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Chamber of Commerce “Polish Pharmacy” The pharmaceutical industry market growth, including generics and originator drugs, is today steady and sustainable. The market size is over 5 billion Euros which makes Poland the 6th biggest market in Europe. What are the competitive advantages do you see in the Polish market compared to other European countries? First,…

Teva France We have had the chance to interview a number of Teva’s subsidiaries in Europe, and witnessed how each of them has dealt with the strong transformations that the group has experienced in the last four years. For instance, Mr. Dethlefs from Teva Germany highlighted the challenge in harmonizing five different…

Hospira Chile The Chilean operations for Hospira also manage the Argentine and Uruguayan operations of the company. What led to the decision of choosing Chile as the HQ for the Southern Cone region? Is this a reflection of the importance of the Chilean market for Hospira’s global operations? We were managing the…

Novartis France You worked for many years in emerging markets, especially in Latin America, but also in neighbor countries such as Spain. How these previous experiences in very different markets can now help you direct the world’s third largest pharmaceutical market? Experiencing different patterns, trends and types of businesses gives you a…

UCB Phrama France Historically, UCB Pharma had a much more ‘traditional’ approach to the industry with a broader scope of operations. Recently, the company reoriented in the direction of biopharmaceuticals by moving away from chemicals and divesting from OTCs. As you have worked on the strategy and policy at headquarters in addition to…

Hypermarcas Hypermarcas is a huge, diversified corporation that sells everything from shampoo, to medicine. Would you consider it more of a consumer goods company that happens to sell pharmaceuticals, or the other way around? The company´s focus is on Health, Personal Care and Beauty products. In Brazil, the combination of these…

Pfizer Chile Last year Pfizer consolidated its position as the world´s largest global pharmaceutical company by acquiring Wyeth, of which you were previously the General Manager here in Chile. Given your privileged position as head of the combined company, how would you evaluate the integration of the two companies in Chile, and…

Zodiac Pharmaceuticals What would you recommend in terms of increasing the competitiveness and growth of the Brazilian pharmaceutical industry? The Brazilian pharmaceutical industry needs to improve its R&D capabilities. I personally think that the country can’t build a strong pharmaceutical industry based only on generics. Generics are an important part of the…

Torrent Brazil We met recently with Minister Pimentel when he launched his BrasilMaior plan, whose slogan was “Innovate to Compete. Compete to Grow.” If you had to make a recommendation to increase the competitiveness in the pharmaceutical industry here in Brazil what would you recommend? I think that the Brazilian market has…

Shire Brazil Minister Pimentel recently released the BrasilMaior plan, whose slogan is “Innovate to compete. Compete to grow.” How would you recommend the government innovate, compete, and grow in the pharmaceutical industry here in Brazil? First of all, the government must keep the status quo to respect intellectual property. This is imperative,…

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…

Merck Serono As a majority family owned group, Merck is also the oldest pharmaceutical company in the world and known throughout the market for its long-term vision. How would you compare this vision and company culture with the recently merged Serono´s and how has this affected the overall long-term strategy of the…