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PRIMA Can you give our readers an overview of the main characteristics of the Maltese Pharmaceutical market for innovators? Hilary Agius: In a nutshell, in Malta there are two distinct markets; the first is the private market, which is when a patient gets medication or a prescription from the doctor and…

Combino Pharm Combino Pharm began production at its plant in Malta in 2006. Can you give us a brief overview of the facilities, and of the importance of the subsidiary to Corporación Medichem as a group? The project behind Combino Pharm Malta started in 2005 with the first trials to be begun…

Pharmaniaga Berhad In the same week that you announced a rise in your Q3 profits your Managing Director resigned. How have you managed to achieve this increase in profits despite management uncertainties and how have you maintained shareholder confidence in the company? Roshidah Abdullah (RA): In June 2010 our majority shareholders, UEM…

Chemical Company Malaysia (CCM) Would you start off by giving our readers some of CCM’s background? CCM started in Malaysia as part of the ICI group of companies in 1930. In the 1960s ICI localised and sold off a percentage of its shares to Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB). In 1995 there was a management…

Morris Enterprise How would you describe Morris Enterprise to our readers? Morris Enterprise is a distributor of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and cosmoceuticals. The company has a pharmaceutical division in marketing, a division in healthcare and one in cosmetics. Morris’ total employee force is 66 people, with rep offices in Japan and France. Their…

Taiwan Department of Health Paul Krugman, who won the 2006 Nobel Prize in economics, said that the Taiwanese health care system is the best in the world. Despite this, you are now drafting a second generation of legislation, so what are the issues that need to be addressed in this legislation? In any program…

Pharma Power Biotec Pharma Power Biotec was founded in 2002. What was the vision behind the creation of the company, and what did you want to achieve with the company when it was founded? There are many small to mid-size enterprises in Taiwan, and the biggest issues for them to overcome are always…

Department of Health (DOH) Universal Health Care for All Filipinos: Making this dream a Reality I assumed office as your secretary of health barely a month ago with this single order from the president: make the dream of universal healthcare for all Filipinos a reality. This shall be the standard by which my performance,…

Department of Health (DOH) The new Government took office on the 1st of July, but we would like to hear about your experience as Secretary of Health. You took office at a particular time (January 2010) when the industry was still dealing with the first round of the MDRP price reductions and while you…

Department of Tourism (DOT) Hon. Secretary Lim, you have been appointed Secretary of the Department of Tourism (DOT) on June 30th 2010, as part of the new Aquino cabinet. What are the priorities that you have set for the DOT? What has held back tourism in the Philippines is the lack of infrastructure –…

Department of Tourism (DOT) When we met with secretary Lim we talked about the importance of PPP as a way to further develop the sector; however, as a follow up question we would like to know in which areas the Department of Tourism would like to see more PPP? How are you planning to…

Taiwan Food & Drug Administration In January 2010, the Taiwan FDA was newly created from four existing agencies. What was the vision behind the creation of this new organisation? What did the government want to achieve in its creation? Although all the administration work done today by the TFDA was already being done by the…