Interview with Safia Rizvi, Managing Director, UCB India
You have only recently been appointed Managing Director for the first time in your career. How did your first year with UCB India go so far? My first year at…
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At UCB our sense of purpose is to help people suffering from severe central nervous system or immunological disorders lead normal, everyday lives. Our ambition is to offer them innovative new medicines and ground-breaking solutions that go beyond the drug. We are committed to enabling cutting-edge scientific research that is driven by the patients’ needs.
UCB, headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, is a global biopharma company with a team of over 8500 talented employees, a strong market presence in more than 40 countries, € 3.2 billion in revenue (2010) and numerous strategic partnerships across the industry.
We combine biology and chemistry to make major breakthroughs.
By integrating our expertise in large, antibody-based molecules and small, chemically-derived molecules, we can offer families with severe diseases and their specialist physicians the advantages of both large and small molecules to produce extraordinary breakthroughs.
We partner with the leaders in the pharmaceutical industry.
The complexities of severe diseases are beyond the expertise and resources of a single organisation. That is why we have teamed up with partners – we play to our strengths and tap into the organisations with greater or complementary strengths.
UCB’s medicines are making a real difference to the lives of people all over the world. Some of our products are among the leaders in their field.
Vimpat® (lacosamide)
Epilepsy
Keppra® (levetiracetam)
Epilepsy
Neupro® (rotigotine)
Parkinson’s disease
Restless Legs Syndrome
Nootropil® (piracetam)
Regulating cerebral functions
Metadate CD™ (methylphenidate HCl) (CII)
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Cimzia® (certolizumab pegol)
Crohn’s disease
Rheumatoid arthritis
Xyzal® (levocetirizine)
Allergies
Zyrtec® (cetirizine)
Allergies
Tussionex™ (hydrocodone polistirex and chlorpheniramine polistirex) (CIII)
Respiratory disease
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