Tagged with Pharmaceutical

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 Winner of the Dutch Prix Corona Gallina in 2011, Prof. Dr. Bart Roep discusses his groundbreaking research into type 1 diabetes; his wishes to deal with the cause rather than the symptoms of this disease and the current research climate in the Netherlands. Introduction to Bart Roep and his current…

Pharma The President of Cristers discusses the history of generic drugs in France and what steps can be taken to increase generics penetration, while also outlining the ‘cooperative’ business model behind Cristers’ meteoric rise – with a sixty-fold increase in turnover in less than a decade – from its creation in…

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…

Pharma OrganoPlates™ serve as a highly useable platform for 3D cell cultures, are completely compatible with existing lab equipment, and can be used to develop true ‘organ-on-a-chip’ models. Co-founders of the developer and manufacturer, Mimetas, discuss the impact this product is already having on the drug development process, and its potential…

Pharma Yves Bur reveals how the motivation behind his political engagement has been to raise awareness around the importance of improving the social security system. Bur also explains why having a real public health policy is another way of combatting the increase in health spending, and how France needs to reach…

Pharma Adv. Leslie Sedibe, CEO of Proudly South African explains how the Proudly South African campaign aims to promote local products and services to ultimately address unemployment, and what his main expectations are for local pharmaceutical manufacturers. Could you please introduce the Proudly South African organization to our readers, and more…

Pharma The General Manager of LEEM talks about the association’s strategy based on three key points, innovation, attractiveness and efficiency; how the Mediator affair has placed a question mark on the championing of the pharma industry as a national asset; why both France and Europe are at turning point and what…

Pharma Michel Dutree, former director general of the Dutch association for pharmaceutical innovators, gives a detailed overview of the changes happening in the Dutch pharmaceutical industry, and the Netherlands’ role at the European level as the “laboratory of Europe.” It’s been four years since your last interview with PBR; what do…

Pharma Centre International de Développement Pharmaceutique (CIDP) has pioneered cosmetic and pharmaceutical Research & Development in Mauritius, and is Mauritius’ flagship success story in the sector. Founded over 10 years ago, CIDP is an international CRO (Contract Research Organisation). As an entrepreneur and a pioneer, which opportunities did you see in Mauritius that…

Research Arnaud Lagesse, CEO of GML, the largest company in Mauritius and the third largest company in the Indian Ocean, discusses his company’s successful diversification into the life sciences sector, with the creation of GML Life. The history of GML has always been linked to the development of the Mauritian economy.…