Lilly Spain is based in Alcobendas, north of Madrid. The complex covers a surface area of 25
acres, with 40,000 square meters of buildings that house administrative offices, the production
plant, and the Medical Chemistry Research Center, including the Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology laboratory opened in 2009. The affiliate employs 1,221 employees, of whom 52,5 percent are
women. 80 percent of the staff hold bachelor degrees, doctorates or MBAs and, of these, 56,6 percent are
women and 43,4 percent men.
Having moved early on a promising phase II monoclonal antibody, Almirall is inching closer to entering the Sanofi-dominated European market for eczema after posting, along with Eli Lilly, positive phase…
Almirall CEO Gianfranco Nazzi dives into the new strategic focus of the global biopharmaceutical company with HQ in Barcelona as it seeks to serve the European medical dermatology market. The…
ADL Biopharma is a Spanish CDMO and, according to its CEO, owner of Europe’s largest fermenter. Ignacio Urbelz, CEO, reveals how, after a tumultuous time that saw the company go…
Way before securing the CEO role at Esteve in 2018, Staffan Schüberg built a career that saw him rise through the ranks of Lundbeck, from commercial activities in Sweden to…
Ignacio Vega, CEO of Cardiva and Cardivais, a Spanish medtech producer and distributor, explains how, as a manufacturer of PPE, the company had to reconfigure its production operations to supply…
Esteve’s CEO outlines the transformation journey of the Spanish company after taking over in 2018, commenting on how the divestment of its generics business has helped the company lay the…
Teva’s general manager for Spain and Portugal, Juan Carlos Conde Ibarra, dives into the recently announced strategy for the affiliate, including the move to a single brand in generics, and…
Margarita Alfonsel, general secretary of Fenin, the Spanish Federation of Healthcare Technology Companies, reflects on the COVID-19 pandemic, the changing dynamics of the medical technology industry in Spain, and comments…
AseBio is the association promoting the development of the Spanish biotechnology industry. Its general manager, Ion Arocena, lays out the main priorities for the country’s sector, including the need to…
Kern Pharma’s chairman and Grupo Indukern CEO, Raúl Díaz-Varela, explains the new strategic direction of the Spanish generics player, how their partnership with Celltrion to commercialise biosimilars has evolved, and…
HIPRA is a world-leading animal health company that has launched a record 22 animal vaccines in the last 10 years. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the European company decided to jump…
The Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) is a Barcelona-based institute dedicated to delivering on the promise of precision medicine in oncology – turning cancer discovery into more effective treatments…
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