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China Pharmaceutical Industry Association (CPIA) You have a very long history in the Chinese pharmaceutical industry, first in the joint venture company Xian-Janssen and then in the China National Pharmaceutical Group. Could you highlight the main evolutions of the Chinese pharmaceutical industry through these fast-changing times? It is indeed true that we have undergone tremendous…

Maver Maver has an impressive track record in developing and commercializing blockbuster products for the Chilean market, such as Tapsin and Disfruta, which today are the #1 brands in their categories. What would you say has been your recipe for success? I believe our success is based on our targeted marketing…

Novartis Chile Novartis’ pharmaceutical activities include innovators, generics and biopharmaceuticals. How has your portfolio developed in Chile? What therapeutic areas is Novartis favoring in the Chilean context? Novartis is one of the Top 5 pharmaceutical companies at an international level. We have products in all the therapeutic areas inside the ethical pharmaceutical…

Boehringer Ingelheim Chile What have been Boehringer Ingelheim’s major milestones and achievements since your establishment in Chile? Chile, in the regional context, represents a very important market with a solid evolution in terms of sales. For our company, on a regional scale, the country has been growing above the average rate of 15.6%…

Asociacion Industrial de Laboratorios Farmace You have previous experience working for innovative pharmaceutical companies such as Procter and Gamble, and today you are the Executive Director for ASILFA. What was your rationale behind making this change? My time at P&G was an excellent experience from which I learned a lot and developed a great network…

Brazil In an exclusive interview, Otto Philipp Braun, part of medtech giant B. Braun’s family dynasty, discusses his achievements as MD in Brazil, the company’s operations in the country and globally, as well as its CSR programs. B. Braun has been established in Brazil for more than 40 years, with its headquarters…

Could you tell us about the circumstances that lead Chile to create a regulatory body such as the INAPI back in 2008, which compared to your neighbouring countries like Argentina who created their IP regulatory body in 1996, was a very late start for Chile? The institute is about to…

Could you introduce the organisation and its objectives to our readers? The International Investors Association of Turkey (YASED) is a non-governmental organization whose members are international companies operating in Turkey. YASED, with its more than 20O members of largest global investors, is the most important representative of the international direct…

Merck Sharp & Dohme Chile What have been MSD’s major milestones and achievements since your establishment in Chile in 1995? We have recently gone through a global merger with Schering Plough, which occurred exactly a year ago. With this in mind, the first milestone that I can mention is the integration of these two relatively…

Janssen-Cilag Chile Janssen-Cilag has been investing heavily in its Latin American operations in the past years. What is the relative importance of the Chilean operations for Janssen-Cilag in Latin America and what are the major milestones and achievements since the company’s establishment in Chile? In the last five years we have been…

Novo Nordisk China We found a Capital Markets Day presentation from Novo Nordisk that talked about the “rule of halves” – that of all people with diabetes, 50% of diagnosed, and of those 50% have access to care, and of those 50% get decent care, and finally 50% of those reach their targets.…

Medicilon/MPI Preclinical Research Shanghai You completed your higher education in the US and worked there for a period afterwards; what caused you to move back to China and start this company? A lot of people are now returning to China after gaining extensive experience in the US. I personally enjoyed the vast experience that…