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Portugal Rui Ferreira Dos Santos, country manager for Spanish pharmaceutical company, Almirall provides readers with an update on the company’s new medicines and how their global strategy to become dermatology specialists manifests itself in Portugal. Rui also sheds light on the challenging yet rewarding pharmaceutical landscape, where new managers can learn,…

China Dr. Grace Zhou, dean of SIIBR, discusses the Institute’s priorities, the benefits of being located in Shenzhen and the city’s potential as a global innovation hub. Zhou also outlines the major recent developments for her company, ImmVira. To begin with, Grace, our readers would be extremely interested in hearing about…

Poland Ewa Sek, general manager at ResMed Poland, explains the crucial role of ResMed in raising awareness on sleep apnea, COPD and other respiratory-related conditions in Poland and highlights the important investments that should be made to increase the diagnostics capabilities as well as to reimburse telemedicine and device accessories.  ResMed…

Portugal Salvador Lopez saw an opportunity in the summer of 2015 to create the first Portuguese affiliate for Mundipharma. Three years on, he reveals how their business model, company culture and leadership has succeeded in disrupting the respiratory market with their blockbuster drug Flutiform, built the fastest growing subsidiary in Portugal…

Poland Krzysztof Łokaj, general manager of Chiesi Poland, discusses the positioning of the company as they become the absolute leaders in the respiratory field, driven by Fostex® and soon Trimbow®. Furthermore, he highlights the strategic importance of the nation for Chiesi globally, as well as his aspiration to further solidify the…

Serbia Ljubiša Mitof-Višurski, general manager for AbbVie Adria, discusses the main challenges, opportunities and synergies the Adria region has to offer. He underlines the key healthcare initiatives AbbVie engages with in the region, as well as the crucial role the company plays in bringing innovative solutions to patients. Can you provide…

Brazil Jaime Rabi, director of Microbiológica, documents the unique development path of the company and its pioneering contribution to the production of antiretroviral medicines in Brazil, as well as its international partnerships with American success-stories like Pharmasset, which originally developed the breakthrough therapy sofosbuvir. He also provides insights into the remarkable…

Colombia Anant Atal, head of Latin America for Cipla, discusses how the establishment of offices in Colombia was facilitated by its longstanding history in the country, the multiple initiatives the company has engaged in with doctors and patients to improve access to treatments in Respiratory, Oncology and HIV, as well as…

Greece Pharmaceutical logistics companies in Greece have had to work hard and innovatively to emerge from the debt crisis; focusing on leveraging international connections and maintaining quality to stay profitable. Now however, major new international investment into the port of Piraeus stands to put Greece back on the world logistics map.…

Greece With a dual role as the president of SFEE (Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies) and the General Manager of one of the most innovative biopharmaceutical companies in the world, Abbvie, Pascal Apostolides candidly discusses the milestones of Abbvie as an independent company, the impact of clawbacks and rebates in the…

Greece Stavros Theodorakis, managing director of Chiesi Greece & Cyprus and vice president of the Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies (SFEE), pinpoints the factors that successfully carried the company through the Greek crisis, while highlighting co-branding and co-promotion as the key strategies behind Chiesi’s leading position in the domestic respiratory market.…

Pharma The Country Head Commercial Business of Cipla Czech Republic reviews the challenges faced since Cipla began Czech operations two years ago, the company’s expertise in the respiratory segment, and how high quality products have led to rapid success. You have worked in pharma all of your life including for AstraZeneca,…