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Ferring Italy After long experience in the pharmaceutical industry, working in both multinational and local laboratories, you took the reins of the already well-established Italian subsidiary of Ferring a few months ago. To what extent did your previous experiences help you to bring a new perspective to Ferring Italy? My professional path…

IMS Health Italy You have worked in other countries such as the UK and the US with very large and significant pharmaceutical industries. What would you say is particular about the Italian pharmaceutical market? The Italian situation is changing a lot, at a different speed than in other countries. For years, Italians had…

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…

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…

CAEMe Through your work as member of the Council of the IFPMA, as well as FIFARMA, and CAEMe, you must have a very developed and unique perspective on the characteristics of the Argentinean and International pharmaceutical markets. Can you explain the importance of Argentina within the Latin American framework? One important…

Shin Poong Pharm Could you please introduce Shinpoong, which you founded in 1962, and mention the main milestones of this unique company in the Korean pharmaceutical industry? I founded Shinpoong in a very delicate and decisive time for Korea. During the civil war the population had to face serious epidemics, and by the…

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…

Korea Drug Research Association (KDRA) What was the vision behind the creation of the Korea Drug Research Association and its main role in the pharmaceutical sector? Until the middle of the 1980s when Korea Drug Research Association (KDRA) was established, the Korean pharmaceutical industry did very little in terms of innovation activities in R&D. They…

Eurogroup Consulting Italy Dr Fazi, you co-founded Eurogroup Consulting (EGC) in Italy in 2007 and are now leading a well established reality, renowned for the new model of governance it has designed. Could you introduce to our readers the main guidelines and principles of this innovative approach to consulting? M.F: The Italian consulting…

GSK Germany You have been leading GSK, one of the top five pharmaceutical companies in the German market, for just over a year, after having worked previously in Poland, the UK, France, U.S.A. and Ireland. What has your 20 year career in the pharmaceutical sector taught you about successful management in such…

Novartis South Korea Novartis’ Head Office in Basel, Switzerland as well as several prior international assignments in Asia and Europe. What do you find as the most interesting particularities of the pharmaceutical sector in the country thus far? Korea is a great country to work. Having only been here for a limited amount…

ADF Intermediate distribution plays a crucial role in establishing bridges between industrial production and final delivery to patients- and in Italy, this function is executed with highly contained costs and commercial margins amongst the lowest in Europe, yet adapting to the ever changing environment. How is the current structure of Italian…