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Association of Producers of generic medicines in Romania (APMGR) APMGR is obviously a rather young association that has only really been active since about a year now. Can you first comment on the timing that the Association was called into life? The timing has been quite good, as the generics industry is currently experiencing a strong momentum. Every country,…

Pró Genéricos When we last interviewed you in 2007, you said, “The generics business is a very exciting one,” but you “regret[ted] that the Government is not doing enough work to promote it.” At that time, generics penetration was around 10.5% – now it’s around 20%. Does this reflect some fundamental change…

Productos Roche S.A. What has been the evolution of Roche’s operations in Colombia’s over the course of its proud 52-year history here? As with almost all pharmaceutical companies with commercial operations in Latin America, we began our business here in Colombia with a production plant. The plant has closed since 1997 as our…

NEPROFARM In order to understand the culture behind the business that this association represents, what would you say is the perception of OTC and non-prescriptive drugs in the Netherlands? OTC medicines are the medication of choice in the Netherlands. Most people will have some OTC medicines in his cabinet and indeed,…

Novo Nordisk India Private Limited Novo Nordisk seems somewhat of an exception to the MNCs that recently entered India, as it already set up its HQ in Bangalore in 1994. How do you explain this relatively early entry? Traditionally, Novo Nordisk’s strategy has been to be in the market very early. We aspire to create…

Novo Nordisk India Private Limited Novo Nordisk seems somewhat of an exception to the MNCs that recently entered India, as it already set up its HQ in Bangalore in 1994. How do you explain this relatively early entry? Traditionally, Novo Nordisk’s strategy has been to be in the market very early. We aspire to create…

Dr Reddy's Laboratories Looking back at the company’s recent challenges, we see a very tough 2009, largely due to the Betapharm acquisition and the subsequent changes in German regulations. How do you explain the situation there and what measures did you take to turn the situation around? Germany, and in particular the Betapharm…

Dr Reddy's Laboratories Looking back at the company’s recent challenges, we see a very tough 2009, largely due to the Betapharm acquisition and the subsequent changes in German regulations. How do you explain the situation there and what measures did you take to turn the situation around? Germany, and in particular the Betapharm…

Cockram Projects India is clearly a new location for Cockram, and what brought you here was your loyal customer Pfizer. After 3 years of project work, a permanent business has now also been established in India since 2010. Can you tell us how this first project worked out for you here? In…

Private Hospitals Association The Association was founded in 1984 and has played an important role throughout the decades improving the standards of the country’s private hospitals. How important is the Association today in building the success of the Jordanian private hospital industry? The Private Hospitals Association (PHA) is a private voluntary, non-profit organization…

Asociace inovativního farmaceutického průmyslu (AIFP) Mr. Dvořáček, in 2010, the AIFP commissioned a study on the economic footprint of the innovative pharmaceutical industry in the Czech Republic. Can you begin by expounding the results of this study? The footprint of the innovative pharma industry in this market is not particularly large relative to other industries,…

Sdružení výrobců volně prodejných léčivých přípravků (SVOPL-OTC) Mr. Kotek, can you please begin by introducing us to the SVOPL and telling us what the mission is here in the Czech Republic? We are a relatively new Association that was founded only back in 2000. Before, we were a branch of a larger Association of international drug producers…