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Manufacturing The leadership of Turkey’s newest major pharmaceutical player, Pharmactive, discuss the firm’s two pronged growth strategy, detailing their own sales objectives and prospects, as well as the opportunities that they can bring to multinational pharmaceutical companies as a flexible, top-quality pharmaceutical company. Pharmactive has entered the Turkish market with a…

manufacturing Polifarma is Turkey’s largest producer of basic parenteral IV solutions with a 41 percent market share the country and growing exports across the region. According to the Chairman and CEO Ufuk Kumrulu, the company is expanding into medicated hospital solutions, and is aiming to become a “market leader in hospital…

Liba Murat Barlas, the longest serving board member for the Turkish Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, discusses the need for a new perspective in government-industry relations in the Turkish pharmaceutical industry, and the steps his firm has taken to find success in the meantime. What is the role of companies like Liba in…

Dr Reddy's The country manager of Dr. Reddy´s South Africa explains that while the perception of the quality of generics has improved in South Africa, there is still a long way to go. She reveals how the company is currently amongst the top ten generic companies in the country, with the ambition…

generics Founded back in 1956, Laboratorios Keton is a small 100 percent Mexican company committed to provide high-quality contract manufacturing services to local as well as international drug makers. With more than 50 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, the founder discusses the company’s most important milestones, achieved under the…

Menarini Menarini’s Turkish subsidiary, Ibrahim Etem Menarini, has adapted to the current pharmaceutical market and is positioned to grow in several segments including their new OTC business, but is constrained by their current capacity which has minimal excess in some specific lines of production. Uğur Bingöl, the new managing director discusses…

medical devices The CEO and president of Smart Scale explains how the company delivers clever and innovate information technology services to the pharmaceutical industry, acting as a significant partner for both information technology and health care, and fulfilling their mission; ensuring that everyone has a better quality of life. Smart Scale is…

R&D Lundbeck Turkey’s managing director discusses CNS and mental illness in Turkey, and their recent development of manufacturing operations in Turkey for their new product. Given this specialization in and deep knowledge of CNS, how would you assess the Turkish medical systems’ ability to handle mental illness? First of all, when…

R&D Pfizer Turkey has taken a strong supporting role in Turkey’s current strategic development plan by localizing the production of their Prix Galien winning Prevnar vaccine. Country Manager Elif Aral discusses this facility’s role as a role model in the industry, and how the country can improve investment incentives to better…

manufacturing The corporate development director and business development manager of UpPharma explain why Market Expansion Services (MES) model represents a unique business opportunity for firms looking to establish themselves in the Mexican pharmaceutical market, why small and medium sized companies are now considering investing in the country and how the vision…

exports The chairman and general manager of Bottu discuss their flagship product, Doliprane, the potential for export to the rest of Africa, and partnerships with European labs. Bottu is a Moroccan laboratory and is a little over sixty years old. The company experienced a dramatic acceleration in business a few years…

export The CEO of one of Morocco’s largest pharma companies discusses investment in production capacity, and the potential to export products to French and English-speaking Africa.    Can you introduce Pharma 5 and its organization in a few words? The Pharma 5 group, a Moroccan pioneer in generic drug development and…