Pfizer Polska You have been appointed at the head of Pfizer Poland last December. 2010 is a hot year for the group – even very hot for some of the top management – What has been the most challenging thing for you to deal with in this first year in Poland? The…
Novo Nordisk Pharma Sp. z.o.o Apart from Poland being a 40 million population market, with double digit growth, Mr. Kuczynski of Pierre Fabre was telling us that the main opportunity of the Polish market lies in the many unmet, local medical needs. What are the main specificities of the Polish market in your view and…
PharmaExpert What is PharmaExpert’s role in the Polish pharmaceutical industry? The information that PharmaExpert gathers enables us to give good insight about the evolution of the pharmacists market, the evolution of the prices in the pharma landscape, and of the level of reimbursement, among others. PharmaExpert created a model of explanation…
Bayer Co. Malaysia / Bayer Healthcare Malaysi Can you give our readers an outline of Bayer’s background in Malaysia and its current organisational division? Herbert Dittmar (HD): Bayer has been in Malaysia for around fifty years. It established its first legal entity here in the early 1970s and then engaged in a number of acquisitions worldwide including…
Malaysian Biotech Organisation (MBIO) Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). Singapore and Taiwan are known for their high level of basic research and their focus on Biotechnology. Philip Yeo, Chairman of Spring Singapore told us that Biomedical science was an undisputed pillar of Singapore’s economy. How do you situate Malaysia in terms of R&D compared to other…
Cegedim Strategic Data Malaysia Nowadays we can talk of an abundance of information coming from companies like Frost& Sullivan, IMS and even consultancies who are producing their own data. As a leader in market research how can CSD find a space within this picture and what strategies does it employ to stay ahead of…
Apodi You joined Apodi in 2008, after a hiatus from the industry following the sale of your previous company, In2Focus, in 2007. What has been the most challenging aspect of your work at Apodi since you joined? The most challenging thing is that no matter how good your ideas are, and…
Top Institute Pharma There is a very interesting history behind the origins of Top Institute Pharma (TI Pharma) as it aligned the interests of both the World Health Organization (Priority Medicines) and the EU’s Lisbon Strategy. Lisbon’s goal in 2000 was to transform the EU into the most powerful knowledge economy by 2010…
Vifor Pharma UK Ltd You joined Vifor Pharma to establish a new structure in the UK. It is quite difficult to set up a new enterprise—what have been the main challenges for yourself and the organization in the year since Vifor Pharma UK came into being? I was actually the first employee of Vifor…
Takeda UK What is the importance of the UK operations for Takeda worldwide? Our UK operation was established in 1997 and is relatively younger than other affiliates in Europe such as Takeda Italy, Germany and France. However our revenue has been almost tripled in five years with the great success of Amias…
Lundbeck Malaysia You have worked in the pharmaceutical industry for many years starting with Novartis and you have spent the last eight years working for Lundbeck. What are the major changes that you have observed in the Malaysian pharmaceutical industry over that time? The industry’s approach has changed in its dealing with…
HAL Allergy Group Our meetings frequently bring us here to the Leiden Bio Science Park, but more often than not, to meet with younger, up-and-coming companies. HAL Allergy, meanwhile, has a rich and proud history in the Netherlands dating back more than 50 years to its origins in Haarlem. What have been the…
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