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…
MSD Brasil When we were in Australia, we met with the “star scientist” Ian Frazier, who was Australian of the Year in 2009 for his co-discovery of Merck’s Gardasil. Or Singulair, which is the trade name of Montelukast, with the Mont signifying “Montreal” where the product was developed. What will it take…
A.G. (CIF) What was the vision behind the creation of the Camara de la Industria Farmaceutica de Chile (CIF) and what have been the main milestones and achievements? CIF was created in 1953 and was originally composed of all the pharmaceutical laboratories operating in the country. Today CIF is a chamber that…
SinoGenoMax SinoGenoMax was founded in 1998 with the purpose of participating in the Human Genome Project. Could you give us an overview of the company’s activities since then and the transformation of the company over the past 11 years? SinoGenoMax was initially incorporated in 1998 as a joint investment between the…
Pharma Investi Chile As the President of ASILFA what would you say are the main drivers and challenges for the Chilean pharmaceutical industry today? Chile today is moving to implement a new healthcare system. The government is trying to address the inefficiencies of the public system today and to modernize it so that…
R&D-based Pharmaceutical Association Committe You have a long experience in the Chinese pharmaceutical market, and in particular you saw it evolve tremendously over the last 10 years. From a management perspective, would you say that it is easier or harder to tackle today or a decade ago? In my view, the Chinese market is…
China In the last decade the medical device sector has undergone a lot of change; China has become a net importer to a net exporter of these devices. What is your outlook as to how this happened so quickly and what the key factors that revolutionized the industry? During the first…
PMG Pharma How has your previous professional experience enriched you to run PMG today? And what would you say have been the main milestones and achievements of PMG Pharma since its creation? I should start by mentioning that my professional background starts with a long term experience in a multinational company –…
Asociacion Industrial de Laboratorios Farmace You have previous experience working for innovative pharmaceutical companies such as Procter and Gamble, and today you are the Executive Director for ASILFA. What was your rationale behind making this change? My time at P&G was an excellent experience from which I learned a lot and developed a great network…
Merck Sharp & Dohme Chile What have been MSD’s major milestones and achievements since your establishment in Chile in 1995? We have recently gone through a global merger with Schering Plough, which occurred exactly a year ago. With this in mind, the first milestone that I can mention is the integration of these two relatively…
Medicilon/MPI Preclinical Research Shanghai You completed your higher education in the US and worked there for a period afterwards; what caused you to move back to China and start this company? A lot of people are now returning to China after gaining extensive experience in the US. I personally enjoyed the vast experience that…
Brazil In an exclusive interview, Otto Philipp Braun, part of medtech giant B. Braun’s family dynasty, discusses his achievements as MD in Brazil, the company’s operations in the country and globally, as well as its CSR programs. B. Braun has been established in Brazil for more than 40 years, with its headquarters…
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