Tagged with exports

pharma The managing director of Southern Medical, Malan de Villiers illustrates the sheer diversity of the company’s current activities and portfolio within South Africa as a leading implant devices company, while depicting his vision on the South African medical device market. He also reveals the competitive and regulatory challenges in the…

Pharma The Puerto Rico Trade and Export Company (CCE) helps small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) stimulate their business in Puerto Rico and abroad. Frankie Chévere, CCE’s executive director, discusses the successes of the agency since 2013. You came to CCE in 2013; what were the first challenges you had to address…

Thailand Thailand is not traditionally known to be a manufacturing center due to its ever-changing policies, but OLIC (Thailand) Limited has risen as the nation’s number one contract manufacturing organization (CMO). OLIC’s managing director, Toyoyuki Kamide, talks about the company’s new manufacturing facility, its merger with Fuji Pharma, and its status…

Thailand The Government Pharmaceutical Organization’s Managing Director, Dr. Nopporn Cheanklin, tells PharmaBoardroom about its plans to launch 20 new products, its seaarch for medicines whose patents expire in the next few years, and the prospects for exports to Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar. What ambitions for growth does the organization have both in Thailand…

medical devices The CEO of Ascendis Health talks about their business model, being a long-term investment company that brings together healthy businesses in the healthcare industry, and how the diversification of their product range and customer base ensures it remains a stable, resilient business. Ascendis Health is a fast growing JSE listed pharma…

vaccines BioNet’s CEO, Pham Hong Thai, shares his thoughts on BioNet’s new vaccine that will be launched in the coming year, his belief in Thailand as a research and clinical trials center, and the growth plans for BioNet over the coming years. What drove you to co-found the company and how…

Janssen John O’Hara is the general manager and vice president of Janssen’s facilities in Puerto Rico as well as the head of the Janssen campus. He discusses the affiliate’s rapid growth curve in the last three years through its dedication towards people, processes and community. What are the origins of Janssen’s…

manufacturing One of the directors of Romania’s number one producer of suppositories and the only in-country manufacturer of contraceptive ovules speaks out about how the country is fast becoming a regional manufacturing hub and preferred destination for final  batch customisation. He also talks extensively about the state of GMP in the country. Magistra…

locals The CEO of Centurion shares his ambitious vision for the company’s expansion into plasma products, biotech, orphan drugs, and generic injectables over the coming years, while simultaneously developing sales in more than twenty countries across the EU, CIS, GCC and MENA regions. As a company working on bringing biotech production to Turkey,…

Lilly A recent arrival from China, Lilly’s Turkey MD Daniel Lucas assesses the country’s healthcare system and raises key questions about the sustainability of the system at large going forward, and the authorities’ approach to reform. You came to Turkey in October after more than four years in China. What is your…

Daiichi Sankyo Daiichi Sankyo Thailand’s managing director explains the Thai subsidiary’s success under his leadership, Thailand’s untapped potential as a regional economic center in Southeast Asia and his company’s role in providing high quality products for consumers in Thailand.   What have been your greatest challenges and achievements as Managing Director? During my tenure in…

licensing The president of Laprophan, a leading Moroccan pharma company, discusses the company’s commitment to R&D, and how it has found success through innovation and partnership with leading MNCs. Established in 1949, Laprophan was one of the pioneering companies of Morocco’s pharmaceutical industry, and is now among the leading national laboratories.…