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Turkey Recep Altekin, the general manager of MT Sağlik – market leader in Turkey for blood glucose monitoring systems and diabetes test strips by volume – tells PharmaBoardroom about his company’s impact on the Turkish medical device industry, and the value-added solutions that come packaged under the MT umbrella. Can you break…

Generics The Moroccan pharma sector is increasingly looking not just to Europe, but also to Africa. Moroccan investment in distribution to African countries is increasing. But key opinion leaders say that challenges remain. For example, Morocco would benefit from a direct export platform. “In the past Morocco always looked towards the north…

DHL The managing director of DHL Express Turkey, Markus Reckling highlights the strategic importance of Turkey to the global DHL Express portfolio and elaborates on the market opportunities present for DHL’s sector-focused solution, DHL Medical Express, within the broader context of Turkey’s healthcare and life sciences landscape. He also describes the…

logistics José F. Oramas, country manager of UPS Puerto Rico, discusses the value-added services the packaging and logistics giant offers to meet the customer’s needs and the natural gateway that Puerto Rico offers between North and South America. What initial priorities did you set for yourself when you became general manager?…

distribution Iris and Tom Vincent of Prime Air Corp explain the challenges behind providing logistics solutions to manufacturers in Puerto Rico, and how their non-stop service allows for a more competitive offering over larger players. Could you give us an overview of how the Puerto Rican life sciences industry is supported…

manufacturing One of the directors of Romania’s number one producer of suppositories and the only in-country manufacturer of contraceptive ovules speaks out about how the country is fast becoming a regional manufacturing hub and preferred destination for final  batch customisation. He also talks extensively about the state of GMP in the country. Magistra…

Generics The general manager of Novagen Pharma reveals how they are the second largest supplier of ARVs within the private South African market, how there is much room for the generics market to grow given that it currently represents just one third of the total private market and how as the…

Merck The country manager of a leading company for innovative and top-quality high-tech products in healthcare, life science and performance materials describes the initiatives she has been putting in place to optimise and streamline the business during a period of belt tightening and increased regulatory forces. Of particular note are the innovative…

consultancy George Cretu, founder of Enterprise Concept in Bucharest discusses how his past work experience in the United States inspired him to start his unique business in Romania, his ambitions to grow his business both in and outside Romania and how his company’s unique services and technologies are promoting societal change.  …

manufacturing Polifarma is Turkey’s largest producer of basic parenteral IV solutions with a 41 percent market share the country and growing exports across the region. According to the Chairman and CEO Ufuk Kumrulu, the company is expanding into medicated hospital solutions, and is aiming to become a “market leader in hospital…

local The general manager explains how vision behind the setting up of Grupo Rasch was to represent companies, primarily European and high-tech ones, in the manufacturing of drugs reveals and how his relationship with his business partner, Federico Scharrer, is the bedrock of the group’s success Grupo Rasch recently celebrated its…

medical devices The CEO and president of Smart Scale explains how the company delivers clever and innovate information technology services to the pharmaceutical industry, acting as a significant partner for both information technology and health care, and fulfilling their mission; ensuring that everyone has a better quality of life. Smart Scale is…