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Medy-Tox What drove you to make the move from the academia to the business sector when you decided to establish Medy-Tox in 2000? I founded Medy-tox in the year 2000, in the context of a very difficult economic moment for Korea which was facing strong financial restrictions on government spending imposed…

Servier South Korea You have recently been appointed as General Manager of Servier in South Korea, after coming from several years working in Europe. What perception did you have of the far-way Korean pharmaceutical sector before your arrival? I did not have much knowledge of the Korean pharmaceutical industry prior to my arrival,…

Bausch & Lomb Germany With a wide experience in other international pharmaceutical companies, what attracted you to come to Bausch&Lomb, the ophthalmology pharma company? Bausch&Lomb offered me a unique set of challenges and possibilities that no other company could thanks to its own transformations and special needs. Since Bausch&Lomb changed ownership in 2007, our…

Boryung Pharmaceutical Boryung has a very interesting history, starting as a pharmacy in Seoul and going on to become one of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies in South Korea. What can you tell us, as the founder, about this notable achievement? Boryung just celebrated in 2007 its 50th anniversary, since it was…

Novo Nordsik South Korea You have a very long track record working with Novo Nordisk in Asia. What is your perspective on the Diabetes explosion that has been taking place in this part of the world in recent years? First of all, the explosion is real. We know from data in both Hong Kong…

Roche Italy Roche Italy is one of the companies which went through the most significant re-organization process in the country in the past three years- with important changes in both its marketing and industrial strategies. As you leaded the company through this period, could you expose the actions you took and the…

Korea Research based Pharmaceutical Industry Since KRPIA’s creation in 1999, what would you say have been its main achievements in the South Korean pharmaceutical landscape? KRPIA’s foremost achievement during its existence has been its contribution to bringing the focus on R&D to the pharmaceutical industry in South Korea. Our member companies spend between 17% and…

GPFarmasi Local firms have assumed an increasing role in the Indonesian pharmaceutical market representing today more than 75% of the market share and being able to provide over 90% of the medicines required by the population. What have been the main drivers of this change? The Indonesian pharmaceutical industry started in…

GPHF Could you briefly introduce our readers the how the GPHF managed to improve health care in developing countries since its foundation in 1987? The former abbreviation of GPHF stood for German Pharma Health Fund and it was initiated by the German Association of Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (VFA) in the late…

Roche South Korea You are one of the foreign multinational directors with most time in the Korean pharmaceutical industry, since 2003. What is your assessment of the direction the market has taken in these last 5 years? Like in many other parts of the world, the Korean pharmaceutical market has become much more…

Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Bi Though you have recently been appointed as President of KRIBB, your history with the institute goes quite far back. Could you please briefly explain the role it plays within South Korea’s bioscience and biotech fields? The KRIBB is the only government-supported research institute in South Korea dedicated to the field…

ProGenerika The German Pharmaceutical Industry is not only known for its cutting-edge R&D and production base but also for having a high penetration of generics. In your opinion, what role do generics play in the German pharmaceutical market and how have they managed to achieve such a wide penetration? Generics play…