Tagged with HAL

Colombia Rafael Salamanca, the founder of Depósito de Drogas Boyacá, shares his insights on the recent developments of the company in the challenging Colombian logistics environment, while revealing the essence of the company’s success relying on the combination of key factors: product, amount, customer, place and time. You’ve been in the…

Colombia Yolanda Alagón, general manager of Janssen Colombia, discusses the company’s footprint in Colombia and Latin America and her strategy for the affiliate moving forward. You have been appointed General Manager three years ago, becoming one of the first women to lead a pharma company in Latin America. You mentioned your…

Indonesia Jonathan Sudharta, member of the the Board of Directors at Mensa Group, shares insights on the vertical integration strategy of Mensa to offer an end-to-end solution as well as shows how the new investment in Halodoc – a disruptive healthcare mobile application – will help the group to be closer…

Colombia Héctor Robles, General Manager of Laboratorios Sophia, a leading ophthalmology company, discusses the significant growth of the Colombian affiliate to become an operational center for the Andean region. Additionally, he highlights their highly innovative product portfolio and ambitious plans to expand into new markets. When we interviewed your predecessor, Luz…

Taiwan Michael H.J. Lai, Founder of Body Organ Biomedical Corporation, discusses Ologen’s success as the first ever eye tissue repair product and highlights the importance of global exposure for Taiwan-based companies. Can you introduce the company to our readers? What was your vision at the time you started the company? “Eye…

Indonesia Lin Neumann, Managing Director of AmCham Indonesia, highlights the opportunities in the Indonesian market, recent industry results, and the complex regulatory system in Indonesia: the main barrier to market access. You have been at AmCham since October 2014 after more than 20 years as a journalist around South-East Asia. What…

Indonesia Parulian Simanjuntak, Executive Director at IPMG, explains the crucial role that MNCs should play within Indonesian universal healthcare coverage (JKN) and discusses the future challenges that should be addressed to enhance the national healthcare system. Indonesia is one of the strongest pharmaceutical markets within the region. Valued at USD 5.5…

Mexico Paulo de Resende, CEO of Laboratorios Grin-Lupin in Mexico, describes the current state of the Mexican pharmaceutical market and explains how the acquisition of Laboratorios Grin will help increase Lupin’s footprint in Latin America by bringing more expertise and R&D resources. Could you please introduce yourself to our international audience…

Ireland Grünenthal Ireland’s General Manager discusses the incredible growth of the Irish affiliate over the past twelve years, their comprehensive pain portfolio, the innovation they are bringing as pain specialists to the industry, and his strategy for increasing revenues in the next five years.  You were the founder of Grünenthal’s Irish…

Switzerland Santen’s Head of EMEA explains why the company established their new regional headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland and highlights the three key strategic pillars on which he bases the growth strategy for the region.   The immense talent present here contributes to the strategic value of the EMEA region, which we…

Ireland Gearóid McDermott, director of Amneal Pharmaceuticals’ first site in Ireland down in Cashel, Co. Tipperary, outlines the exciting progress they have made in the past 14 months, the strategic role of the site as Amneal’s first manufacturing facility for inhalation products as Amneal enters the high-value generics space, and his…

Mexico Francisco Rodriguez, general manager Mexico and Latin America at Mundipharma, provides an overview of the customized market approach that has allowed the company to establish itself as the partner of choice of the medical and regulatory authorities in the pain management field, and how Mundipharma now looks at replicating similar…