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Pharma Dr. Giorgio Pisani, President and CEO of IBSA Italy, talks about his founding of the company in 2001 and its rapid growth in the market through a combination of organic growth and acquisitions, as well as the current direction of the IBSA group and his ambitions for the company in…

Pharma Prof. Walter Ricciardi has just been appointed as the new president for the Italian National Institute of Health (ISS). He explains his priorities since taking office, the crucial role the ISS plays in the NHS and his vision for the future of the Italian National Healthcare System. Prof. Ricciardi, can…

Pharma Pascal Brossard, the Managing Director of Zambon France and President of Afipa (Association for the French self-medication medicines industry), reveals why he is confident that the self-medication market in France will witness substantial growth in the years ahead; and how as a family-run Italian company Zambon has a long-term vision,…

Pharma Paolo Casati, general manager for Santen’s new affiliate in Italy, discusses the company’s first full year in the country, its aims for contributing to the global group’s 2020 Vision by collaborating with Italy’s extensive network of key opinion leaders, as well as his desire to see Santen’s innovative drugs brought…

Pharma Paolo Cionini, General Manager of LEO Pharma Italy, discusses the initial challenges of setting up the Italian affiliate during the height of the global financial crisis in 2011, the company’s management culture, their emphasis on patient-centricity and holistic patient care, as well as the importance of maintaining a good relationship…

Italy Sofia Astrid Pennacchi, Secretary General of the British Chamber of Commerce for Italy, discusses the various services the Chamber offers its members, the positive effects the Expo has had on Italy’s international image and her view on the trade relationship between Britain and Italy. Ms. Pennacchi, having joined the British…

Pharma Giulio Volpe, Managing Director of Lundbeck’s Italian API’s production plant, discusses what is leading multinational companies to relocate their production to Italy, the value the Italian plant can offer the Lundbeck group and the future of API production in Italy. Could you start off with a brief overview of the…

Pharma Enrico Allievi, President of the Italian OTC (Over The Counter) association, Assosalute, talks about the state of the OTC market in Italy, as well as the association’s role in creating value for its members and his outlook for the next five years. Enrico, to start off, could you explain Assosalute’s…

Pharma Dr. Anna Maria Porrini, President of Boehringer Ingelheim Italy shares her vision for the company, how she intends to achieve it and where she sees opportunities for the company’s success in the market. Dr. Porrini, since we last spoke in 2009, Boehringer Ingelheim Italy has weathered the crisis and emerged…

Pharma Antonino Reale, who has managed Daiichi-Sankyo Italy for the last 12 years, explains the reasoning and strategy behind the company’s almost total restructuring in 2013, including how this has given birth to a new, more agile organization with high engagement amongst its employees, as well as where he believes the…

Pharma Gabriele Baccelli shares his journey of setting up a lean organization at a time of crisis, the management decisions he took in order to navigate this environment and how he set the company in a strong position moving forward. Mr. Baccelli, you founded the Italian subsidiary in 2009, entering a mature…

Pharma The Italian Medicines Agency, AIFA, sits at a crossroads. Its Director-General Prof. Luca Pani discusses the apparent contradiction in the agency’s mission at a time of constricting budgets and expensive medicines, how the agency’s role is evolving in response and in which ways the agency can collaborate with the industry.…