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Pharma The general manager of Drogsan, Ersan Kuçuk elaborates on the company’s efforts in shifting towards more value-added pharmaceutical products, specifically within the realm of biosimilars, while highlighting his ambitions in expanding the company’s presence within OTC. He also illustrates the decision to move Drogsan’s R&D department to the Gazi University…

Pharma With over forty years of operations in Puerto Rico, Medtronic is one of the country’s biggest employers. Felix M. Negrón, Vice President of Medtronic Puerto Rico Operations, discusses the affiliate’s operating imperatives and space utilization strategy to always ensure the best manufacturing portfolio at any given time. Could you start…

Pharma Michel van Agthoven outlines the role played by the Pharmaceutical Committee of the American Chamber in contributing to healthcare related policies in the Netherlands through research programs and by encouraging collaboration between stakeholders. The Committee aims to contribute to the improvement of key aspects of the healthcare system in the…

pharma (© Sébastien Borda) The CEO of Novartis France reveals how the construction of a new French headquarters demonstrates a commitment to develop operations in the country, how the Huningue Biotechnology Centre is the group’s flagship biotech facility, and why having become the country’s number one pharmaceutical company, the goal is…

pharma The general manager of Astellas France and president of LEEM, the French Pharmaceutical Companies Association, reveals how the pharmaceutical industry worldwide has to take into account what is a fair price for innovation, the sum of a value price, based on what you are providing for the health of a…

Pharma John Fernández van Cleve, Chancellor of UPRM, highlights the institution’s strong expertise in engineering and its application in the pharmaceutical and medical device fields. What are some of UPRM’s main assets? We are very blessed to have the best students in Puerto Rico. UPRM’s admission index is the highest on…

Pharma The head of pharma for Bayer Southern Africa reveals how South Africa plays a key role in Bayer’s African strategy, with more than 60 percent of the continent’s total sales, how South Africa is increasingly becoming responsible for neighboring countries, acting as the gateway to Africa and how in time…

Pharma The President of Fefis, and the recently elected President of Medicen Paris Region, a Paris-based business cluster, talks about the need to build the future of the French health economy, not on past and current assets but to develop new ones; reveals how there is now a growing awareness of the…

Pharma The country manager for BMS South Africa talks about the company’s first to market strategy, and how BMS has shifted the treatment paradigm for oncology in South Africa. Through our platform, we introduce the leaders of the pharma industry, and their partners to our 95,000 readers around the world. With that in mind, would…

Pharma The Chairman & CEO of DBV Technologies reveals how they have developed a new therapeutic method and new technology in the form of a patch to treat various allergies. DBV received a “breakthrough” designation from the FDA for the design which meets safety standards that no other products currently being developed do.…

Pharma Frank Grosveld, Professor of Molecular Biology at Erasmus Medical Center, tells PharmaBoardroom about how Dutch research and development environment has evolved over recent decades.  Frank, to begin could you please introduce yourself to our readers around the world, with reference to your current research interests and educational responsibilities? I am…

Pharma Miroslav Secerov, VP Sales & Marketing NATEC, explains the choice of Mauritius for NATEC’s headquarters as well as the unique assets that make Mauritius the ideal business location. He also analyses Mauritius’ recent emphasis on development of the life sciences sector and the public-private relationship required to make that a…