Tagged with CMO

Sweden Since going public five years ago, Recipharm, Sweden’s iconic indigenous contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has seen its sales skyrocket by over 30 percent annually. Much of this growth has been driven by an acquisition streak with the company plucking up overseas production assets such as former Roche and…

Puerto Rico Rolando Torres, executive vice president of global manufacturing for CooperVision, explains why Puerto Rico is a force to be reckoned with in medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturing. Moreover, he provides a general overview of their manufacturing operations and their large-scale efforts to make sustainable practices the new global standard.  …

China Juergen Kurz takes us through HEUFT’s unique technology that is revolutionizing the quality of packaging in the pharmaceutical industry in a country, China, where quality compliance is now an issue.    Unlike big companies that seek to grow by acquiring small innovative companies, HEUFT grows organically.     Juergen, could…

Sweden Thomas Eldered, CEO of Sweden’s largest CDMO Recipharm, founded the company together with his business partner in 1995. Since becoming a public company in 2014, he highlights how this changed the business model and created a pure CDMO whilst increasingly expanding its global footprint both organically and through acquisitions in…

Puerto Rico Mayra L Guzman-Kaslow, president and CEO of GK Pharmaceuticals Contract Manufacturing Operations (GK CMO), the first biopharmaceutical company owned by minority woman in the US, highlights the obstacles she and her business partners faced on the way of setting up the company. She also explains why Puerto Rico has been…

India Unlike many of his pharma peers, Vivek Sharma worked in operations and finance for two decades before joining the life sciences industry as head of Piramal Pharma Solutions (PPS) in 2011. Already established as one of the world’s leading CDMOs with a presence in North America, Europe, and Asia, Sharma…

Switzerland Unknown to some, Switzerland meanwhile remains both influential and relevant in global pharma circles not just for the obvious core activities of research, discovery and marketing, but also for its prowess in outsourced manufacturing. This might seem rather surprising considering the comparatively high cost of Swiss labour relative to the…

Sweden Simon Björklund, CEO of Bioglan, a Swedish CDMO owned by Reig Jofre, explains the company’s twofold business model of developing and manufacturing products for local and international clients. He highlights the advantages of manufacturing and operating in Sweden, while emphasizing his future vision of developing and out-licensing Bioglan’s own products.…

Puerto Rico In 2015, Avara, a fast-growing global pharma CDMO, acquired Merck’s plant located in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Idalia Garcia, who has been managing the site for the last six years, explains the capabilities the site offers, the reasons why Avara chose to invest in the facility and its people, and the…

Puerto Rico JC Automation (JCA) is a Puerto Rico-based consulting firm specializing in the life science industry with the mission of filling a gap between technology and regulatory requirements. Founder & CEO Juan Sénquiz explains how the data revolution in pharma manufacturing has propelled the company to new heights, the unique expertise…

Taiwan Adimmune Corporation is the only influenza vaccine manufacturer with both EU GMP and US FDA certification in Asia, as well as the only PIC/S GMP manufacturer of human vaccines in Taiwan. Chi Steve Chan briefly discusses his earlier career as a surgeon in the US and as both a politician…

Puerto Rico Charil Pabón, Owner & President of Pharma Consulting Corporation (PCC), explains how the decreasing demand for validation services in Puerto Rico prompted the company to expand in new business areas such as the design and installation of laboratory, where PCC is now market leader, as well as enter new markets…