Tagged with API

Switzerland Beat Berger (BB) and Dr Uwe Schmelzer (US) of Swiss API distributor DCS Pharma discuss growth segments in the global generics market, international hotspots, and the benefits of being based in Switzerland.   As an API distributor, what segments of the global generics market do you see the most growth…

Pharma Ireland is home to Recordati’s external supply operations and global in-licensing teams, alongside the API facility for one of the company’s most prolific products; Director Michael Kilkelly discusses the advantages of running such operations in Ireland, beyond the many financial incentives. In your opinion, why is Ireland such an attractive…

Pharma Hetero, the global API leader, has consolidated its position as the partner of choice of the pharmaceutical industry in Mexico, with a portfolio of more than 300 APIs. GM Gurulinga Konanuris is piloting entry into the B2C market, with upcoming launches of biosimilars, oncology and HIV treatments. Hetero is also investing…

Pharma Rafael Gual, general director of CANIFARMA, the chamber that brings together multinational and local drug manufacturers, details how the organization is currently intensifying its efforts to ensure the pharmaceutical industry as a whole is officially recognized as a strategic Mexican industry by both the Ministries of Health and Economy, while…

Pharma The Managing Director of HUMAN BioPlazma, Ákos Tóth, highlights the transformational growth that the business has experienced since becoming a part of Kedrion Biopharma in 2008, while pinpointing the strategic role that the subsidiary now plays in producing and distributing the company’s lifesaving biotherapies both inside and outside of Hungary.…

Pharma While the Italian clinical research community works to an excellent standard of quality, and is relatively competitive in terms of costs, regulatory differences with the rest of Europe pose significant challenges. Mariapia Cirenei and Stefano Marini, president of AICRO and EUCROF respectively, discuss these current challenges, and how the new…

Pharma While assessing patient perspectives in comprehensive drug and treatment analyses may sound like a contemporary issue, the Mapi Group has been a pioneer in the practice for over forty years. Mapi Chairman Bernard Jambon explains the importance of patient incorporation in drug and therapy evaluation and his ambitions to expand…

Pharma In an exclusive discussion with Focus Reports, Egyptian Minister of Health, Dr. Ahmed El Din Rady sets out his blueprint for improving the nation’s welfare and securing positive public health outcomes with a 4-point plan based on human capital development, accessibility, countering hepatitis C, and large-scale infrastructural intervention. My foremost…

Pharma The chairman of Egypt’s largest holding company for pharmaceutical manufacturers, ACDIMA, shares his vision for how Egyptian manufacturers can enhance their competitiveness in the coming years, and extend their activities further up the value chain into API production and R&D activities. How well prepared are Egyptian companies to compete in…

Pharma Giulio Volpe, Managing Director of Lundbeck’s Italian API’s production plant, discusses what is leading multinational companies to relocate their production to Italy, the value the Italian plant can offer the Lundbeck group and the future of API production in Italy. Could you start off with a brief overview of the…

pharma The Netherlands boasts a strong service sector for the life science industries locally and globally. Sinensis Life Sciences CEO, Ruud Santing, discusses his company’s history and its offering that covers the whole range of pharmaceutical testing and of small-scale manufacturing of clinical trial materials. Sinensis Life Sciences was founded in…

pharma The CEO of BioConnection, the leading contract services and manufacturing organization for the development and production of injectable (bio)pharmaceutical products, explains how —thanks to flexibility and quality-driven mentality —the company helps small and medium biotech companies and universities make their products reality. This year BioConnection celebrates its tenth anniversary and…