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Pharmacor Pharmacor is one of the newest entities on the Australian pharmaceutical market. Would you please introduce the company to let Pharmaceutical Executive readers understand more about the Pharmacor story? Pharmacare Laboratories established Pharmacor approximately one year ago, and decided to divest the company two months ago, realizing that they preferred…

IMS Health Australia How have your experiences at Quintiles, Astra, Baxter, and Innovex – covering the spectrum from small to large pharma in addition to the service side – helped in managing IMS since your arrival in December 2007? Having been a client gives insights into the client side, and perspective on what…

Australian Self Medication Industry(ASMI) Molteni was created in 1892 and progressively developed a strong manufacturing base, a very active R&D department and a growing international presence. Could you introduce the story behind such achievements? The company was founded over a century ago by Leone Molteni in the backyard of Farmacia Molteni located in the…

Medicines Australia To begin, would you please introduce Medicines Australia to Pharmaceutical Executive readers? Medicines Australia is the association that represents the country’s research-based pharmaceutical industry. With approximately 50 members, the organization comprises all major innovator companies, consisting of the significant American and European pharmaceutical players, in addition to some Australian companies…

SERVIER Laboratories (Australia) Pty Ltd Servier was eligible to receive $7 million in P3 funding; can you tell us how this initiative has helped the company? P3 was not one of the main reasons why Servier has invested more in Australia of late. What drives Servier’s headquarters to conduct more research in Australia is a…

Solvay Australia How will the PBS reforms affect Solvay? The easy answer is: heavily. Fortunately, Solvay’s leading product which is still under patent will not be subject to the full August 1 price cut at this stage. Nevertheless, there are two other drugs fully affected by the cut (-25%). This of course…

Stiefel Laboratories Pty Limited What impact will the recent PBS reforms have on Stiefel’s operations in Australia? Stiefel has no products on the PBS at the moment, and although that doesn’t preclude the company from having products on it in the future, there is no immediate effect or detriment to Stiefel due to the…

Bayer Australia Many MNCs are having pipeline concerns in the “new era” of post-blockbuster drug development. How is Bayer positioned in this respect? Bayer Schering Pharma has one of the richest pipelines in the industry. In Australia, the company is launching in the next three years, 18 new products or product line…

Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee To begin, would you please give a brief introduction to the PBAC? The PBAC is a statutory committee of government first developed in Australia in the 1940s, which advises the Ministry of Health and Ageing as to what drugs will be listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). The Minister…

Government of Australia The Ministry for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research was created in December 2007 with the election of the Labor government. To begin, would you please give a brief introduction to the ministry and highlight its most significant achievements and milestones in this relatively short period of time? The whole point…

Pierre Fabre Australia Would you please introduce Pierre Fabre to our readers? Pierre Fabre Medicament Australia Pty Limited was established in Australia in late 2001, and is a fully owned subsidiary of the international parent company Pierre Fabre Medicament. Within Pierre Fabre Medicament, there are various divisions, of which oncology is among the…

Nycomed Latin America The executive management of Nycomed said in an interview that ‘the tremendous growth of the pharmaceutical industry will not occur in either Europe or the United States, but in emerging economies such as Latin America.’ What is the relative importance of Nycomed Latin America for the company from a global…