Qatar Investment Promotion Department (IPD) Mr. Alderbesti, can you please begin by giving our readers an overview of the core agenda of the Investment Promotion Department of the Qatari Ministry of Trade and Industry since you took the reins of the organization, and the role of healthcare and life sciences in your activities? I will…
China Pharmaceutical Enterprises Association First, let me briefly introduce myself. I used to work in Fuxin, a small city in the industrially advanced province of Liaoning which is equivalent to a state in the US. I worked in a company’s pharmaceutical factory for twenty years holding various positions such as technology director, factory head,…
COFEPRIS It’s been one year since you were appointed as Federal Commissioner of COFEPRIS in March 2011. What have been the biggest challenges you’ve faced within this time? The biggest challenge was to familiarize myself with the new agency, which has very wide powers as it regulates many industries. COFEPRIS regulates…
Medicilon/MPI Preclinical Research Shanghai You completed your higher education in the US and worked there for a period afterwards; what caused you to move back to China and start this company? A lot of people are now returning to China after gaining extensive experience in the US. I personally enjoyed the vast experience that…
Productos Medix S.A. de C.V. Can you tell us a little about the history of Medix and about the company itself? Medix is a 100% Mexican company created in 1956, and our major strength is that we produce products and services that are differentiated from the rest of the market, and have added-value. When Medix…
Pretium Australia Would you please introduce Pretium’s specific service offerings, and the focus within these? Pretium offers a comprehensive range of integrated services across our 4 lines of business – Market Intelligence, Health Economics, Late Phase Research and Disease Management. The distinction between the various stages of a product’s life cycle and…
PREMA Thailand PReMa was established in 2004 after a period of transformation to represent the growing role of its members, research-based companies. To begin with, could you explain us the main milestones and achievements of the organization? PReMA has been present in Thailand for 42 years. The association only changed and took…
Ferring Pharmaceuticals SA Representative Office in Romania Ferring is a company with a tremendous history dating back to the 1950s in Sweden. Now present in over 50 countries, the Group has managed to maintain a double digit annual growth over the last 2 decades. Focusing on Romania in particular, can you first of all tell us more…
Protek In spring of 2010, Protek became the first Russian wholesaler to enter the public stock market, raising $400Mn in the biggest Russian IPO since 2007. You offered the IPO directly after the world financial crisis, which hit Russia particularly hard. Why did you choose this very risky period for the…
Scottish Enterprise What does the life sciences sector represent for the Scottish economy in terms of value and employment and how have these figures evolved over the last few years? The Scottish government has set out an economic strategy in which they identify six key industrial sectors for the growth of the…
Cyprus Standing at the crossroads of three continents, Cyprus embodies the beauty and diversity of Mediterranean culture. Being tucked beneath Turkey and hugging the western shores of the Middle East gives a distinct eastern feel to the island nation. Yet the country leans strongly west as a full-fledged member of the…
PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt Ltd PwC is undoubtedly renowned for its strong network of international expertise, but every market still has its own particularities… What is it, that your clients struggle with the most in India? The Indian market is a very price-sensitive market. For companies active in the area of branded generics, this is…
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