Tagged with UK

Pharma Japanese company Otsuka envisioned Egypt as a hub for its Middle East and African operations as early as 1995. The president of the local subsidiary discusses the current activities of the company as well as its plans to leverage Egypt to penetrate further into the region. Last year, Otsuka chose…

Pharma Tabuk Pharmaceuticals, the largest private Saudi pharmaceutical company with commercial operations in 25 countries in middle east and 5 European countries with a portfolio of more than 250 products, chose Egypt to consolidate its international presence in the Middle East and North Africa. The general manager for Egypt and Sudan…

Pharma Pharmed Healthcare is the only Egyptian company to hold a License from the innovator to produce generic sofosbuvir, but faces competition from at least ten different companies in the market. Given your experience in trying to combat the hepatitis C virus (HCV), which is an epidemic in Egypt, what are some…

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…

Otsuka Thai Otsuka’s president explains the Otsuka Group’s commitment to Thailand, the tremendous potential they see in the market in light of the opening up of the ASEAN Economic Community and his personal ambitions to ensure the company remains on a successful path. What is the importance of the Otsuka Group’s…

Otsuka The managing director of Otsuka’s 50-50 joint venture with Turkish giant Abdi Ibrahim, Abdi Ibrahim Otsuka, discusses the mutual advantage the companies can offer each other, and branding Abdi Ibrahim Otsuka as an innovative player on the Turkish arena. What were the initial aspirations in establishing the joint venture between…

Roche Ukraine As a leader responsible for heading Roche’s operations since its establishment of an LLC in Ukraine in 2009, what do you consider have been the main achievements of the company? The last two years have been very important and active for the development of Roche in Ukraine, particularly since we…

Nobel Pharma Ukraine Nobel Pharma has quite a history in the CIS region as this region is becoming increasingly important for the company. What is the company’s story in Ukraine? Nobel Pharma Ukraine has been established 6 years ago, we have finished 5 years of active marketing in Ukraine. First let me provide…

Teva Ukraine Since 2006 Teva has been on a solid phase of growth and consolidation, mainly through the acquisitions of IVAX in 2006, Pliva (Barr) in 2008 and ratiopharm in 2010, which have transformed the company from the number 40 global pharmaceutical player to a top-10 pharma company today. As the person…

Nycomed Ukraine Following Takeda’s acquisition of Nycomed earlier this year, how has the transaction affected your operations in Ukraine and what synergies were generated by it? Regarding the integration process, we are adapting our corporate cultures as quickly as possible. Luckily, I found out that both our cultures are very similar. It…

Aipm ukraine What was the market need that spawned the creation of AIPM in 2009 considering that there were already other trade associations in Ukraine that were representing the interests of international pharmaceutical companies? What was the vision for this association? The idea of establishing AIPM originated much before 2009 and it…

Lonza UK Can you provide us with an overview of what the UK market represents for the greater Lonza group? Lonza Biologics is a contract manufacturing organisation employing approximately 650 people in the UK primarily at two sites; Slough and Cambridge. The Slough site is the main centre for our UK operations…