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Orient Europharma Co. You founded Orient Europharma in 1982, nearly 30 years ago. As you approach the 30 year mark, how has the company evolved to the way it is today, and how would you describe the company to our readers? I left Upjohn in 1982 and established Orient Europharma (OEP) as a…

Watson Pharmaceuticals UK Following the acquisition of Arrow Generics by Watson in December 2009, what complementarities and synergies were generated from the transaction and where do you stand today with the integration? Since its creation in 1984, Watson was a generic pharmaceutical company that was predominantly US based until the acquisition of Arrow…

Merck Romania SRL With a history dating back to 1668, Merck is obviously well established as the oldest pharmaceutical and chemical company in the world. Of course, we are interested in knowing how this legacy played out in Romania. Can you therefore give our readers a better understanding of the key milestones and…

Serbian Chamber of Commerce Rather than Mr. Bugarin’s personal views, the following information contains general statements provided by the Serbian Chamber of Commerce Current trends in pharmaceutical industry The production of the medicines in all countries all around the world is one of the most important economic branches, not only as the economic activity,…

Celgene UK and Ireland Celgene just announced very impressive second quarter results for its global operations, with a 38% increase in revenue partly led by strong growth in Europe. Within the global performance of the company, how would you assess the performance of the UK in 2010/2011? This year has been somewhat of a…

Cegedim Romania To start off, we see that you have been with Cegedim Romania for 10 years, after running your own business initially. What would you say have been your main milestones and achievements since you have joined? Having been with a local and regional company at first, it has been quite…

Pfizer Serbia Pfizer is increasingly interested in emerging markets, with a focus very much on Latin America and Asia. Given this, why is Serbia exciting for Pfizer today? Serbia is interesting for most multinational companies, firstly because of the county’s geographic location, and secondly because of the relatively high population for the…

Farmindustria & Laboratorio Volta As the CEO of Farmindustria since 1998, what would you say has been your recipe for the impressive success that the company has experienced, considering that Farmindustria represents 35% of all contract manufacturing activities in Chile? Our strongest key to success has certainly been the team that work’s here. Manufacturing…

Astellas Poland You were appointed general manager of Astellas Poland in early 2006, only a bit after Astellas Pharma Inc. was established, on April 1, 2005 through the merger of the mother companies Yamanouchi and Fujisawa. Could you describe to our readers the evolution of the affiliate since the merger? Astellas has…

Bristol-Myers Squibb Poland As Squibb Corporation and Bristol-Myers merged in 1989, Bristol-Myers Squibb has been officially operating in this market since that date, but the affiliate has a long history previous to that. What is the importance of Poland today for the group’s global strategy? About six years ago, there was a need…

Merck Chile What have been Merck’s major milestones and achievements for its pharmaceutical division since you took the reins? I have been managing the Pharma division of Merck since 2006 and the biggest milestone since then has definitely been the acquisition of Serono. In Chile Serono was previously represented by a local…

GC-2 As I was doing research on your company, GC-2, I was unable to find a lot of information since it is a rather new company. Could you bring me up to speed about your company and tell me the story behind GC2 and your role? GC2 is now on its…