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Mexico Cecilia Calderón, general director at Vigpharma, highlights how the national pharmacovigilance and technovigilance regulations have been evolving during the last five years as well as showcasing the added value of Vigpharma to help both public and private institutions keep pace with such dynamism. Ms. Calderón, you have more than 13…

Taiwan Fangchen Lee, Chairman of YungShin Global Holding on strengthening the groups’s vertical integration, expanding product portfolio, and instilling a collaborative approach in the local generics industry, with the vision to build a Taiwan-based pharmaceutical entity that could be globally competitive. YungShin Global Holding proudly stands out as the largest domestic healthcare group of companies…

Greece Efthymios (Makis) Papataxiarchis, Managing Director of Janssen Pharmaceutical companies, Johnson & Johnson Greece, Malta & Cyprus, on spearheading a large multinational company through the largest economic crisis in Europe. He speaks about Janssen’s portfolio in Greece, how to mitigate challenges in market access, as well as igniting a solutions-driven dialogue…

Greece As the Executive Director of the American-Hellenic Chamber, Elias Spirtounias, is a believer in solutions. He speaks about ensuring the resiliency of the bi-lateral American and Greek relationship throughout transformative times, focusing on garnering investments for the sector, as well as creating spaces for collaboration amongst all relevant parties to…

Mexico Joel Osorio, CEO & Founder Alejandro De La Parra, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer Alexa Jeppi, Co-Founder, RegenerAge Beauty & Health Ira Pastor, Board Member             The CEO of RegenerAge, Dr. Joel Osorio, explains the transformative power of Bioquantine—a novel biological complex used in regenerative…

Greece From Greece to the world – Rafarm is an example of a local champion in the midst of realizing its global ambitions. Blessed with the duality of a family-run business philosophy and extroverted internationalization strategies, Rafarm’s Vice President, Aris Mitsopoulos, proudly speaks about the company’s impressive growth, its diverse business…

Greece Amgen’s mission is clear cut: ‘To Serve Patients’, which is evident in the level of innovation that they bring as the world’s leading biotech company. Complementary to this message is one that GM of Amgen Greece Arvela Matti, strongly wants to reverberate across the Greek pharmaceutical landscape: innovation is an…

Taiwan Hong-Jen Chang, former Deputy Minister of Health and current CEO and Chairman of the YFY Biotech Management Company, a Taiwan-based VC fund which has been playing an instrumental role in the development of Taiwan’s biotech industry, provides insights into his investment approach and documents the key success factors to prioritize…

Europe Europe accounts for 22.2 percent of global pharma sales; more than Africa, Asia, Australasia, and Latin America combined, but less than half of North America. The biopharmaceutical industry is a key contributor to the European economy in terms of both trade surplus and employment; especially highly-skilled R&D jobs. Germany is…

Greece Equipped with a strong business acumen, Italfarmaco (ITF) Hellas’ Managing Director, Polly Leontaridis-Kalogera emphasizes the critical importance of the decision to focus on women’s health in building a resilient affiliate in the midst of the economic crisis. She shares her insights on the beginnings of the company in Greece, transformative…

Mexico Representatives of Olivares, one of the leading law firms in Mexico, explain the evolving status of cannabis and narcotics for medicinal use in the country. A new Bill authorizing the use of cannabis for medical treatments was passed by the Senate in December 2016, but there is still a long…

Asia 2016 was a year of great activity for the pharma industry, with economic uncertainties, seismic political shifts in the UK and US, and cost-containment measures in several countries. Consequently, PharmaBoardroom surveyed over 400 of its executive readership over four continents to get a sense of their optimism for the industry in 2017.…