Tagged with pharma

Association of Pharmaceutical Research and Development (APRaD) What was the vision behind the creation of APRaD back in 2007 and what was lacking in the market at that time that called for such an association? APRaD originated from a group of general managers of international pharmaceutical companies who felt that the interests of international pharma were not…

Pharmavision Turkey You have pharmaceuticals production in your background and have recently joined PharmaVision as General Manager. To what extent does this speak about the company’s direction? Could you elaborate on your career and key milestones that led you to become General Manager at PharmaVision? My career began after university, when I…

MC Pharma SA Could you introduce to our readers MC Pharma’s business model in the South African market as well as the main milestones in the company’s development over the recent years? MC Pharma is a licensed pharmaceutical company and acts as a Holder of the Certificate of Registration (Marketing Authorisation Holder; MAH),…

Abex Pharmaceutica Your professional career went back and forth between creating your own business and running a smaller and very dynamic structure and managing over a thousand of employees for multinational organizations. Could you compare the two and tell us what position you enjoyed the most? I think I prefer the creative…

Watson Pharmaceuticals UK Following the acquisition of Arrow Generics by Watson in December 2009, what complementarities and synergies were generated from the transaction and where do you stand today with the integration? Since its creation in 1984, Watson was a generic pharmaceutical company that was predominantly US based until the acquisition of Arrow…

Giddi Pharma Co. Ltd. Giddi Pharma was founded in 1995. What was the vision behind the creation of the company? What founding principles did you have when you founded Giddi? When I founded this company, biotech was an industry that was displaying high potential. When looking at how to get involve d in the…

Orient Europharma Co. You founded Orient Europharma in 1982, nearly 30 years ago. As you approach the 30 year mark, how has the company evolved to the way it is today, and how would you describe the company to our readers? I left Upjohn in 1982 and established Orient Europharma (OEP) as a…

Martindale Pharma Having worked in the pharmaceutical industry for the past three decades, what attracted you to Martindale Pharma in October 2010 and what plans do you have for the company? When I was invited to join Martindale I was tasked with the mission to identify a strategy for the company and…

Zodiac Pharmaceuticals What would you recommend in terms of increasing the competitiveness and growth of the Brazilian pharmaceutical industry? The Brazilian pharmaceutical industry needs to improve its R&D capabilities. I personally think that the country can’t build a strong pharmaceutical industry based only on generics. Generics are an important part of the…

Chamber of Commerce “Polish Pharmacy” The pharmaceutical industry market growth, including generics and originator drugs, is today steady and sustainable. The market size is over 5 billion Euros which makes Poland the 6th biggest market in Europe. What are the competitive advantages do you see in the Polish market compared to other European countries? First,…

Bayer Schering Pharma The 2006 acquisition of Schering by Bayer is a prime example of the way that big pharma is now approaching growth through acquisition in this extremely competitive and challenging global market. Given that the company seems to be finished with mergers and acquisitions for the time being, what are Bayer…

Meizler Biopharma There is little publicly available information on your personal history and the founding of Meizler. Can you share that story for our readers? Everybody has a story – unless they’re second generation, of course! I am an architect by training. Before entering the pharmaceutical industry I owned an engineering and…