Tagged with Chile

Baxter Chile Baxter Chile established itself in the country through the acquisition of a local manufacturer in 1995. What have been the main challenges for the company as a local manufacturer? Chile is a market with many opportunities. For Baxter in Chile, our biggest challenge is maintaining a competitive pricing strategy while…

Hospira Chile The Chilean operations for Hospira also manage the Argentine and Uruguayan operations of the company. What led to the decision of choosing Chile as the HQ for the Southern Cone region? Is this a reflection of the importance of the Chilean market for Hospira’s global operations? We were managing the…

Eli Lilly Chile Lilly’s portfolio ranges from products for cardiovascular diseases to neurological conditions. How has your portfolio developed in Chile? What therapeutic areas is Lilly favoring in the Chilean context? Lilly Chile has a long commitment of bringing innovative pharmaceuticals to the country and the majority of our products are very specialized.…

Novartis Chile Novartis’ pharmaceutical activities include innovators, generics and biopharmaceuticals. How has your portfolio developed in Chile? What therapeutic areas is Novartis favoring in the Chilean context? Novartis is one of the Top 5 pharmaceutical companies at an international level. We have products in all the therapeutic areas inside the ethical pharmaceutical…

World Courier Chile What have been the main milestones and achievements of the company since it established itself in Chile in 1980? I think our main achievement has been to always be a pioneer in the services that we offer our clients. By being a pioneer we continually provide the best services, such…

IMS Health Chile IMS was recently acquired by two investment funds, how has this affected the operations of the company and what changes did it bring in the Chilean context? So far, the acquisition has been beneficial for our Chilean operations. We expect bigger transformations to take place starting January 1st 2011, and…

Boehringer Ingelheim Chile What have been Boehringer Ingelheim’s major milestones and achievements since your establishment in Chile? Chile, in the regional context, represents a very important market with a solid evolution in terms of sales. For our company, on a regional scale, the country has been growing above the average rate of 15.6%…

Knop Chile The Bayer Schering merger in 2006 saw you add Argentina and Bolivia to your existing main milestones and achievements of the company since you have been at the head? My father first began importing homeopathic products and phytomedicines from France, Germany and England in 1920. He continued to study alternative…

A.G. (CIF) What was the vision behind the creation of the Camara de la Industria Farmaceutica de Chile (CIF) and what have been the main milestones and achievements? CIF was created in 1953 and was originally composed of all the pharmaceutical laboratories operating in the country. Today CIF is a chamber that…

Pharma Investi Chile As the President of ASILFA what would you say are the main drivers and challenges for the Chilean pharmaceutical industry today? Chile today is moving to implement a new healthcare system. The government is trying to address the inefficiencies of the public system today and to modernize it so that…

Merck Sharp & Dohme Chile What have been MSD’s major milestones and achievements since your establishment in Chile in 1995? We have recently gone through a global merger with Schering Plough, which occurred exactly a year ago. With this in mind, the first milestone that I can mention is the integration of these two relatively…

Janssen-Cilag Chile Janssen-Cilag has been investing heavily in its Latin American operations in the past years. What is the relative importance of the Chilean operations for Janssen-Cilag in Latin America and what are the major milestones and achievements since the company’s establishment in Chile? In the last five years we have been…