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Pharma Maurizio Marchesini, CEO of Marchesini Group, discusses the challenges of competing in a very dynamic packaging machinery industry, where their business is differentiated through flexibility and integral service offerings. Further, he talks about how internationalization into developing regions will drive the growth of the group. To begin, could you please…

Pharma Shire Italy’s Francesco Scopesi discusses innovative medicine, rare diseases, growth drivers, global strategy, and the new trend of home care. Shire is today one of the leading biotechs delivering innovative medicines to patients with rare diseases and other specialty conditions. Could you please start by describing the company’s engagement with…

Pharma Long renowned for dancing to a different tune, Italy’s eccentric, but more often than not, enlightened and high performance pharma, healthcare and life sciences community may at last be about to reign in a distinctive penchant for fragmentation. Amongst the myriad of globally recognized luxury brands promulgated by the Italian…

Pharma Doppel has been selected as the nucleus for significant investments in the CDMO industry by PE firm Trilantic Capital Partners, according to recently hired CEO Giuseppe Cassisi, who shares the organization’s plans to invest in both greenfield facilities and M&A in the coming years. Italy’s pharmaceutical exports are growing faster than any other…

Pharma Sergio Liberatore discusses IMS Health Italy’s evolution after the acquisition of Cegedim’s CRM and strategic data businesses and how IMS is paving the way for pharma companies to become more patient-centric. When we last interviewed you in 2009, you were busy reshaping the data-provision branch, strengthening the consultancy capabilities of the business and setting…

Pharma Abramo Brandi, Octapharma Italy’s MD, discusses the challenges of the tender system in Italy and how he has grown the company year-on-year in the midst of a global economic crisis. What are some of your major achievements since becoming Managing Director of Octapharma Italy in 2008? I was asked to…

Pharma Mario Marazziti, President of the Italian XII Social Affairs Commission, discusses new legislation relating to clinical risk, the effects of the 2014 Pact for Health, and the efficiency of Italian healthcare in general. You were recently highly instrumental in the passing of new legislation relating to clinical risk. Could you…

Pharma Luigi Boggio, President of Assobiomedica, the association representing the medtech industry, and MD of B. Braun Italy, calls on the Italian government to implement a national system that measures the impact of medtech innovations. What are the exact activities of Assobiomedica and what are your main priorities as President? The…

Pharma GE Healthcare Italy’s Marco Campione discusses patient access to innovation, synergies between pharma and medtech in companion diagnostics, and partnering with the Italian healthcare system. You have been working at GE Healthcare for 18 years now, having risen up the ranks through various departments. What was at the top of…

Pharma Having successfully accomplished a four-year turnaround exercise and with a fresh capital injection from a leading Italian PE firm, SIFI executive chairman Fabrizio Chines has ambitious growth objectives for the coming years, and is investing in R&D projects including the development of an ophthalmic orphan drug. The Italian pharmaceutical industry…

Pharma Simona Falciai, General Manager of Shionogi, provides insights into the launch of the Italian affiliate, how the company is catering to a key unmet medical need with Ospemifene, the first oral, non-estrogenic drug in the field of vulvar and vaginal atrophy, and the central role of partnerships in the company’s…

Pharma Outspoken Italian Managing Director of Israeli-based Teva, Hubert Puech d’Alissac, talks about his passion for social responsibility, adapting to the new realities of patient care in the digital age, and his aspirations for the “Made in Italy” brand. When we covered Italy in 2009 your predecessor Mr. Walter Medda spoke…