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UCB UCB’s managing director for Turkey and the MEA region discusses UCB’s leading patient centricity, how UCB is addressing gaps in the Turkish healthcare system surrounding epileptic patients, and the company’s plan for regional expansion through partnerships. Given your patient centricity and UCB’s unique perspective, how would you assess the sectors approach…

UCB Tom Roberts came to UCB Korea following a position at the company’s Japanese affiliate in late 2011. He describes the market conditions for UCB’s specialty products and emphasizes the importance of valuing innovation above cost in Korea.   What have been the most notable differences between the market situations in…

sales UCB has transformed into a specialty care pharma which focuses on bringing solutions to patients suffering from severe chronic diseases. The vice president and region head for Americas discusses how the company re-entered key markets in the Latin American space to drive future growth, how the company’s three flagships products…

Biopharmaceutical Hervé Lilliu, General Manager of UCB Canada, describes Canada’s need to support the global pharma-ceutical industry rather than vice versa, and highlights examples of ways in which Canada’s slumbering R&D investment levels can be brought back to the country. What was your initial mandate upon arriving at UCB and what…

UCB - Belgium UCB was founded in 1928 by Mr Emmanuel Janssen in Belgium, what spirit would you say its founder left behind and what core values unique to the company were you asked to perpetuate? Having been with the company for the past five years, it quickly became clear to me that…

UCB Phrama France Historically, UCB Pharma had a much more ‘traditional’ approach to the industry with a broader scope of operations. Recently, the company reoriented in the direction of biopharmaceuticals by moving away from chemicals and divesting from OTCs. As you have worked on the strategy and policy at headquarters in addition to…

UCB India You have only recently been appointed Managing Director for the first time in your career. How did your first year with UCB India go so far? My first year at UCB has gone very well. Our business has grown in this period ahead of the Pharma market in India. My…

UCB Ukraine It has been one year since you were appointed as the head of UCB’s operations in Ukraine. What was the mission of your assignment when you took this position and was has been accomplished so far? Within many years and before 2008 our company had been represented in Ukraine by…

UCB Russia When we first met, you mentioned that you assumed this position in 2009, to help UCB Russia recover from a flat spin in the wake of the financial crisis. What areas did you specifically target for improvement, and how did you turn this affiliate around? The most significant issue that…

UCB Russia/CIS What were the difficulties in the CIS regions around the time of the financial crisis? Were there similarities to the situation in Russia? Yes, the situation in the CIS was quite similar to Russia. I was hired two years ago, from within our French subsidiary, to reorganize UCB’s CIS business…