becoming the market leader in separation…

Sweden Judith Love, country president Sweden and oncology general manager for the Nordics region for Novartis, underlines the need for a new reimbursement system for cell and gene therapies in the region and explains how the Nordics and Sweden can be a pioneer in this field, by initiating early dialogue between…

Sweden The Nordic headquarters of Danish medical dermatology specialist LEO Pharma sits in Sweden, led by the recently appointed Klaus Abel. Abel discusses the importance of Sweden to the global group, its ambitious goal of helping 125 million patients by 2025, and the leading role that the Nordics has to play…

Sweden Anders Wesslau, the newly appointed general manager for Merck KGaA’s business units in Sweden, underlines how Merck’s healthcare business is a well-integrated player in the innovative Swedish life sciences ecosystem, illustrates the company’s innovation partnerships with key research institutions, and how Merck is developing new technologies and solutions with key…