Vanja Hoeben – Head of Benelux, Aspen
Vanja Hoeben oversees the Benelux cluster for South Africa-headquartered specialty and branded pharma firm Aspen. He describes the reorganisation that his organisation has undergone in the past few years, some…
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South African-based JSE Limited listed Aspen is a supplier of branded and generic pharmaceuticals in approximately 100 countries across the globe and of consumer and nutritional products in selected territories.
Aspen is represented in South Africa, Australia, Hong Kong, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Dubai, Germany, Ireland, Mauritius, Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela.
Aspen has 18 manufacturing facilities at 13 pharmaceutical manufacturing sites on five continents. Four of the sites are located in South Africa, four in Australia, and one in each of Kenya, Tanzania, Brazil, Mexico and Germany.
Aspen is the leading supplier of generic medicines to both the private and public sectors in South Africa.
Aspen has production capabilities for a wide variety of product types including tablets, capsules, steriles, injectables, oral contraceptives, nutritional products, lyophilised vials, cytotoxics, suppositories, vials, form-filled seals, liquids, semi-solids and specialist active pharmaceutical ingredients.
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