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Roche Brazil The government recently released the ‘BrasilMaior’ plan, whose slogan is “Innovate to compete. Compete to grow.” How would you recommend the government innovate, compete, and grow in the pharmaceutical industry here in Brazil? There are various fields that we should look at because Brazil overall is a very complex place.…

ChinaBio® LLC This is our first meeting in Shanghai after being based in Beijing for two months – what if any are the differences between the two cities? At the top level, Beijing is usually perceived as better in science, and Shanghai as better in business. That probably isn’t as clear-cut now…

Hypermarcas Hypermarcas is a huge, diversified corporation that sells everything from shampoo, to medicine. Would you consider it more of a consumer goods company that happens to sell pharmaceuticals, or the other way around? The company´s focus is on Health, Personal Care and Beauty products. In Brazil, the combination of these…

Novartis Brazil The government recently released the BrasilMaior plan, whose slogan is “Innovate to compete. Compete to grow.” How would you recommend the government innovate, compete, and grow in the pharmaceutical industry here in Brazil? I think compared to, say, 10 years ago, the new government has understood that the pharmaceutical, biotech,…

ITF-Labomed Labomed was bought by Italfarmaco in 2009, but aside from that, what have been the main milestones and achievements of Labomed since its creation in 1968? When I came to Labomed in 1997, I began a process of renewing the company’s product portfolio and changing the overall profile of Labomed.…

Eli Lilly Chile Lilly’s portfolio ranges from products for cardiovascular diseases to neurological conditions. How has your portfolio developed in Chile? What therapeutic areas is Lilly favoring in the Chilean context? Lilly Chile has a long commitment of bringing innovative pharmaceuticals to the country and the majority of our products are very specialized.…

Genzyme Chile Genzyme was first established in Chile in 2004 but only opened its sales office in 2008, what was the rationale for the opening of the office at this time considering that you had been present in neighbouring countries 10 years before? The Chilean market is a very difficult one. We…

Meizler Biopharma There is little publicly available information on your personal history and the founding of Meizler. Can you share that story for our readers? Everybody has a story – unless they’re second generation, of course! I am an architect by training. Before entering the pharmaceutical industry I owned an engineering and…

Zodiac Pharmaceuticals What would you recommend in terms of increasing the competitiveness and growth of the Brazilian pharmaceutical industry? The Brazilian pharmaceutical industry needs to improve its R&D capabilities. I personally think that the country can’t build a strong pharmaceutical industry based only on generics. Generics are an important part of the…

Genzyme de Colombia S.A. What is the role, significance, and importance of the Colombian market within the larger global strategy of Genzyme international? Colombia is a very important country because we have a market with a well developed, and in that way different, health system from other countries in the Andean region. Of course…

Novo Nordisk Brazil Diabetes affects an estimated 6 million Brazilians, a figure which is expected to double by 2025, in line with many other developing nations. Like many other “rich-country” diseases, there is a tendency for its sudden prevalence to result in less-than-adequate treatment profiles. What have you observed here in Brazil? The…

Shire Brazil Minister Pimentel recently released the BrasilMaior plan, whose slogan is “Innovate to compete. Compete to grow.” How would you recommend the government innovate, compete, and grow in the pharmaceutical industry here in Brazil? First of all, the government must keep the status quo to respect intellectual property. This is imperative,…