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BESINS HEALTHCARE Brazil Besins finally arrived in Brazil in 2010. In addition to introducing the company to the market, would you also elaborate on the strategic motivation behind this decision? Besins Healthcare is a pharmaceutical company specialized in the development and worldwide diffusion of innovative drugs and food supplements for the well-being of…

Celgene Hungary The Hungarian pharmaceutical environment has been undergoing a turbulent time recently, with many new measures being implement by the Government. What are your observations, and how do you expect companies to be adjusting their strategies in this market? The government has a large majority in the parliament since 2 years,…

Lundbeck Philippines You have been involved with Lundbeck since the beginning of its operations in the Philippines. How has the company evolved since you joined seven years ago to be where it stands now? I was contacted by the Lundbeck Regional Vice President in late 2002 and asked to come for an…

Bomi Farma Much has changed at Bomi since we last met in 2007. At that time, you were launching your new facilities, with 72,000 square metres of built area, 14 metres free floor height, 108 docks, and 65,000 pallet capacity – it was a very exciting time. What have been the most…

Assign Group Assign Group started in 2002 as a small local CRO company founded in Austria; monitoring and doing minor project management only. Why was Austria chosen as the headquarters? First, it was simply the location of the CEO who had been living there for a while, bein the medical director of…

Malaysian Organisation of Pharmaceutical Industries (MOPI) The pharmaceutical industry has been targeted as one of the key growth sectors for the Malaysian economy under the 10th Malaysia Plan, how successful in your opinion have the government been in creating an environment for growth in this industry? Malaysia stands out from the other ASEAN countries in terms…

Kolbe You have been working at Kalbe for 38 years, and as President Director for 11 years. What has it been like to see the firm transform from a company based in a garage in Tanjung Priok, to the leading pharmaceutical company in the country? From the company’s founding days, there…

How do you operate in terms of the stakeholder management, with all of your associate members? Do you tend to operate from the committee perspective, or is there an annual gathering of all 850 members? The committees are important to our community, but we also bring all our members together…

Lloyd Laboratories Ms Balajadia, you founded Lloyd Laboratories in 1989. What was the driving force behind the establishment of the company? Truth is, when we started on our first business venture way back in 1976, we never even thought or planned of one day putting up a manufacturing plant. We were into…

Chiesi Pharmaceuticals BV The Dutch affiliate of Chiesi was established in 2007 when many changes were occurring in the local industry. The new healthcare system policy went into effect and the market was shifting towards a cost-containment structure. What drove Chiesi’s decision to start-up in the Netherlands? Our respiratory product, Foster, was one…

Bogin Having one of the highest penetration rates in Europe, generic medicines play a very important role in the Dutch pharmaceutical market. As this is the principal association for the generics industry, I would like to begin please with a brief history of Bogin. What was the market landscape in the…

Association of Innovative Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (AIPM) Hungary - Innovatív Gyógyszergyártók Egyesülete With various new government measures, the pharmaceutical and healthcare sector in Hungary has been undergoing quite a turbulent period recently. But if we first take a step back… Can you explain to our readers what has attracted most of your members to have a presence in the Hungarian market? V.N.I.:…