Tagged with strategy

Baltics Boriss Birmans, country manager of Santen Latvia, discusses the company’s focus on patient-centricity in the country, its ambition to bring in more preservative-free drugs for glaucoma patients and how its market share in Latvia is one of the highest in the entire EU. Can you walk us through Santen’s history…

Baltics Janis Meiksans, general manager at TEVA Baltics, explains how the base of the company’s success is what they call ‘generic evangelism’ and how from being a marketing and distribution organization in the region, they successfully managed to rank number one pharmaceutical company by sales. Janis, can you talk our international…

Poland Krzysztof Kołodziejski, country manager of Santen Poland, discusses the strategy he put in place to modernize the business culture of the affiliate and how this has led to great success. Furthermore, he highlights the challenges being faced by innovative eyecare companies in Poland and the entire healthcare sector, as well…

Poland Jarosław Król, president of Polfa Tarchomin, highlights the strategic moves he has made to stabilise the company and the need to deliver a new, fresh portfolio to drive forward profit. Furthermore, he highlights the company’s future path of being a EU certified API supplier and the importance of an economic…

Ecuador Antonio Carlos Matos da Silva, general manager of Roche Ecuador explains how his ability to manage by influence has helped him transition smoothly into his first GM position. The Brazilian manager has great ambitions for the Ecuadorian affiliate of the oncology global giant, elaborating on Vision 2020; a plan he…

Poland Andrzej Tarnkowski, founder and owner of Antar, a Polish success story within the orthopaedic field, discusses the company’s successful international expansion into various markets, including Germany, while highlighting the opening of their own production in 2013, offering a huge potential ahead. Finally, he reveals Antar’s strong positioning as the partner…

Canada Still in the process of integration, Mallinckrodt is preparing to build its launch structure in Canada. With several innovative products in the pipeline, Robin Hunter, general manager of Canadian operations, highlights the company’s ambition to be a top tier innovative specialty pharma company with a specific area of focus in…

India As the founder and chairman of Alves Group, a key Indian player in medical devices with an extensive portfolio, Randolph Alves shares the challenges India needs to overcome to remain a competitive exporter. With great ambitions for Alves, he further explains how critical the international stage – especially the African…

UK British consultant, speaker and author, Richard Barker – a key opinion leader on UK healthcare – gives his take on the recently launched ‘Life Sciences Industrial Strategy’, the importance of facilitating accelerated access to medicines, and the potential fallout from Brexit to the UK’s life sciences ecosystem.   On the…

UK Warwick Smith, director general of the British Generic Manufacturers Association (BGMA), discusses the potential impact of Brexit and recent policy changes on the British generics industry and extols the benefits of inter-stakeholder collaboration. Entering 2018, three key themes affecting the British generics industry are Brexit, a new life science industry…

Canada Boston Scientific’s vice president and general manager Ken Spears shares his thoughts about the potential for Canada to become an early adopter of innovation and to move towards an outcome-based healthcare model and the medtech solutions Boston Scientific is introducing in the Canadian market. You are yourself a vocal advocate…

Baltics Evija Buksa, general manager at Merck in Latvia, explains the strong history of Merck in the country as well as its key role in participating in the discussions to shape the Latvian healthcare system. Could you please start by introducing Merck in Latvia and the strategic significance of the local…