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Dos Ni Roha Which are the main transformations Dos Ni Roha has undergone in recent years? Dos Ni Roha has successfully taken advantage of its wide expertise in the Indonesian market ? based on more than 45 years of history ? and became a leading distribution company in pharmaceuticals, consumer products and medical…

ProGenerika The German Pharmaceutical Industry is not only known for its cutting-edge R&D and production base but also for having a high penetration of generics. In your opinion, what role do generics play in the German pharmaceutical market and how have they managed to achieve such a wide penetration? Generics play…

Gilead Sciences Germany Gilead was founded in 1987 and only four years later it established itself in the German market. Since then the company has become internationally known for breakthroughs that resulted in products such as Tamiflu, Viread and Atripla. What would you highlight as the main achievements of the company in the…

Celgene Germany Celgene is very new in the German market. What would you say have been the main achievements of Celgene Germany since its establishment in 2006? Celgene Germany started as a small legal entity in a still smaller office at the airport in Munich without even a computer! Three years later…

Korea Drug Research Association (KDRA) What was the vision behind the creation of the Korea Drug Research Association and its main role in the pharmaceutical sector? Until the middle of the 1980s when Korea Drug Research Association (KDRA) was established, the Korean pharmaceutical industry did very little in terms of innovation activities in R&D. They…

SOHO Group For the last six years Soho Group has been the fastest growing pharmaceutical company in Indonesia, able to position itself among the top players in the industry. What have been the key characteristics that made the company stand out from the competition? The factors enabling us to achieve those results…

Korea Food & Drug Administration Please introduce the Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) and its main health-related responsibilities within the Korean government… The KFDA’s main duty is to cooperate and support with domestic and foreign governments, international organizations, research organizations, and related industries to develop safety management system based on the professional knowledge. The…

generics “The ball is in the hands of the government,” according to Giorgio Foresti, general manager of Ratiopharm. “Once aware of the opportunities created by generics, politicians will have to make hard decisions.” Until now, generics prescriptions were limited by strong links between innovators and doctors, and price alignment trends reducing…

Korea   Already an economic powerhouse thriving on export-driven industries such as electronics, automotive and ship-building, South Korea is now looking to boost its potential in the life sciences and to move towards an innovation-based economy. Though it may traditionally be known in the West as ‘The Land of the Morning…

Greece Greece’s contributions to health are world-renowned, whether physical through its Mediterranean diet and climate, or mental as the genesis of western philosophy and mathematics. Less well-known, however, are its modern-day activities in the pharmaceutical industry, where the blossoming market is distinctive for its diversity despite a small size of 11…

Brazil   With its huge market of 186 million people; its current position as the largest pharma market in Latin America, with strong growth projected; the influx of foreign and local investment into its pharma market; its reputation for conducting high-quality clinical research; and its incredible biological diversity, Brazil seems poised…

Russia   When the Russian Federation emerged from the former USSR in 1991 all the structures of the past social net that provided for the complete healthcare needs of citizens were just a memory of the past – nothing was left when the centralized distribution of medication of the former USSR…