Tagged with R&D

innovation Nilsa Martinez, general manager of Pace Analytical Puerto Rico, outlines the affiliate’s services in microbiology and chemistry analysis as a critical service provider to the local life sciences industry. You have been General Manager of Pace Analytical since 2010. What initially drove you to this company and what were the…

hospitals The managing director at Adcock Ingram Critical Care reveals the company’s unique business model. As a long-established division within Adcock Ingram, Critical Care operates with relative independence. What is the relationship between Critical Care and the group? We had historical group strategy focused on a centralized business model, with one of…

HIV The head of operations of Hetero South Africa talks about the need for a more efficient regulatory system with a fast track process for essential molecules, and how Hetero is playing a key role in tackling  HIV by supporting local players from an API and a technology transfer perspective. Would…

innovation The chairman for the National Innovation Agency (NIA), Mr. Somchet Thinapong, shares his personal ambitions to bring innovation to the forefront of Thailand’s agenda, why innovation is vital to ensuring the success of the nation and where he hopes to see Thailand’s innovation strategy in the coming years. What experiences…

locals Keyman’s general manager discusses his firm’s development efforts towards vaccine production, in conjunction with TUBITAK and Hacettepe University, and their geographic expansion into Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. Please introduce Keymen and explain the company in the broader context of the Turkish pharmaceutical market. Keymen is a family company…

GSK GSK’s VP and Area GM Pharmaceuticals, Turkey and Caucasus, and chairman of Turkey’s innovative pharmaceutical association, discusses the effectiveness of the government’s current strategy for reducing the trade deficit in the pharmaceutical industry, and the need for the industry and government to approach all discussions with a partnership mentality. Do…

biotech Ignacio Pino, president of CDI Laboratories Inc., discusses how his novel technology platform Hu-Prot will help pharmaceutical companies and academia develop drugs more efficiently through development of advanced antibodies. How do you perceive the local life sciences industry of Puerto Rico? There is an increase in activity but still ample…

R&D The Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research’s (TISTR) governor shares the institute’s role in facilitating R&D, the use of herbal medicine in Thailand and the future growth of R&D in Thailand. Currently, what are the main priorities for the Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research (TISTR)? The organization…

Daiichi Sankyo The general manager of Daiichi Sankyo Turkey discusses his affiliate’s expansion into a regional hub, current strategies for growth in the Turkish market, and the keys behind his affiliates multiple ‘great place to work’ awards.  In 2012, you had made it a goal to develop the Turkish affiliate into a regional…

Astellas The country manager of a Japanese speciality pharma firm sheds light on his preparations for an eventual opening up of the national reimbursement list and speaks out about how Romania is fast becoming an outlier for organ transplants. How do you evaluate your tenure as country manager of Astellas Romania…

Merck Andrew Wirths arrived to Puerto Rico in 2013 to run Merck’s manufacturing operations on the island. He discusses how dynamic changes within the industry is impacting their competitive nature and recent investments that Merck is making in Puerto Rico’s facilities, which represent a key part of the company’s commercialization process.…

Pfizer The country manager and Global Established Products Business Lead at Pfizer South Africa reveals how the private sector is committed to expanding healthcare for South Africans, why her ambition is to devise different sustainable business models that allow for more affordable medicines, and how Pfizer must crack the emerging market…