Lyon’s innovative roots, favourable location, educational excellence, and collaborative culture are all helping to make the city a premium life science, pharmaceuticals and biotech hub, not just in France, but globally. The Roots of Innovation Lyon’s position as one of the top 20 global centres for innovation has been long in the…
Chiesi Mario Muniz, general manager of Chiesi Mexico, explains how the affiliate looks at becoming a comprehensive solution provider in the neonatal field, highlights the dramatic consequences of the health budget cuts recently released by the government, and shows how empowering its employees has led the affiliate to recently win a…
Biomed CEO of Biomed, Dr. Thomas F. Szuran discusses the keys to success for pharma SMEs and the importance of relationship management, investments, and a culture of internal dialogue. Could you start by introducing Biomed to our international readers? We represent companies which are not present in Switzerland directly. Some companies…
Merck Asanga Halangoda, Director of Life Science at Merck Philippines, discusses the company’s impressive recent market performance, the importance of innovation in maintaining product pipeline, and the bright future of the affiliate’s role in the company’s emerging market portfolio. As an introduction to our readers, could you please give us an…
Switzerland Walter Steinlin describes the Federal Commission of Technology and Innovation as a catalyst for turning research into innovation. Based in Bern, Switzerland, the commission funds research institutes in corporate projects, and provides mentorship and coaching support for start-ups. Could you give our international audience an overview of the Federal Commission…
Slovakia Slovakia has been Europe’s fastest growing economy over the last ten years and the government has identified areas within life sciences as strategic centers for investment in the country. Slovakia has a lot to offer biopharma investors according to Robert Simoncic, head of the Slovak investment and trade development agency…
Attract, Transform, and Create. The Singapore Economic Development Board’s (EDB) director of biomedical sciences, Weng Si Ho highlights these three actions as the primary strategic focuses of the organization from this point forward and explains how, ultimately, they serve to help sustain Singapore’s future value proposition to healthcare and life science…
Key Stats The following chart gives the key statistics on the Italian pharmaceutical industry; from number of manufacturing plants, to investments and export growth. Italy Pharma Map The following map shows the importance of the pharmaceutical industry to the highly regionalised Italian industry. Lombardy in the North of Italy employs 27,000…
Top 20 Pharma Companies in France The following chart shows the top 20 pharma companies in France, ranked by sales for the year 2015. Global giant Novartis leads the way, followed by national champion Sanofi, and American titan Pfizer. French Pharma Map This map shows the overall contribution of the…
Switzerland Jean-Daniel Gerber, chairman of the board at SIFEM, explains why job creation should be the focus of DFIs (Development Finance Institutions) such as SIFEM; how ESG, environmental, social and governance issues, are key to a successful investment, and why we should focus on illnesses that are most prevalent in the…
Biotech Ronald Scott, CEO of Basilea, a biotech company that was spun out of Roche in 2000, talks about launching its first two products, Zevtera and Cresemba; the milestone agreement with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to develop Zevtera for the US market; and about the company’s partnering…
Logistics Carolina Galicia explains how World Courier Mexico has strengthened its leadership position for clinical trials logistics and leveraged its cutting-edge transport and warehousing capacities to better meet the needs of pharmaceutical companies and handle the supply chain management of their high-value, highly specialized commercial products. How has World Courier Mexico…
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