Tagged with Russia

UCB Russia When we first met, you mentioned that you assumed this position in 2009, to help UCB Russia recover from a flat spin in the wake of the financial crisis. What areas did you specifically target for improvement, and how did you turn this affiliate around? The most significant issue that…

Merck Russia Merck KGaA describes itself as the world’s oldest pharmaceutical and chemicals company. What is the company’s history here in Russia? The Russian subsidiary was actually incorporated over 100 years ago. Last year, we celebrated 110 years of company presence in this market! The Russian office was the third office that…

Ipsen Russia Ipsen has recently announced the acquisition of a Russian pharmaceutical license. Even before this license, Russia was already one of the largest affiliates. of the group, as of 2010. The company is clearly digging in for the long term. What does this additional step imply for operations here? You are…

UCB Russia/CIS What were the difficulties in the CIS regions around the time of the financial crisis? Were there similarities to the situation in Russia? Yes, the situation in the CIS was quite similar to Russia. I was hired two years ago, from within our French subsidiary, to reorganize UCB’s CIS business…

Boehringer Ingelheim Russia You have been with Boehringer Ingelheim since the early days of your career in 1994. In the pharmaceutical sector, managers seem to jump from company to company quite often—but you have stayed with Boehringer Ingelheim throughout executive positions in Germany, Portugal, Ukraine, Finland, and, of course, now Russia. What has…

IMS Russia You were the former director of RMBC, which was acquired in 2008 by the IMS. How important was this acquisition in terms of positioning the IMS on the Russian market? For the IMS, in terms of strategic development, this was certainly a significant acquisition—because afterwards, the organization became the leading…

MSD Russia You have been in Russia now for a bit less than a year, having come from the former Schering-Plough’s Hungary office to run the Russian MSD affiliate. In our conversation prior to the interview, you mentioned that there has been a bit of a transition and adjustment period. How is…

Nycomed Russia-CIS Nycomed is currently constructing a Greenfield plant in the Yaroslavl region, at an investment of 75-80Mn EUR. Last time we met in 2006, many foreign companies viewed local production as strategically and economically unattractive. What have been the evolutions in the market that have made construction of a Russian facility…

Celgene Russia Celegene did not have a Russian affiliate office during Focus Reports’ initial report on Russia in 2006. What attracted Celgene’s relatively recent entrance into this market? We had external and internal reasons, which coincided in this case. The external reason was the launch of the reimbursement system in Russia, which…

Russia   When the Russian Federation emerged from the former USSR in 1991 all the structures of the past social net that provided for the complete healthcare needs of citizens were just a memory of the past – nothing was left when the centralized distribution of medication of the former USSR…