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Promega Netherlands Promega is a truly global company with a vast international presence. What would you say is the strategic importance that the Benelux affiliate has assumed within Promega’s global network? Promega Benelux is actually the first branch office that was established outside of the US, so the company’s experience in bringing…

Medichem (Malta) Medichem began production at its plant in Malta in 2006. Can you give us a brief overview of the facilities, and of the importance of the subsidiary to Corporación Medichem as a group? Medichem was set up as a state-of-the-art facility for the manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in…

Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society (MPS) The society started at the beginning of the 20th century with the combination of the Penang Pharmaceutical Association and the Straits Pharmaceutical Association. Have there been significant shifts in the society’s objectives and what are its priorities today? For a long time, pharmacy has been a non subject. There was…

Ministry of Health (MOH) of Malaysia Would you begin by giving our readers a brief overview of the recent changes in the Ministry of Health’s focus? After Prime Minister Najib changed Malaysia’s economic policy from the ‘New Economic Policy’ to the ‘Economic Transformation Programme’ there has been a paradigm shift in the ministry’s focus. The government…

Malaysian Biotechnology Information Centre (MABIC) How would you describe MABIC today and the way that it has evolved since its creation in 2000? The Malaysian Biotech Information Centre or MABIC is an NGO and part of the ISAAA. MABIC’s central objective is to disseminate fact-based, science-based information about biotechnology to the public. The word biotechnology…

Actavis (Malta) Ltd Actavis’ Maltese operations began as far back as 1976 as a different company ( Pharmamed Ltd.). In 2001, this Malta facility was acquired by Actavis which has developed it into what is today the largest generic pharmaceutical manufacturing plant on the island. Can you give us a brief overview of…

PRIMA Can you give our readers an overview of the main characteristics of the Maltese Pharmaceutical market for innovators? Hilary Agius: In a nutshell, in Malta there are two distinct markets; the first is the private market, which is when a patient gets medication or a prescription from the doctor and…

Combino Pharm Combino Pharm began production at its plant in Malta in 2006. Can you give us a brief overview of the facilities, and of the importance of the subsidiary to Corporación Medichem as a group? The project behind Combino Pharm Malta started in 2005 with the first trials to be begun…

Metallform (Malta) Ltd Can you give us a brief description of Metallform’s activity since the establishment of the Maltese subsidiary in 1992? The parent company Metallform GmbH & Cokg was supplying disposable medical equipment to hospitals in West Germany through its subsidiary ImproMediform. When the Berlin wall came down in 1989 and Germany…

Pharmaniaga Berhad In the same week that you announced a rise in your Q3 profits your Managing Director resigned. How have you managed to achieve this increase in profits despite management uncertainties and how have you maintained shareholder confidence in the company? Roshidah Abdullah (RA): In June 2010 our majority shareholders, UEM…

Chemical Company Malaysia (CCM) Would you start off by giving our readers some of CCM’s background? CCM started in Malaysia as part of the ICI group of companies in 1930. In the 1960s ICI localised and sold off a percentage of its shares to Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB). In 1995 there was a management…

Morris Enterprise How would you describe Morris Enterprise to our readers? Morris Enterprise is a distributor of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and cosmoceuticals. The company has a pharmaceutical division in marketing, a division in healthcare and one in cosmetics. Morris’ total employee force is 66 people, with rep offices in Japan and France. Their…