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Standard Chem & Pharm I was very surprised to see a company called ‘Standard Chemical and Pharmaceutical’ ranked amongst the top three local players in Taiwan: it seems as though your company is far from standard. What is it about Standard Pharm that stops it from being just an average pharmaceutical company? My father,…

National Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices (NAMMD) of Romania Under various former names for over five decades, the Agency has undoubtedly played a key role in setting a regulatory framework for Romania’s pharmaceutical market. Over these five decades, thorough changes in the political regime, subsequent regulatory changes, the emergence of new institutions, and many other factors have drastically changed…

Watson Pharmaceuticals UK Following the acquisition of Arrow Generics by Watson in December 2009, what complementarities and synergies were generated from the transaction and where do you stand today with the integration? Since its creation in 1984, Watson was a generic pharmaceutical company that was predominantly US based until the acquisition of Arrow…

Serbian Chamber of Commerce Rather than Mr. Bugarin’s personal views, the following information contains general statements provided by the Serbian Chamber of Commerce Current trends in pharmaceutical industry The production of the medicines in all countries all around the world is one of the most important economic branches, not only as the economic activity,…

Cegedim Romania To start off, we see that you have been with Cegedim Romania for 10 years, after running your own business initially. What would you say have been your main milestones and achievements since you have joined? Having been with a local and regional company at first, it has been quite…

Giddi Pharma Co. Ltd. Giddi Pharma was founded in 1995. What was the vision behind the creation of the company? What founding principles did you have when you founded Giddi? When I founded this company, biotech was an industry that was displaying high potential. When looking at how to get involve d in the…

Ministry of Health (Republic of Serbia) Priorities and plans of the Ministry of Health If we entered an election year with a major reform plan, we would not succeed in putting such proposals into parliamentary procedure. Therefore, our aim is to adhere to the Action Plan of the Ministry of Health for 2011 which has been…

Commerce and Business Environment of Romania Within a broad assessment of Romania’s investment climate, there is no doubt that every country has some key factors upon which can be capitalized to attract foreign investors. In sum, how would you describe the current investment climate in Romania, and what are these factors that the country can leverage…

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Romania You have been the first employee to start Dr. Reddy’s in Romania and when we look back at those early years, we see that a portfolio of gastroenterology and analgesics was chosen to enter the market… Why, in the first place, were these therapeutic areas targeted? At that time, the…

Novo Nordisk Romania You have become the head of Novo Nordisk’s operations in Romania in March 2008. Can you first give our readers an idea on how the market environment was at that time? With regards to the national program for diabetes, 2007 was a year of big changes. Most importantly, drug medicines…

Eli Lilly Romania S.R.L. You have just arrived as general manager in January 2011. Coming to a new market obviously means a new context, different challenges and so on. Can you first elaborate on your key priorities as you took over? There are at least two levels of priorities when you arrive in a…

Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) Romania You have only just arrived from Korea to head the Romanian operations at MSD. Just recently, you told in an interview with Medica Academica that MSD Romania enjoys a good reputation within MSD worldwide. Can you first elaborate to our readers what factors underlie this strong reputation? When I was…