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Alexion Mexico is improving its regulatory framework for orphan drugs. The general manager of Alexion Mexico explains how the company is working with the authorities to ensure adequate regulation is put in place, and how Alexion is communicating with patients’ associations and medical community to raise awareness about ultra-rare diseases.  …

FDA Chung Seung, Minister of Food and Drug Safety, discusses the latest improvements to Korea’s regulatory system and highlights vaccines, biosimilars and stem cell research as key components of the country’s pharmaceutical sector.   What are the primary goals of the ministry today? Since the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety…

investment The head of the government agency charged with attracting and promoting FDI in Korea discusses how the country has ideally positioned itself between China and western markets through a series of free trade agreements, and the climate for investment in the life science sector.   Compared to previous years, how…

Janssen Janssen’s managing director in Korea discusses the groups long and significant commitment to R&D in the country, as well as some of the challenges that one of the most innovative multinational companies must face in a market that has traditionally been reluctant to recognize the value of highly innovative products.…

Ferring The country manager of a research-driven, specialty biopharmaceutical group offering treatments for infertility outlines his firm’s approach for the socially conservative Algerian market. Your promotion as general manager of Ferring Algeria is quite recent. Can you tell us what were your priorities during the first year and how do you…

R&D Gador’s first general director from outside of the family discusses his mission, Gador’s key to success, and his method for successfully leading a company in Argentina’s unpredictable and volatile market. What was the mission that you were given when you were made the general director? This is the first time…

investment Besides protecting the health of Mexicans, COFEPRIS today offers an important value-added to the investment community: predictability. The organization’s commissioner shares the astonishing results of his last three years of tenure, undertaken with the priority of improving access of the population to a well-supplied drug market and making the Mexican…

manufacturing Merck is getting “Fit for 2018”. Pedro Galvis, the company’s managing director for Mexico, discusses how the company’s transformation program, implemented in 2012, is ensuring future growth and how Mexico’s manufacturing cost competitiveness has driven further investment in production capacities. What is the major challenge that R&D-driven multinational companies face…

investment Johannes Hauser, managing director of the German-Mexican Chamber of Commerce explains the role of the chamber in Mexico and encourages small and medium-sized companies in Germany to consider the country as a destination to expand their business. The German-Mexican Chamber of Commerce dates back to 1929. What are the Chamber’s…

manufacturing The CEO of one of Algeria’s most successful pharmaceutical firms describes how El Kendi became the first foreign firm to be established in Algeria without having a mother company abroad. He also lifts the lid on the secrets behind the firms extraordinary track record for speed in securing product registration and approval on…

Parexel Pilar Rivas, associate director of global contract research organization Parexel’s Spanish affiliate, discusses cultural differences across Spain and their impact on clinical trials, as well as the world-class infrastructure that allows CROs in Spain to perform high-quality research.   Do you feel that supporting clinical research is a priority for the…

association The American Chamber of Commerce in Korea (Amcham Korea) was established in 1953 and has a long history in developing bilateral economic and trade relations between the US and Korea. Amy Jackson, president of the Chamber, discusses the implementation and effects of the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the contributions…