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Pharma Servier Egypt’s recently arrived general manager shares his first impressions and assessments of the Egyptian business environment, and discusses the potential he sees for Servier Egypt to build upon its already strong position in the market. After three months in Egypt, what is your initial assessment of the country? Upon…

Pharma Finding success in the shadows of Big Pharma and large research facilities, CleveXel serves as a bridge in the industry, specializing on selecting promising molecules for investment, and developing them for the CNS market, and especially Parkinson disease. Christian Bloy shares his entrepreneurial spirit and the vision for CleveXel, a…

Pharma Prof. Thierry Philip, President of Institut Curie, is proud of the model that the institute is thriving for: excellent science and research in all forms, from the most basic to applied clinical medicine. As a Cancer Biology Center, it is not only one of the top institutes in France, but…

France The recently appointed general manager of Galderma France, reveals the company’s ambitious objective for the next ten years: to increase sales from two to ten billion Euros (2.18 billion USD to 10.9 billion USD). Mr Mosse talks about their strategy to expand beyond the traditional dermatology prescription market and explore opportunities…

Pharma The presence in France of Swiss medical compression garment manufacturer Sigvaris dates back more than 100 years. The current president, Alain Bertheas, describes the company’s history and explains its garments. You came to Sigvaris in 1980, and have remained in the company ever since. What have been some of the…

Pharma Fabrizio Greco, General Manager at AbbVie Italy, discusses the successful launch of the company’s new Hepatitis C treatment, how AbbVie is seeking to position itself as a partner to the authorities, and where the company’s next generation of growth drivers will be found. To start off, we are approaching the…

Pharma Patrice Carayon, CEO of Chiesi France, reveals how Chiesi is one of a select few international mid-size pharmaceutical companies in France to have both an R&D and production footprint to accompany its commercial activities; how they will look to continue to establish themselves in their three main areas: respiratory diseases,…

Pharma A leading consultant to IMS and Professor at Paris Dauphine University reveals how the French healthcare system is moving in two main strategic directions: increasingly relying on private funding through complementary health insurance, and breaking with the egalitarian principle that everybody should be reimbursed to the same extent irrespective of…

Pharma Arnaud Pradel, Product Development Director and Co-Segment Leader of HORIBA Medical reveals how HORIBA has over 30 years of experience when it comes to launching products in the vitro diagnostic space, and in managing distributors in over 130 countries; why historically there has been a close relationship between the global…

Pharma CFCII’s Director provides us with an overview of the services offered to French and Italian companies by the Chamber, as well as her perceptions about investments between the two countries, and her optimism about Italy’s return to economic growth. Ms Zanardi, you have been at the head of the CFCII…

Pharma The president of the family-run Laboratoires Panpharma, a specialist in injectable drugs for the hospital sector, reveals how they have affiliates in both France and Germany, are in the process of opening an affiliate in the UK, and are active in over 80 countries through distributors. She also reveals how to survive…

Pharma Francesco Carugi, Managing Director at Grifols Italy, discusses the company’s presence in the plasma, plasma products and plasma diagnostics segments, the impact of the liberalization of the Italian plasma market on their growth and business model and his commitment to driving change management to develop the affiliate’s future success. Grifols is…