Tagged with strategy

Spain Nabil Daoud, president of Lilly Spain, Portugal and Greece, highlights the importance of Lilly’s Spanish operations to the global group; Spain being the only country outside to hold manufacturing, pre-clinical research and commercial sales functionalities. Furthermore, he gives insight into his strategy to deliver the company’s exciting pipeline and his…

Korea Historically, Handok has been the entry point of multinational companies to Korea. Now Handok is reinventing itself as a total healthcare company with global ambitions. Its chairman and CEO, Young-jin Kim, explains how he has continued his father’s legacy while also driving the transition to new product development by following…

China Asgar Rangoonwala, president of Xian Janssen, Janssen’s Chinese affiliate, shares the key milestones for the affiliate in the past two years, how Janssen is investing in bringing new innovations to the Chinese market with a phenomenal 14 new products approved in 2018, and their commitment to working with all stakeholders…

Egypt Patrick Tete, managing director of Servier Egypt, highlights the cornerstones of his plan to transform the French company’s Egyptian affiliate, discussing its strengths and its place in Servier’s global operations. He also emphasises the need for more education and awareness amongst the population to reduce the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases…

Korea Nic Horridge was recently appointed president of Roche Korea, having spent an extended period in emerging Asian markets. He shares his vision for the Korean affiliate, focused on bringing Roche’s extensive global pipeline of innovative medicines to Korean patients, making personalized healthcare a reality in clinics and championing Korea as…

Spain Javier Hidalgo, CEO and president of Tedec-Meiji Farma, highlights the main challenges he faces and how he positions the company as the preferred partner of choice. Furthermore, he offers his insights into the strategic importance of Spain for the group and how he blends the two cultures of the company,…

France Bertrand de Lavenne, general manager of Mylan France, explains how the affiliate is positioned within the group’s operations and how the Mylan strategy is to be a key actor in connecting the health network around patient needs. De Lavenne also shares his view on the French pharmaceutical market and the…

China Lorena Di Carlo, a Lundbeck veteran, shares her first impressions of her six months as general manager of Lundbeck China, the strategic significance of China to Lundbeck’s global organization, the company’s commitment to patient-centricity, disease awareness and medical education in the area of brain diseases, and her strategic priorities for…

Spain Ian Wilders, managing director of Labo’Life, a Spanish micro-immunotherapy specialist, discusses the company’s history and the importance of regulatory reform in giving them greater market access and shifting the mindset of doctors. Furthermore, he touches on the company’s international strategy and the importance of a personalized care approach.   Our…

China Dr John Yu, co-founder and CEO of CGeneTech, shares the exciting story behind the company’s establishment in 2010; its balanced philosophy on new drug development and the progress of their flagship Cetagliptin, a Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor of diabetes drug in Phase I clinical trials at the moment; the importance…

Korea Shin Poong is one of the oldest pharmaceutical companies in Korea. Established after the Korean War, the company’s original mission was to provide high-quality and affordable generic medicines to the Korean people. Now the company has transitioned into an innovative developer of novel first-in-class therapeutics, including a malaria treatment on…

China Fendy Yanhui Feng, vice president of Eisai Co., Ltd. and president of Eisai China Holdings Ltd. and Eisai China Inc., shares the significant improvements she has made to Eisai’s China Region operations over the past five years across; the affiliate’s exciting launch of LENVIMA® in 2018 and more upcoming launches…