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Department of Health And Ageing New Government health priorities and policies, highlighting those concerning preventive health. The Rudd Labor Government’s goal in health is to create a modern health system designed for the health needs of the 21st century, including the growing burden of chronic disease. Bringing a greater focus to prevention in health policy…

Medicines Australia To begin, would you please introduce Medicines Australia to Pharmaceutical Executive readers? Medicines Australia is the national industry association for innovative pharmaceutical companies. . Just about every company engaged in the research and discovery of new medicines in Australia is a member of the association, so we have the capacity…

Pharmacor Pharmacor is one of the newest entities on the Australian pharmaceutical market. Would you please introduce the company to let Pharmaceutical Executive readers understand more about the Pharmacor story? Pharmacare Laboratories established Pharmacor approximately one year ago, and decided to divest the company two months ago, realizing that they preferred…

Nycomed Australia What impact have the PBS reforms had on Nycomed? As most mid size Pharma companies that operate in a setting of mass market prescription medicines, Nycomed is also experiencing the real impact of the PBS measures that have been implemented in recent years. The PBS reforms introduced in 2007 are…

Lloyd Sansom Would you please introduce the PBAC and the role it plays in Australia’s pharmaceutical sector? The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) is a statutory committee of the Australian government which was first established in the 1940s, and which makes recommendations to the Minister of Health and Ageing regarding medicines which…

IMS Health Australia How have your experiences at Quintiles, Astra, Baxter, and Innovex – covering the spectrum from small to large pharma in addition to the service side – helped in managing IMS since your arrival in December 2007? Having been a client gives insights into the client side, and perspective on what…

Australian Self Medication Industry(ASMI) Molteni was created in 1892 and progressively developed a strong manufacturing base, a very active R&D department and a growing international presence. Could you introduce the story behind such achievements? The company was founded over a century ago by Leone Molteni in the backyard of Farmacia Molteni located in the…

Bayer Thailand Mr. Ammelburg of Roche described Thailand as a very difficult and different market and according to PReMA figures there was only 2 percent growth last year. Nevertheless, global projections rank Thailand as 12th among emerging countries in pharma and anticipate Thailand becoming the eighth largest economy and market by 2016.…

Laboratorios Richmond What have been the recent major milestones for Richmond? One of the milestones for Laboratorios Richmond was to have developed the first branded oncological generic in the world. For Laboratorios Richmond to be developing combinations of different molecules from different originator laboratories is very important as well, as it provides…

Biogen Idec Argentina Biogen Idec’s arrival in Argentina has been very recent. Could you explain to our readers why the time was right to take back your licences and to set up in Argentina? Biogen Idec has a worldwide expansion strategy. Two years ago, the company decided to establish its own affiliates in…

CETIFARMA The Mexican government has been fairly pro-active about promoting good practice such as the new drug registration process that helped eliminate drugs from the Mexican market that didn’t fulfill regulatory therapeutic efficiency. In this context, what is left to do for CETIFARMA? In my opinion when the authorities take a…

Amega Biotech What was the vision behind the creation of the umbrella organisation Amega Biotech in 2005? What led you to consider setting up an organisation with this structure, and offering these services in particular? When we started Amega, the idea was to exploit this argentine know-how that had not been touched…