Tagged with Latin America

Pharma Latin America provides a number of opportunities to healthcare and life sciences companies. The Managing Director for the Global Life Sciences and Health Care Industry Group at Deloitte shares his perspective as well as recommendations on how to approach the region. With the largest Latin American economies facing serious economic…

Pharma José M. Jiménez, Vice President and General Manager of Torcon Puerto Rico, outlines current construction projects within the life science and healthcare industries on the island while highlighting the branch office’s strong expertise. Jimenez is one of the nation’s top 40 construction managers according to Engineering News Record (ENR). Given the dynamic…

Pharma Wanda Velez, president of the Puerto Rico Medical Association, discusses the history of the organization, which dates back to 1902. She also describes the Association’s voluntary role in contrast to the Colegio de Medicos, which by law is compulsory for all Puerto Rican physicians to join. Can you describe your…

Pharma José Luis Rodríguez, CEO of Hospital Pavia Santurce, explains how budget cuts to Puerto Rico’s healthcare system will have a dramatic impact on the country’s hospitals, and outlines how medical tourism can be promoted more to bring more patients to the island. What is your current assessment of Puerto Rico’s…

Pharma Juan Sénquiz, President and CEO of JC Automation, weighs in on the capacity of Puerto Rico’s local pharma service industry to grow globally and how the company’s computerized systems services have helped some of the biggest names in the industry to automate more effectively. We have seen a lot of…

Pharma Founded in 2010, N&CS Consulting Group has quickly become one of Puerto Rico’s leading providers for computer systems validation and engineering to the life science industry. Its founder and president, Néstor Cardona, traces the evolution of N&CS over the last five years provides his outlook on the current state of…

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 Over the past few years BMS has consolidated its footprint in Puerto Rico to transform the island into a manufacturing hub for both biopharma and pharmaceuticals. The plant manager of the oral solid Humacao plant discusses the current challenges the site is facing as well as the company’s future development…

Pharma Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) has made major restructuring changes to its manufacturing processes. Ricardo Zayas, senior vice president of global pharmaceutical manufacturing for BMS, outlines these changes while underscoring the importance of development teams working in tandem with production to become more efficient in launching new innovation. What do you see as…

Pharma Puerto Rico is not only an important manufacturing hub, but is also positioning itself as a state-of-the-art center for R&D and clinical research. Iván Lugo, the executive director of the Industry University Research Center Inc. (INDUNIV), which brings together private sector, academia and government, discusses some of the island’s most…

Pharma Maribel Rodríguez-Torres of Fundación de Investigación assesses the current R&D situation in Puerto Rico, explains the activities of the center as well as some of their most important success stories. The Fundación is Puerto Rico’s largest research center and the only Phase 1 research clinical trials unit in Latin America and the Caribbean. What is your assessment…

Pharma Rolando Medina, managing director for FedEx Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, highlights the logistics provider’s strong commitment to Puerto Rico’s life science industry through a variety of services and flexible delivery options. You have worked in FedEx for many years. What drove you to the company and what defines your…