Contract Manufacturing Lilly set up in Ireland three decades ago by purchasing a farm. In its early days, the operation produced intermediaries for small-molecule drugs. Nearby, Pfizer was manufacturing citric acid for soft drinks. The country was a fledgling industrial economy that was still mostly reliant on sectors like agriculture and fishing.…
government relations In Taiwan, GSK recently signed Memorandum of Understanding with the National Research Program of Biopharmaceuticals (NRPB), building on research partnerships in Taiwan that include a 2007 agreement with National Taiwan University Hospital (NTU)—the first agreement of its kind—a later MoU with Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and a major 2012 collaboration…
Italy Sicily plays a major role in a plethora of gangster stories, whether real or fictional; the initiated also know that it is the land of incredibly well preserved Greco-Roman sights and excellent food and wine. Fewer, however, are aware that the Italian island more recently gave birth to outstanding pharmaceutical…
CiToxLAB Scantox After working in this company for 11 years (since 2002), can you please introduce our readers to CiToxLAB Scantox? Scantox was founded in Demark as a private Danish company in 1977 and has since gone through different stages. For instance, in the mid-2000s the decision was taken that Scantox needed…
Array An in-depth viewpoint on the current taxation situation for pharmaceutical companies operating in Belgium today, looking at incentive programs and relative positioning in Europe. Mr Eynatten, can you please provide our readers with an overview of the value added services that Deloitte offers to the life sciences industry in…
Array Donald Niesten and Omer Saka discuss the current dynamics of the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors in Belgium, the challenges of entering the market and the issue of effective communication with stakeholders, as well as offering opinions on the merits of ‘clusterization’. Deloitte is certainly renowned for its strong network…
Health Sciences Authority HSA celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2011. How different is the organisation today from when it started? HSA covers the regulation of health products in Singapore. However, we are quite unique because we also run the national blood service and we have an Applied Sciences Group that looks into laboratory…
Australia Would you begin by giving an introduction to our international readers of the institute, highlighting recent milestones & achievements and the current focus areas of its research activities? Broadly speaking, The George Institute for Global Health is an academic research organization that focuses on high impact clinical research. We do…
The George Institute For those that are not familiar with your name, would you start by introducing yourself? After obtaining my PhD in cardiovascular physiology I moved to Boston to work at MIT on neurotransmitters in the brain and the effects on blood pressure. From Boston I moved to Hammersmith hospital in London…
Grupo Vitalmex Mexico Can you give us a historical overview of the company and tell us about the vision behind its creation? Vitalmex is a very humanistic company that puts the patient at the center. We focus on a very specific strategy based on 3 goals: Accessibility, availability, and opportunity. There is clearly…
IMSS (Mexican Institute of Social Security) IMSS is a central pillar in the Mexican healthcare system, covering all Mexicans working for the declared formal private sector. How do you assess the quality of the healthcare that is provided by IMSS? To assess the efficiency of our services, it is key to look at the amount of…
GlaxoSmithKline Mexico You worked several years ago in Mexico, and there have been significant changes in the country since then. From your perspective, how did the Mexican pharmaceutical landscape shift over the past few years, and how did that impact GSK’s strategy in the country? Indeed, there have been some important changes…
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