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Pfizer Italy Having led a 26 years long career in Pfizer, you have been involved in a number of different countries including leading markets such as the US and Japan, but also emerging ones such as India, Hungary and Poland. As Managing Director of Pfizer Italy since 2008, which learnings from your…

Hospira Germany Hospira, which was spun-off from Abbott Laboratories in 2004, is a global specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company driven by its vision of Advancing Wellness™. Bringing proven leadership and experience, Hospira provides solutions to help improve the productivity, safety and effectiveness of patient care. With its more than 70-year history…

Cytonet Cytonet is today Germany’s largest cell therapy enterprise. However, it went through many transformations since its spin-off from Roche Diagnostics in 2000. Could you briefly introduce the company to our readers and highlight its main milestones? We identified the field of cellular based biotechnology as an interesting area well ahead…

Assobiotec Biotechnologies have a significant role to play bringing Italy towards a more knowledge-based economy. What is the economic contribution of the sector today? According to the last Blossom Associati-Assobiotec report dedicated to biotechnologies in Italy, the sector’s turnover reaches approximately 5 billion Euros and represents 0,6% of the global Italian…

IDS Distribution IDS Distribution is part of an Asian, globe spanning Distribution Company. How does being part of a large, regionally specialized player help IDS Distribution in Indonesia? The company’s regional presence is quite strong. When I first began working at IDS Distribution, I wasn’t sure about the right way to grow…

Nycomed Germany How challenging is for you as General Manager of Nycomed Germany to lead the number one subsidiary of the Nycomed Group and what would you highlight as the key milestones since you took the reins of the German operations? I enjoy the day-to-day challenge of being in charge of the…

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…