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  Over ten years ago, the economic concept of the ‘BRIC’ countries- Brazil, Russia, India and China – was formed, and it’s pretty much all we’ve heard about ever since. Yet earlier this year, the very same man who coined the term – Jim O’Neill, chief economist at Goldman Sachs…

Mexico Despite being in the Mexican market for over twenty years, biosimilars have never been regulated as a separate entity. They have always been regulated as simply another category of generic medicines.  “This enabled almost unmonitored competition from China, India, South Korea and other fast-growing countries, which sometimes caused more damage…

Array As a Taiwanese national and Country Head of Novartis Taiwan, what is your opinion on the current state of the pharmaceutical industry in Taiwan, and what are your hopes for the future? I am of the opinion that it is going to get worse before it gets better. The National…

Hospira Taiwan What is exciting about the Taiwanese market for Hospira today? Hospira is a US-based company, which used to be part of Abbott Laboratories. A major part of the portfolio for the company is devices, which is mainly driven by its Medication Management Systems (MMS) portfolio. The rest of the company’s…

Giddi Pharma Co. Ltd. Giddi Pharma was founded in 1995. What was the vision behind the creation of the company? What founding principles did you have when you founded Giddi? When I founded this company, biotech was an industry that was displaying high potential. When looking at how to get involve d in the…

Association of Producers of generic medicines in Romania (APMGR) APMGR is obviously a rather young association that has only really been active since about a year now. Can you first comment on the timing that the Association was called into life? The timing has been quite good, as the generics industry is currently experiencing a strong momentum. Every country,…

Ministry of Health (Republic of Serbia) Priorities and plans of the Ministry of Health If we entered an election year with a major reform plan, we would not succeed in putting such proposals into parliamentary procedure. Therefore, our aim is to adhere to the Action Plan of the Ministry of Health for 2011 which has been…

Standard Chem & Pharm I was very surprised to see a company called ‘Standard Chemical and Pharmaceutical’ ranked amongst the top three local players in Taiwan: it seems as though your company is far from standard. What is it about Standard Pharm that stops it from being just an average pharmaceutical company? My father,…

Commerce and Business Environment of Romania Within a broad assessment of Romania’s investment climate, there is no doubt that every country has some key factors upon which can be capitalized to attract foreign investors. In sum, how would you describe the current investment climate in Romania, and what are these factors that the country can leverage…

Novo Nordisk Romania You have become the head of Novo Nordisk’s operations in Romania in March 2008. Can you first give our readers an idea on how the market environment was at that time? With regards to the national program for diabetes, 2007 was a year of big changes. Most importantly, drug medicines…

Eli Lilly Romania S.R.L. You have just arrived as general manager in January 2011. Coming to a new market obviously means a new context, different challenges and so on. Can you first elaborate on your key priorities as you took over? There are at least two levels of priorities when you arrive in a…

Johnson & Johnson Russia & CIS In the United States, Johnson & Johnson has an image of being very close to people. Americans grow up with this company — from baby shampoo, to Tylenol when they are older, to Acuvue contact lenses. What image does this company have in Russia? How is it positioned and how…