Fountain Medical Development You have an MD and you’ve worked in industry, but then you decided to become and entrepreneur. What challenges did you face in transitioning to starting your own company and in growing your organization? Entrepreneurship is nothing new in China. Half the population of this country seems to want to…
China Association of Traditional Chinese Medi You started the Chinese operations and have been working in the country for many years but recently moved up to running all operations in Asia Pacific. Are you still closely involved with what’s happening in China? I started the operations in China almost 16 years ago, and I started them…
Venturepharm Venturepharm is the most diversified company we’ve seen, throughout many verticals, taking a full-service plus model from venture capital, merchant banking, CRO, CMO, CSO, compound partnering to royalty sharing. That’s quite broad; what exactly is Venturepharm? The company is centred around our flagship CRO/CMO/CSO, and our positioning is similar to…
China Pharmaceutical Industry Association (CPIA) You have a very long history in the Chinese pharmaceutical industry, first in the joint venture company Xian-Janssen and then in the China National Pharmaceutical Group. Could you highlight the main evolutions of the Chinese pharmaceutical industry through these fast-changing times? It is indeed true that we have undergone tremendous…
PharmaLegacy Could you give us some personal background and tell us why you choose to come to the CRO side after a successful career at a multinational? A lot of people ask why I chose to make this transition after being at a pretty good position at Procter & Gamble, with…
Kampar Kampar began its operations in Chile in 2005. What have been the main milestones and achievements of the company in the last five years? Our main achievement since the creation of Kampar has been our strong market penetration. We have certified products coming from specific sources with norms and standards…
China MSD China’s Michel Vounastos gives his initial impressions of the opportunities and challenges inherent in the Chinese healthcare market, and highlights how MSD’s offerings are able to address specific gaps in the country. You just arrived in China in February. The country managers we’ve met have all been here for…
IMS Health Chile IMS was recently acquired by two investment funds, how has this affected the operations of the company and what changes did it bring in the Chilean context? So far, the acquisition has been beneficial for our Chilean operations. We expect bigger transformations to take place starting January 1st 2011, and…
Hooker Cockram - China Hooker Cockram is a well established company with an, impressive and rich history. Could you give us some background on both your operations in Australia and your operations in China since 1993? Hooker Cockram is Australia’s oldest construction company, in existence for 149 years. For 125 years, the firm was…
Biotech Pharmaceutical Co Ltd Could you please introduce the history and main characteristics of Biotech Pharmaceutical? Biotech Pharmaceutical was established in the year 2000, so we are a relatively young company for biopharmaceutical products by Chinese standards. However, we were the first company in China to discover, develop, manufacture and market monoclonal antibodies. Before…
China Medicinal Biotech Association (CMBA) Could you please give us a brief introduction on CMBA? First and most obviously for new arrivals to our office, since 2011 we have changed locations, making it more convenient for companies to come here and benefit from the opportunities we can provide our members. CMBA’s membership now totals 205…
Genzyme (Shanghai) In 2006, Genzyme’s global CEO, Henri Termeer, said he is “personally very interested in China” and that he expects the company to build a capable infrastructure in ten years. We’re now 30% closer to the deadline. How has this deep commitment to China resulted in developments in the country and…
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