Tagged with Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Victor Cruz, VP-Manufacturing Puerto Rico and Brazil for Lilly del Caribe highlights the priorities in his new position and underlines the importance of the Carolina facility for the global insulin supply. He also discusses Puerto Rico’s role related to future trends in pharmaceutical manufacturing, such as AI, robotics and continuous…

American Tools American Tools is an ISO 9001:2008 certified, fully integrated precision sheet metal, machining and stamping manufacturing company based in Puerto Rico with close to 50 years’ experience servicing global companies, primarily in the life sciences industry. In this interview, President Luis Alemañy speaks about how the company succesfully adapted to…

Puerto Rico Manuel Laboy Rivera, Secretary of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce (DEDC) and Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company (PRIDCO) is discussing Puerto Rico’s integrated economic development plan, which aims to retain and expand current investment by the industry, while also attracting new companies to the…

Puerto Rico Wendy Perry, president of the Pharmaceutical Industries Association (PIA) of Puerto Rico, highlights the three strategic pillars of her presidency in 2019, which aim to ensure healthcare sustainability, building social capital and improve the competitiveness of the island as a global hub for global biopharmaceutical manufacturing. She also underlines how…

Puerto Rico Carlos Ceinos, president of Puerto Rican service provider Principia, highlights how his previous experience in big pharma helped him to successfully establish his business, dedicated to providing automation and IT solutions for biopharmaceutical manufacturers. He also underlines Principia’s expansion plans and the company’s highly specialized service portfolio.   The industry…

Puerto Rico Gustavo A. Hermida is the president of CIC Construction Group, one of the Puerto Rico’s largest general contractors. Being involved in nearly all larger construction projects in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industry, Hermida highlights the importance of business continuity plans and the company’s expansion to the US mainland…

Puerto Rico Dr Agustín Rullán, the newly appointed chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez (UPRM) and former dean of the university’s College of Engineering, outlines the main priorities in his new position. He highlights the need for strong collaboration between academia and industry and the progress UPRM has made working…

Logistics In a potentially significant step forward in biopharmaceutical supply chain logistics, a collaboration between AT&T, Direct Relief, MSD and Softbox is testing the potential of drones to deliver temperature-dependent medicines and vaccines to remote locations, most recently flying over open waters while using temperature-stabilizing technology.   The Bahamas test proves…

Puerto Rico Dr Federico Goodsaid, CEO of Puerto Rico’s first biopharmaceutical start-up MBQ Pharma, has previously worked at Vertex Pharmaceuticals and TOMA Biosciences and is considered an expert in regulatory affairs. Here, he highlights the encouraging results MBQ Pharma has achieved in preclinical efficacy and safety trials and acknowledges the backing the…

Puerto Rico Rayne Waller, VP Manufacturing for Amgen Manufacturing Limited in Puerto Rico, is leading the operations at the company’s largest manufacturing facility in Juncos, which manufactures more than 90 percent of Amgen’s products. He highlights the importance and competitive advantages of Puerto Rico for Amgen, while also explaining why the company…

Puerto Rico Carlos Rodríguez, the newly elected president of the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association (PRMA), underlines his main goal of achieving more collaboration within the association and the economic ecosystem, to facilitate lobbying efforts both in Puerto Rico and at the federal level in Washington, DC. He also highlights his aim to…

Puerto Rico The top 20 pharmaceutical companies in Puerto Rico in the year leading up to December 2017 ranked by sales, with the top 20 companies in the USA for comparison. Lilly leads the pack in Puerto Rico with annual sales of USD 250 million, followed by AbbVie and Sanofi Aventis.  …