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MC Pharma SA Could you introduce to our readers MC Pharma’s business model in the South African market as well as the main milestones in the company’s development over the recent years? MC Pharma is a licensed pharmaceutical company and acts as a Holder of the Certificate of Registration (Marketing Authorisation Holder; MAH),…

Pfizer South Africa Mr. Daniel, after working with Pfizer Australia, working in Hong Kong as Regional Marketing Director for the Asian operation and in Japan, you have been the first South African appointed as a country head for Pfizer’s local operations. What were the good and challenging issues you had to contend with…

South Africa has recently achieved the 1st Millennium Development Goal (MDG) – reducing the proportion of the population living on less than 1 USD a day by half – but the government still needs to tackle issues such as providing adequate public health services. Would you say, from your perspective,…

Life Healthcare Our international readers know about South Africa’s socio-economic relative achievements, considering the country joined the BRICS grouping last year and achieved the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG) that same year. But would you say that the healthcare sector has grown in line with the country’s overall development? All parties would…

Litha Healthcare Group Limited Mr Kahanovitz, Focus Reports came to South Africa in 2005 to produce a similar report on the South African pharmaceutical industry. Could you come back for us on the main milestones in the company’s development since then? In 2005 and 2006, we were in essence a vaccines company called Litha…

Novo Nordisk South Africa The story of Novo Nordisk South Africa began in 1959 in Johannesburg. It was among the first affiliates outside of Denmark, with insulin and anti-infectives produced locally. To what extent has the company diversified over the years, and what are the core focuses of the company today? Diabetes has always…

Dream CIS South Korea has a much shorter history of clinical trials than many other advanced economies. In your view, what is the potential for South Korea’s clinical trial industry today? The quality of Korean medical service is already top notch; it is truly world class. However, the environment here has been…

Teva Czech Republic Mr. Zahradnik, you have long been an active member of the Czech generic drug makers’ association CAFF (Czech Association of Pharmaceutical Firms), chairing the organization. Dr. Zörner, executive director of the CAFF, has remarked that the Czech Republic is a challenging market, but also one in which the authorities have…

Bayer Healthcare South Africa Since we interviewed you in 2005, there have been many changes in the market, from consolidation, an increasing generic penetration, to new healthcare reforms… How have you integrated these changes in the company’s development, and to what extent does Bayer’s recent development reflect the market changes? The first change has…

Histostem After spending a large part of your career as a university professor, what drove you to create your own company, Histostem, in 2000? In 1993, I actually established a bone marrow bank for the first time in Korea when I was a professor of the Catholic University in Seoul, Korea.…

Abbott South Africa Ms Joubert, could you start by telling our readers over the 16 months of heading the operations here, what have been the most challenging situations as the General Manager of Abbott South Africa? I worked in Abbott’s Pharmaceutical Division for 12 years, and then spent 3 years as General Manager…

Aspen The line between research based pharmaceutical companies and generic companies is today less and less relevant, as we have seen in the past few years generic companies climb up the value chain and patent products, and innovative companies purchase generic players. What is your vision of this model generally, how…