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NEPROFARM In order to understand the culture behind the business that this association represents, what would you say is the perception of OTC and non-prescriptive drugs in the Netherlands? OTC medicines are the medication of choice in the Netherlands. Most people will have some OTC medicines in his cabinet and indeed,…

Quintiles Indonesia What role does Indonesia play within Quintiles’ Asian operations? Quintiles has been growing dramatically across the South East Asian Region, which comprises Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia as well as Taiwan and South Korea. Indonesia and Vietnam are the two most recent countries of operation, with Indonesia the…

Cegedim Dentrite Italy Ten years of experience in the Dendrite group enabled you to cover a number of international positions, before its acquisition by Cegedim in May 2007. How has the integration progressed at the time, and what has this strategic acquisition meant for Dendrite in Italy? Entering the Italian team coming from…

Roche Hungary Hungary has been recognized as one of the largest pharmaceutical and healthcare markets in Central and Eastern Europe, and can obviously not be ignored by Roche. First of all, can you give our readers an idea of the importance of the diagnostics unit, both for the global as well as…

Chiesi Brazil Yesterday, Minister Pimentel unveiled the Brazil Maior plan to increase competitiveness and growth across a variety of industrial sectors. If you had to give recommendations to improve the Brazilian pharmaceutical sector, what would they be? That is an extremely difficult question. I believe it is better to support two kinds…

Bagó Brazil Sao Paulo state is responsible for some 85% of pharmaceutical production, and last week Minister Pimentel was in the city of Sao Paulo elaborating on his BrazilMaior plan with strategic initiatives for specific sectors. I’m interested to know the point of view from Rio de Janeiro – what recommendations would…

Abbott Hungary You took over as GM back in 2008. No doubt that this was a challenging time to run a business, in particular in view of the external economic environment. Can you provide our readers with a better idea on the business environment as you took over the operations here? After…

ABIQUIFI In the past four years, Brazil’s pharmaceutical market has more than doubled. To what do you attribute this astounding growth? In Brazil there is a strong income inequality. As the inequality decreases, so have barriers to purchasing medicines. Greater employment has clearly been an important factor, which also contributes via…

UCB India You have only recently been appointed Managing Director for the first time in your career. How did your first year with UCB India go so far? My first year at UCB has gone very well. Our business has grown in this period ahead of the Pharma market in India. My…

Dompe You recently declared that in a context of new emerging challenges for pharmaceutical companies, those who would survive would not be the strongest ones but the most responsive to change. Indeed, having led Dompé Group through this period of changes, you originated a re-organization of the group. Could you give…

Panacea Biotec The Indian biotechnology sector is quite particular. In spite of its young age, the industry has grown significantly in a very short time. In your view, where does the Indian biotech sector stand today within an international context? Indian biotech companies, in particular in the vaccines industry, would be among…

Novo Nordisk India Private Limited Novo Nordisk seems somewhat of an exception to the MNCs that recently entered India, as it already set up its HQ in Bangalore in 1994. How do you explain this relatively early entry? Traditionally, Novo Nordisk’s strategy has been to be in the market very early. We aspire to create…