healthcare The general manager for Cegedim Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean discusses how the company is diversifying its product portfolio to tap into new business segments and attend new clients in the ever-changing Mexican healthcare market. What are some of the most important trends that are taking place in the…
R&D The founder of Eriochem discusses his firm’s ambitious technology based on a competitive IP strategy and its exciting research on a radically new oncology platform. Today, Eriochem is a vertically integrated company producing both APIs and final dosage forms; when you started the company, what was the strategy you followed…
R&D Brian Wang, CEO of Korean super-generics developer GL PharmTech, discusses Korea’s relative strengths in different stages of R&D, and how this motivated the foundation and evolution of GL PharmTech. What was the inspiration that prompted you to found GL PharmTech, a company based on incrementally modified drugs, back in 2002?…
clinical research Liz Chatwin came to Korea as general manager of AstraZeneca in the fall of 2013, following a period working at the company’s Chinese affiliate for several years. She contrasts the two markets and highlights the unprecedented quality of Korea’s clinical research capacity. What were your initial impressions of the market…
manufacturing The president of Algeria’s union for pharmaceutical operators discusses the state of the local industry and sheds light on the sets of challenges his members (both importers and domestic manufactures) face under the current context. The state expects a radical change in Algeria’s production makeup, with 70 percent of drug needs…
pharmaceuticals The general manager gives tips on how to succeed in the Algerian market and explains how there is something in it for all types of business. Can you introduce yourself, introduce the CCIAF, and how the Chamber of Commerce has evolved over times? The CCIAF is a non-profit organization, approved by…
clinical trials The country manager of a British biopharmaceutical company sheds light on Algeria’s potential for conducting clinical trials and offers his views on the quality of the country’s skilled labour. What is the record of your past fourteen months with AstraZeneca? Since I arrived, I have had two priorities. First, I implemented a new…
hospitals Representatives from a French/Austrian consortium that has just been awarded a contract to construct a new University Hospital Centre in Constantine reveal why this sort of turnkey project is highly innovative and represents a landmark moment in the history of Algerian healthcare. Could you please start by introducing your consortium…
manufacturing The founder of one of Algeria’s pioneer pharmaceutical manufacturers tells his story about how he guided his company up the value chain having originally started off by undertaking the packaging component before moving on to more complex forms. He also discusses the ‘made in Algeria’ brand and the challenges of sourcing skilled…
pharmaceuticals Boehringer Ingelheim is turning 130 in 2015. Miguel Salazar, president and country managing director for Mexico, explains how he is steering the company to bypass the currents of the ever-changing Mexican market to lead the company to enter the top five in the coming future. How has the pharmaceutical industry…
healthcare ‘Health is the milestone of any society’. The former minister of health and former dean of Mexico’s most important university discusses the vision behind the creation of thought-leading institutions such as FUNSALUD and Inmegen, his perspective about the upcoming healthcare reform and the challenges to overcome. You are one of…
investment Besides protecting the health of Mexicans, COFEPRIS today offers an important value-added to the investment community: predictability. The organization’s commissioner shares the astonishing results of his last three years of tenure, undertaken with the priority of improving access of the population to a well-supplied drug market and making the Mexican…
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