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Italy Medac Pharma Italy’s Giovanni Sala describes the Italian affiliate’s unique portfolio of haematology, onco-urology, and neurosurgery products, as well as generics, and outlines the challenges of the Italian market.   … in Italy we have developed a dual strategy: on one side in-licence local generic products; while on the other…

Italy SIFI’s Fabrizio Chines outlines how the company is progressing in European ophthalmic markets, explains the added value it is bringing to the glaucoma field, and tells us about its orphan drug for acanthamoeba keratitisis.    … Germany and the UK are the next strategic targets, but in those markets we will…

Italy Massimo Scaccabarozzi, President of Farmindustria, discusses Italy’s response to the pandemic and the association’s key priorities, which include maintaining Italy’s position as a European leader in terms of production. Italy has a key role to play in the EU objective of guaranteeing continuity of supply during emergencies.   Italy became…

Italy Pierluigi Petrone outlines family-owned Petrone Group’s wide-range of outsourcing services to the pharmaceutical industry, how its international footprint has evolved over time, and his key priorities as president of Italy’s main primary pharma distribution association, ASSORAM.   My dream is that Italy, thanks to its infrastructure and location, can become…

Europe When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020, Europe’s reliance on active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and generic medicine suppliers outside of the continent was laid bare. In the face of crisis, countries like India and China understandably looked first to safeguard their own populations which, combined with supply chain strains…

Italy Organon Italy’s Alper Alptekin introduces the newly formed women’s health company, his priorities for the Italian affiliate, and how improvements in women’s health can improve gender equality and give women the ability to be stronger, more vocal, and more independent.   While Organon’s portfolio is meeting the needs of women,…

Italy Bormioli Pharma’s Andrea Lodetti outlines the company’s evolution towards becoming an international leader in the pharma and primary packaging business, COVID-related business impacts, the shift towards localised manufacturing, and the importance of earlier and deeper collaboration between pharma companies and packaging providers.   I hope that the cooperation between packaging…

Italy Speaking exclusively to PharmaBoardroom, Pierluigi Antonelli outlines Angelini Pharma’s progress in transforming from a traditional, Italy-focused, and family-owned firm into a true European innovator. Antonelli outlines the potential impact of Angelini’s USD 960 million Arvelle acquisition, why he is optimistic about success in the challenging brain health space, and how…

Italy Claudia Coscia outlines how the geographic and portfolio transformation of Kyowa Kirin has played out in Italy in recent years. Coscia also touches on access challenges for rare disease therapies in the Italian pharma market, rising levels of rare disease awareness, and the digitalisation status of the country’s healthcare system. …

Italy Ipsen’s Stephane Brocker discusses a transformational period for the iconic French mid-cap in recent years, how this has played out in Italy, and emergent trends – such as hybrid digital/in-person physician interactions – that have emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic period. Brocker also touches on Italy’s relevance to the global…

Italy Italy is a key destination for global clinical trial programs with EUR 700 million invested in 2020 alone according to national industry association Farmindustria, bringing access to medicines, knowledge, skills, and economic benefits. Here, Italy country managers from some of the world’s leading pharma companies weigh in on the pros…

Italy In a wide-ranging conversation, veteran general manager of Teva’s Italian Cluster Hubert Puech d’Alissac explores the reasons for the company’s growth in the region to become the generic market leader, post-COVID changes to the pharma industry, and the state of private-public relationships in Europe. Furthermore, d’Alissac touches on the responsibility…