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biotech The general manager in charge of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean is on board with the corporate mission of doubling Shire’s product sales to USD 10 billion by 2020 and explains how Mexico and the rest of the region will contribute to this achievement. You were appointed head of…

biotech Probiomed wants to move to the next level. The recently appointed general director discusses her plans to grow the business and expand internationally, leveraging the company’s in-house developed biotech products and vigorous pipeline to become a reference company for biotechnology worldwide, without forgetting work-life balance. You have been appointed as…

biotech Francisco Molinari, CEO of Argentina’s most sophisticated biotech group discusses Argentina’s competitiveness in the global biosimilar market, the current constraints limiting innovation in Argentina, and his company’s recent transition from an API producer to a fully integrated biosimilar developer and manufacturer. How would you describe the current state of the…

Biotech The CEO of Venter Pharma explains the challenges of bringing a diagnostic drug to the market, and how they hope to leverage the science behind their product, LacTEST, in various new forms and indications.   Before you came on board at Venter Pharma, the research for your product LacTEST was…

biotech Over the course of a day of unprecedented collaboration, Argentina’s biotech industry came together to discuss the challenges facing their industry in Argentina and the region at BioArgentina 2014, an event organized by the Argentinian Chamber of Biotechnology (CAB). Bringing together over 900 professionals across the industry, with perspectives from the…

biotech The executive director and general manager of Amgen Mexico discusses how the company relies on Mexico as a hub for clinical research, with an investment of over USD 22 million since 2006, and strives to deliver its pipeline of innovative medicines to treat seriously ill patients in Mexico.   You…

biotech The executive director and general manager of Amgen Mexico discusses how the company relies on Mexico as a hub for clinical research, with an investment of over USD 22 million since 2006, and strives to deliver its pipeline of innovative medicines to treat seriously ill patients in Mexico.   You…

biotech The founder of this spin-off of the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos focusing on biologicals for human and veterinary use offers an overview of how the company came into life, the lack of culture at Mexican universities of filing patents for academic research and the potential of the…

cardiology The general manager of Argentia weighs up the factors that have led to his company consolidating its different business lines and becoming one of the fastest growing companies in Argentina.   What was your main objective upon joining Argentia? In 1995, Argentia was acquired by BMS and was sold to…

innovation Hugo Sigman explains how understanding problems in the same way as opportunities helped his company to become what is today, a successful Argentinian conglomerate where life and science is the backbone of multiple businesses.   Please start by describing the Insud group as it stands today, and where it operates.…

biotech Bioceres manages investments in agricultural biotechnology and related sciences. The company’s CEO, Federico Trucco, discusses the potential of Argentina’s biotech scene to become a world-class drug developer in biopharma as well as Bioceres’ own investments in the sector.   How did you become involved with Bioceres? I have known the…

biotech For many years, Spain’s biotechnology sector was lagging behind the powerhouses of countries like the US and UK. Today, the sector touts a significantly different story, due to strategic investments by Spain’s government. Regina Revilla, president of Spain’s biotech association ASEBIO, details the history of biotech in Spain and outlines…