Tagged with pharmaceuticals

Switzerland The CEO of Max Zeller, a Swiss Phytopharmaceutical company, highlights the immense benefits his products have and furthermore discusses the company’s internationalization strategy. Mr Boonen, you joined Max Zeller in June 1999 and have spent almost all your professional career here. How have you seen the company evolve over time…

Philippines Javish Abichandani, Chief Executive Officer of AGlobal Care Inc. in the Philippines, outlines the company’s extensive product portfolio as well as their ambitions to bring more high-quality, affordable medications into the Philippines. He also discusses how the company is evolving to meet the demands of the dynamic pharmaceutical industry in…

Mexico Patrick Troop, CEO at Pharma Tycsa, explains the company’s unique business approach in Mexico developing “clinical pharmacies” model to address chronic diseases treatment in the points of care and the importance of public and private partnerships to enhance the national health system. Could you please introduce to our international the…

Pharma 2016 has been a great year for PharmaBoardroom, with interviews from global CEOs and ministers, groundbreaking country reports on some of the world’s key pharma markets, and insightful articles which get to the heart of the sector’s key issues. Stay tuned in 2017 for more of the same! INTERVIEWS OF…

Switzerland Nasri Nahas, CEO of Biopôle in Switzerland, discusses his motivations for joining the biotech, and his mission to re-position the organization as a life sciences ecosystem bringing together academia, business, and research. What motivated you to join Biopôle in October 2015? I began my career as a molecular biologist in France…

Ireland Gearóid McDermott, director of Amneal Pharmaceuticals’ first site in Ireland down in Cashel, Co. Tipperary, outlines the exciting progress they have made in the past 14 months, the strategic role of the site as Amneal’s first manufacturing facility for inhalation products as Amneal enters the high-value generics space, and his…

Switzerland The Chairman of Ferring’s Group Operating Committee and Senior Vice President Europe-Canada elaborates on how Europe can be the thinking engine for global pharmaceutical trends.   Ferring has bundled the European and Canadian markets into one single region. Could you please introduce us to the full scope of your role…

Luxembourg Sound infrastructure, a prime location in the heart of Europe, government support, and an unwavering focus on quality are all helping make the tiny principality of Luxembourg a serious player in global healthcare logistics. “Some high ranked senior logistics executives from pharma companies have commented that [the Luxair Cargo Healthcare &…

Greece With extensive experience in the field of health economics, IOBE’s Head of the Health Economics Observatory, Thanos Athanasiadis, discusses the background of the organization, the state of the pharmaceutical market in Greece, and the existing challenges and opportunities in the country. To begin, could you please give an overview of…

Taiwan Grace Yeh, Founder, President, and CEO of PharmaEngine, one of the most eye-catching success stories to recently emerge from Taiwan’s maturing biopharmaceutical sector, documents the main success factors that have allowed PharmaEngine to become the first Taiwan-based company to receive FDA approval for a locally-developed oncology treatment, as well as…

Switzerland Switzerland may have a world class healthcare system, but small adjustments are needed to ensure incentives for payer and providers are properly aligned with the patient’s ultimate quality and value of care. Dr. Cassis, could you please introduce yourself, with reference to your experience and current responsibilities in the realm…

Switzerland Advances in delivery technology and manufacturing costs have driven a surge of activity in peptide drug development, says Thomas Früh, CEO of Bachem –  the largest and most advanced peptide drug CMO in the world. Peptide therapeutics are a hot topic in the pharma industry today – what’s the story…