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Luxembourg Marc Schiltz reveals the ambitions of Luxembourg’s National Research Fund (FNR), how his team are encouraging integration and doing far more than just delivering funds to willing researchers. Over the past 5 years, you have taken it upon yourself to internally reorganize the Luxembourg National Research Fund ( FNR), sharpen…

Philippines Stanislas Camart, President of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Philippines, discusses the chamber’s rapidly expanding membership and how they continue to evolve and adapt their services to truly add value to their members. He also discusses the unique aspects of Filipino business culture and exciting opportunities…

Mexico Fabiola Trigueros, founder and CEO at Smart Scale, explains the importance of business intelligence capabilities to undertake proper business decisions and showcases the value proposition of Smart Scale to meet the pharmaceutical industry’s needs in this area. After slowing in 2012-13, Mexico’s pharmaceutical sector is expected to grow on average…

Singapore Dedicated Vice-President of APACMed and President of B. Braun’s Asia Pacific operations, Anna Maria Braun, shares the importance of establishing a unifying platform for the industry, the company’s Vision 2020 for “Systems Partnership”, as well as the overarching vision for the company moving forward.   As regulatory conditions change on…

Ireland Dr. Lorraine Nolan, Chief Executive of the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), the Irish regulatory agency, discusses the key objectives of the Strategic Plan 2016–2020, HPRA’s active participation in European and international regulatory associations, and her commitment to positioning HPRA as a driving force to support Ireland in its quest…

France AFKLM Cargo’s Director Pharma, Renate de Walle and Sales & Business Developer Manager Pharma France, Fabrice Panza speak about AFKLM Cargo recently achieved IATA Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators Pharma (CEIV) certification as a significant milestone for the airline group and another step towards their ongoing focus on innovation…

ITTM’s innovative co-founder Dr. Andreas Kremer reveals the steps his start-up is currently undertaking to restructure the world of BioIT and the presentation of medical information. Why did you personally decide a year and half ago that ITTM was going to be your next adventure, and what were your first…

Singapore Bob White, President, Asia Pacific at Medtronic, explains that transforming healthcare begins first with the patient, particularly in Asia Pacific where there is a rapid evolution of social demographics and concurrent emergence of unmet needs. As the integration with Covidien progresses, he also highlights how the new Medtronic is best…

Ireland Dermot O’Callaghan, cofounder and Director of Business Development, tells us the exciting story behind the genesis of Enterprise System Partners, an Irish success story providing manufacturing execution systems (MES) and serialization solutions to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical devices industries. He outlines how the industry within Ireland has grown along…

Michelle Lock describes the positive challenges that come with expanding a biopharmaceutical business that possesses a well-regarded pipeline, and that continuously launches products across the Alpine region. She highlights the strategic importance of the region for Bristol Myers Squibb, and the increasing focus on securing market access. What are the…

An increasing number of pharma MNCs are looking towards Switzerland for their European base. Despite high costs compared to elsewhere in Europe, Switzerland’s infrastructure, location, and R&D ecosystem make it a compelling choice. “Switzerland was actually the obvious choice for kick-starting our international operations because the local ecosystem is so…

An increasing number of pharma MNCs are looking towards Switzerland for their European base. Despite high costs compared to elsewhere in Europe, Switzerland’s infrastructure, location, and R&D ecosystem make it a compelling choice. “Switzerland was actually the obvious choice for kick-starting our international operations because the local ecosystem is so…