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pharma CEO of Pantarhei since its inception in 2001, Herjan Coelingh Bennink outlines the company’s vision to develop new applications for existing compounds in the fields of women’s health and oncology with therapies with real medical advantages including a contraceptive pill which does not increase the risk of thrombosis and improved…

Pharma The Director of the newly formed Necker Institute for Sick Children reveals how the inspiration behind INEM was to bring people together in order to create a common scientific policy and campus spirit and why collaboration between clinicians and researchers is crucial in a, which is heavily reliant on scientific…

pharma The Centre for Human Drug Research provides a full range of early stage clinical pharmacology services. The CEO discusses the vision behind the creation of the foundation as well as some of its most recent educational and funding initiatives destined to help biotech companies develop new drugs. You founded the…

Pharma Puerto Rico is not only an important manufacturing hub, but is also positioning itself as a state-of-the-art center for R&D and clinical research. Iván Lugo, the executive director of the Industry University Research Center Inc. (INDUNIV), which brings together private sector, academia and government, discusses some of the island’s most…

Pharma Maribel Rodríguez-Torres of Fundación de Investigación assesses the current R&D situation in Puerto Rico, explains the activities of the center as well as some of their most important success stories. The Fundación is Puerto Rico’s largest research center and the only Phase 1 research clinical trials unit in Latin America and the Caribbean. What is your assessment…

Pharma The head of pharma for Bayer Southern Africa reveals how South Africa plays a key role in Bayer’s African strategy, with more than 60 percent of the continent’s total sales, how South Africa is increasingly becoming responsible for neighboring countries, acting as the gateway to Africa and how in time…

Pharma The President of Fefis, and the recently elected President of Medicen Paris Region, a Paris-based business cluster, talks about the need to build the future of the French health economy, not on past and current assets but to develop new ones; reveals how there is now a growing awareness of the…

Pharma The MD of Triclinium Clinical Development discusses how South Africa’s established First and Third World research opportunities and long-established GCP culture have made it a uniquely attractive country for clinical trials; how Triclinium has grown during a challenging decade, emerging as the largest independent home-bred CRO, winning significant preferred provider…

Pharma Centre International de Développement Pharmaceutique (CIDP) has pioneered cosmetic and pharmaceutical Research & Development in Mauritius, and is Mauritius’ flagship success story in the sector. Founded over 10 years ago, CIDP is an international CRO (Contract Research Organisation). As an entrepreneur and a pioneer, which opportunities did you see in Mauritius that…

Research Arnaud Lagesse, CEO of GML, the largest company in Mauritius and the third largest company in the Indian Ocean, discusses his company’s successful diversification into the life sciences sector, with the creation of GML Life. The history of GML has always been linked to the development of the Mauritian economy.…

manufacturing The chancellor of the Medical Sciences Campus of the University of Puerto Rico discusses the medical R&D projects the university is currently involved in, the fields in which the island has the most potential, and how the institution is tailoring its academic offer to suit the local needs of the…

clinical trials ACLIRES’ senior vice president explains the organization’s ambitions to promote Thailand as a unique place for early phase studies, the company’s partnership with Mahidol University and Siriraj Hospital and its dedication to the development of medicine for Thailand, the region and the world.   What brought you to work at ACLIRES?…