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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…

Farmindustria & Laboratorio Volta As the CEO of Farmindustria since 1998, what would you say has been your recipe for the impressive success that the company has experienced, considering that Farmindustria represents 35% of all contract manufacturing activities in Chile? Our strongest key to success has certainly been the team that work’s here. Manufacturing…

UCB Phrama France Historically, UCB Pharma had a much more ‘traditional’ approach to the industry with a broader scope of operations. Recently, the company reoriented in the direction of biopharmaceuticals by moving away from chemicals and divesting from OTCs. As you have worked on the strategy and policy at headquarters in addition to…

Merck Chile What have been Merck’s major milestones and achievements for its pharmaceutical division since you took the reins? I have been managing the Pharma division of Merck since 2006 and the biggest milestone since then has definitely been the acquisition of Serono. In Chile Serono was previously represented by a local…

PGS Medical Statistics PGS is a member of ABRACRO, but is in a unique position as both a CRO and a service provider to CROs and pharmaceutical companies. Can you elaborate on the niche PGS plays in the Brazilian market and the pharmaceutical sector? PGS is a company focused on statistics , data…

Genzyme Chile Genzyme was first established in Chile in 2004 but only opened its sales office in 2008, what was the rationale for the opening of the office at this time considering that you had been present in neighbouring countries 10 years before? The Chilean market is a very difficult one. We…

Genzyme de Colombia S.A. What is the role, significance, and importance of the Colombian market within the larger global strategy of Genzyme international? Colombia is a very important country because we have a market with a well developed, and in that way different, health system from other countries in the Andean region. Of course…