Tagged with generics

Taiwan Dr Chen-Yu Cheng, founder and chairman at Formosa Laboratories & Pharmaceuticals, is leading a strategic transition from generic API manufacturing toward high- value CDMO services and innovative drug development. By leveraging proprietary nanotechnology and antibody-drug conjugate platforms, the group is diversifying into injectables and considering the US market. Dr Cheng…

USA Christine Baeder, President of USA and LATAM at Apotex, discusses the company’s evolution following private equity investment, its Generics Plus strategy, and the critical role of the US market. She highlights supply chain resilience, the challenges facing biosimilar adoption, and the need for structural policy reforms to sustain affordability, innovation…

USA Tanya Carro details Duchesnay Pharmaceutical Group’s organic expansion from its women’s health core into rare diseases and generics. Operating across three geographic pillars, the privately held firm leverages Canadian pricing discipline and US entrepreneurial agility. Carro emphasizes navigating complex reimbursement landscapes through holistic patient support and securing global supply chains…

Taiwan The TGPA’s Tiffany Chen brings over three decades of experience at the intersection of pharmaceuticals, public policy, and industry development. In her current role, she leads advocacy efforts to strengthen regulatory and reimbursement frameworks, safeguard sustainable margins, and reinforce supply resilience in Taiwan. At the same time, she also works…

Taiwan Will Hsu leads Sandoz operations across Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao, managing a portfolio spanning both generics and biosimilars in markets characterised by universal healthcare and significant budget constraints. With nearly 12 years at Sandoz, including three years in his current regional role, Hsu oversees strategic initiatives to increase biosimilar…

LatAm Diego Ocampo, Vice President of Technology at Neolpharma and President of the Mexican Foundation for Health Innovation (INCIDE), represents a new generation of pharmaceutical leadership combining global perspective with regional expertise. Having pursued graduate studies in medicinal chemistry at Tokyo University following his undergraduate work at UNAM, Ocampo has spent…

USA Spiro Gavaris, President of Lupin’s US generics business, shares a candid assessment of the shifting dynamics shaping today’s generic and biosimilar landscape. He outlines how Lupin is positioning itself for long-term leadership through focused investment in complex generics across inhalation technologies, injectables, and biosimilars, while navigating a market challenged by…

USA John Murphy, III, president & CEO of the Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM) lays out a stark warning: the very medicines that keep the US healthcare system affordable and functioning are at risk. Generics and biosimilars fill nine out of ten prescriptions yet account for a tiny slice of spending,…

Switzerland With the Trump administration imposing tariffs of up to 39 percent on Swiss goods (recently reduced to 15 percent), the pressure on Switzerland’s most influential industrial sector – pharmaceuticals – has undoubtedly intensified. Yet the industry continues to wield a super-size effect on the local economy, contributing up to a…

LatAm Gianclaudio Broggi is CEO and chairman of Megalabs, one of Latin America’s largest biopharma organisations with operations spanning more than 20 countries and a workforce exceeding 9,000 employees. With over two decades at the company, he has been instrumental in its transformation from a 120 million USD enterprise into a…

France At the helm of EG Labo (STADA Group), Tiago Bartolomeu is steering one of France’s leading accessible medicine players through a period of renewal and ambition. With a clear focus on expanding access through generics, biosimilars, and consumer health, he reflects on the company’s growth strategy, its role as a…

LatAm Adium is one of Latin America’s most expansive pharmaceutical groups, operating across 18 countries with a workforce of 7,000 employees. The organisation has unified its brand identity across the region whilst establishing world-class infrastructure and capabilities spanning oncology, rare diseases, and speciality therapeutics. The company´s strategic vision centres on positioning…