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India Dilip Surana of family-run Indian generics giant Micro Labs talks company performance, the evolution of the Indian pharma market, and strategy moving forward. Last year Micro Labs moved up in the rankings. How satisfied are you with the company’s performance in 2010? The company performed satisfactorily last year, showing good…

India Since the company’s foundation in 1993, Hetero has clearly come a long way. What were the key success factors at that time, which laid the groundwork of a successful company? First of all, I am a scientist by background, and before founding Hetero I had been working at Dr. Reddy’s…

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…

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…

Arch Pharmalabs Arch Pharmalabs started its operations in 1999 when you bought a plant in Hyderabad with a turnover of 2Mn USD. 12 years later, you have grown to a 300Mn USD company with 11 manufacturing plants. What triggered the acquisition of the Hyderabad plant, and what have been the main milestones…

Social Security Institution (SGK) Mr Acar, could you present to our readers the Institution’s historical development and its role today in the Turkish pharmaceutical and healthcare sector? Before Social Security Reform was initiated, there used to be three separate social security schemes in the system. Social Insurance Institution (SSK) for blue and white collar…

Janssen Czech Republic & Slovakia Infirmary and ultimately leading to a position heading the Czech Republic and Slovakian organization for Janssen. Can you begin by introducing yourself to our readers and giving them an overview of your professional trajectory? Indeed, I started off as a nurse in the North of Scotland where I specialized in…

Merck Serono Turkey Astellas has been present in the German market for almost two decades through Yamanouchi and Fujisawa. But since 2005 it gained a new identity thanks to the merger of the two companies. Could you describe their integration process in Germany and which were the main synergies in the local market?…

Novo Nordisk France Novo Nordisk just celebrated 50 years in France; what have been some of the more recent events that have marked the affiliate’s time here? If you look from the perspective of the affiliate which includes both our office here in Paris and production center in Chartres then we have doubled…

Janssen Pharmaceutica Can you please start by giving to our readers an overview of your background and your involvement with Janssen? I am a Public Health graduate and have completed an MBA program, so I have a combination of science and business. I have been with the Pharma industry for over 20…

polski holding farmaceutyczny (PHF) Polski Holding Farmaceutyczny (PHF) was put together in 2004 as a capital group consisting of three leading Polish pharma producers and the mission given by the State Treasury Minister was to privatise the three entities. You joined in March 2008, at a time when, if I may say, major steps…

Polpharma SA For years Polpharma has been the market leader in Poland. In many countries the arrival of multinational companies (MNCs) led to the loss of leadership by the historical players to the benefit of MNCs. How has the arrival of GSK, Teva or Sandoz, altered the playing field for the company…