Tagged with German

Baxter Germany Next year Baxter will accomplish its 50th anniversary in Germany. In the context of its celebration, what would you highlight as the main achievements of the company especially since you took the reigns of the German operations? Baxter Germany has grown steadily in the German market primarily thanks to its…

Gilead Sciences Germany Gilead was founded in 1987 and only four years later it established itself in the German market. Since then the company has become internationally known for breakthroughs that resulted in products such as Tamiflu, Viread and Atripla. What would you highlight as the main achievements of the company in the…

GSK Germany You have been leading GSK, one of the top five pharmaceutical companies in the German market, for just over a year, after having worked previously in Poland, the UK, France, U.S.A. and Ireland. What has your 20 year career in the pharmaceutical sector taught you about successful management in such…

Celgene Germany Celgene is very new in the German market. What would you say have been the main achievements of Celgene Germany since its establishment in 2006? Celgene Germany started as a small legal entity in a still smaller office at the airport in Munich without even a computer! Three years later…

Hospira Germany Hospira, which was spun-off from Abbott Laboratories in 2004, is a global specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company driven by its vision of Advancing Wellness™. Bringing proven leadership and experience, Hospira provides solutions to help improve the productivity, safety and effectiveness of patient care. With its more than 70-year history…

Nycomed Germany How challenging is for you as General Manager of Nycomed Germany to lead the number one subsidiary of the Nycomed Group and what would you highlight as the key milestones since you took the reins of the German operations? I enjoy the day-to-day challenge of being in charge of the…

TEVA Germany The acquisition of IVAX in 2006 was decisive to establish Teva as the number one generic producer worldwide and further consolidate the company in the German market; and this process continued with the recent acquisition of AWD Pharma in 2008. What as the impact of such acquisitions in your German…

Astellas Pharma Germany Astellas has been present in the German market for almost two decades through Yamanouchi and Fujisawa. But since 2005 it gained a new identity thanks to the merger of the two companies. Could you describe their integration process in Germany and which were the main synergies in the local market?…

Bausch & Lomb Germany With a wide experience in other international pharmaceutical companies, what attracted you to come to Bausch&Lomb, the ophthalmology pharma company? Bausch&Lomb offered me a unique set of challenges and possibilities that no other company could thanks to its own transformations and special needs. Since Bausch&Lomb changed ownership in 2007, our…