Tagged with Turkey

Turkey Raphaël Esposito, director of the French Chamber of Commerce in Turkey, sheds light on issues ranging from venture partnerships to cultural specificities, while underlining Turkey’s capacity to respond to the country’s currency dilemma.       What is your view on the recent evolution of the economy? “The economy has…

Turkey Asli Özelli, newly appointed executive director of AmCham Turkey, discusses the economic landscape of Turkey and its attractiveness for American companies, in addition to highlighting her priorities in her new role and underlining the importance of maintaining the strong economic relationship between the two countries.   What was the motivation…

Turkey Hande Demirdere, general manager of Pierre Fabre Pharma in Turkey, sheds light on the affiliate’s impressive 93 percent growth in 2017 while highlighting where to target development opportunities in the dynamic Turkish market. In this interview, the experienced General Manager discusses the advantages of diversifying strategies, Pierre Fabre’s comparative advantage…

Turkey Selim Giray, the recently appointed VP and general manager of GSK Turkey, provides insights into the company’s eye-catching footprint and commitment to Turkey, his ambition to integrate into the market’s Top Four ranking in the coming years, as well as his aspirations to see the industry and the government work…

Turkey In Summer 2018, we spoke to Adriano Antonio Treve, then general manager of Roche Turkey, now Area Head Central Eastern Europe, Turkey, Russia, Central Asia, Iran, Pakistan & Indian Subcontinent. Treve provided insights into the main opportunities and challenges of the Turkish market, Roche’s unrivalled commitment to making a difference…

Turkey Elif Aral, country manager of Pfizer Turkey, stresses that Turkey will continue to be perceived as essential and important, where healthcare is a top priority with its young but aging population. In addition, as the newly appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies…

Turkey Mustafa Kemal Erol , president of the Turkish Society of Cardiology, introduces one of the oldest and largest societies in the country divulges their best collaborations with the Ministry of Health in the country, in addition to offering a deep analysis of his assessment of the cardiology landscape, and why…

Turkey Abdi İbrahim Otsuka, the Turkish-Japanese hybrid pharmaceutical company, celebrated their five-year anniversary just last year and have ambitions to become the Number One Japanese company in Turkey. Elif Elkin, in her second general manager position, sets out her priorities, comments on the marriage of Turkish and Japanese work practices, and…

Turkey Mark Dekker, general manager of Astellas in Turkey, describes the ever-increasing commitment of the company to Turkey and the recent doubling of Astellas’ portfolio in the country, while pinpointing the next steps ahead to further improve access to innovation in Turkey and ensure the country continues to be seen as…

Turkey Mahmut Gümüş, president of the Turkish Society of Medical Oncology, paints a descriptive picture of the oncology situation in the country, with the looming epidemiological shift set to transform the healthcare sector. However, he has high hopes that the country will continue to prioritize oncology as a key therapeutic area…

Turkey Hakan Koçak, CEO–general manager of Koçak Farma, a company with 47 years in the pharmaceutical industry and the biggest production facility in Turkey, gives a thorough insight into Koçak Farma’s background, with their ground-breaking biosimilars as the leaders in the area of oncology with 85 products approved in Turkey, in…

Turkey Gilles Renacco, the recently appointed general manager of Servier Turkey, provides insights into the successful localization process pioneered by Servier in the country, where 98 percent of the company’s products are nowadays locally manufactured. He also highlights the strategic importance of the country for the Servier Group, his key priorities…