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Romania Once touted by the IMS as one of the “fast followers” among the world’s “pharmerging” nations and feted by the international investor community in the wake of EU accession, Romania’s pharmaceutical industry appears resurgent once more after a number of years on the back burner. In 2014, Romania’s market size…

pharma Lygature is the new name of TI Pharma and CTMM, two internationally renowned public-private-partnerships turned non-for-profit partnership drivers. Managing Director Jorg Janssen explains that it will be business as usual for the merged organization, but with more opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaborations than ever before. Lygature drives partnerships for the development of…

Pharma The director of GEMME reveals how the French generics market is young in comparison to other European countries – where generics were on the market twenty years before they became available in France, how today the French Ministry of Health is sending a clear signal about the importance of generics…

Holland In a market under strong pressures to contain costs, launching innovative products in a crowded market can be a challenge. Novo Nordisk GM Sanne Groenemeijer believes his organization’s willingness to try various solutions has helped them to maintain their dominant position as the market leader in diabetes. Since you took…

ireland Mr. Mazeman, can you please begin by offering a brief overview of your career to date? I am a French pharmacist by training, with expertise in pharmacology. I have worked for Servier for my entire career. I started in the industry as a medical representative for the company. I went…

Eisai Europe As the head of Eisai’s European operations, how would you assess the relevance of the European market for Eisai’s global operations when compared to the US or emerging markets? Gary Hendler (GH): Eisai are currently present in 17 European markets as Eisai and several others via distributors. However it is…

European Union Chamber of Commerce in China The Chamber recently released this year’s European Business in China Business Confidence Survey – what were some of its key takeaways? There are four main points to the Survey. The first has to do with not only China but the rest of the world. China’s growth has been stronger than…

Association of European Businesses (AEB) The AEB works through a number of channels to promote the interests of European corporations with operations in Russia. It has a long history in this country, dating back to 1995. Why is a group like the AEB necessary, and what are the main targets on its agenda this year?…

Cambridge Major Laboratories Europe It has now been 12 years since you co-founded ChemShop. One of the busiest, but probably most exciting moments in that period must have been the merger with CML in 2007. At that time, now global CEO Michael Major spoke of seamless integration. Was it really that easy in practice?…

Novo Nordisk Europe Many companies that are focused in the diabetes segment have recognised the need to strengthen their operations in emerging markets, due to the increased prevalence of the disease in countries such as Mexico and Brazil. Indeed, Novo Nordisk’s biggest insulin production facility outside of Denmark is in Brazil. Given these…