Tagged with Strategy

Philippines Stephanie Franco, Managing Director of Fresenius Medical Care in the Philippines, emphasizes the strategic importance of the Asia-pacific region to Fresenius Medical Care’s future growth and outlines her goals for the company and its role within both the renal space and the Filipino healthcare ecosystem. We have seen an increased…

Pfizer Rodrigo Puga, the recently appointed general manager of Pfizer Mexico, documents his strategic priorities to further strengthen the company’s performance in Mexico and consolidate Pfizer’s leadership within the Mexican market and the overall healthcare eco-system of the country. You were appointed country manager of Pfizer Mexico in June 2016, while…

Singapore Toshifumi Tada, Managing Director of MT Pharma, shares the significance of Singapore to their presence in the region, the strategic direction of the company to “open up the future,” as well as their partnership efforts with local communities. With the company recently establishing its legal entity in Singapore in April…

Mexico The university spin-off UDIBI continues its unstoppable ascension: after being recently recognized by Cofepris, Mexico’s sanitary agency, as an authorized laboratory to assess biotech treatments entering the Mexican market, UDIBI has no started to develop its own, innovative compounds. Sonia Mayra Peréz Tapia, executive director of UDIBI, highlights the ambitious…

Mexico Alexis Serlin, country president of Novartis Mexico and president of CANIFARMA, the industry chamber that brings together multinational and local drug manufacturers, explains how the pharmaceutical industry in Mexico aims to be recognized as a strategic sector by both the Ministries of Health and Economy. He highlights Novartis Mexico’s leadership in…

Mexico Carlos Abelleyra Cordero, CEO Spanish Latin America of Aspen Labs, describes the rapid development of Aspen’s operational capacity throughout the region, in line with the company’s ambition to ultimately establish itself as the commercial partner of choice of big pharma companies in Latin America. He also documents Aspen’s focus on…

Mexico Karel Fucikovsky, general director PFM Latin America at Pierre Fabre, on the strategic focus of the company on operational and commercial excellence in Mexico and Latin America, which both stand as strategic areas for the international growth of the group. He also highlights the main growth opportunities and market challenges the…

Takeda Takeda Mexico’s José Manuel Caamaño  discusses Takeda’s impressive growth prospects in Mexico, patient-centricity, the reopening of their cutting-edge manufacturing plant in Naucalpan, and his vision to transform Takeda into one of the most prominent pharmaceutical companies in Mexico, with a strengthened focus on GI and oncology. Christophe Weber, Takeda’s CEO,…

Allergan Dublin-based Allergan has undergone many changes recently, with the acquisition by Actavis, the failed merger with Pfizer, and the divestiture of the generics business to Teva. The company’s SVP and President of Asia Pacific, Rajkumar Narayanan, speaks about the bold new Allergan that has emerged following these events and details their…

Mexico Brothers Juan José and Andrés Aguirre Salazar of Grupo Bruluart discuss recent developments in the group and the strategic approach behind Bruluart’s impressive growth, helping it to proudly stand as one of the foremost healthcare companies in Mexico. Grupo Bruluart contains well-established pharmaceutical manufacturers, a distribution company, and one of…

Philippines In an exclusive interview, Kamal Abichandani, Deepu Bhatia, Hersh Abichandani, Richard Mayani, the Chairman, Director, General Manager, and Information Systems Manager of Ambica tell their story and reveal their key to success: quality partnerships. As a former engineer without previous experience in the pharmaceutical industry, what were some of the ambitions that…

Philippines Francisco Sales provides the inspiring story behind the family owned Filipino distributor, which has grown exponentially since its humble beginnings of a single product and ten employees. Vizcarra has diversified its product lines, entering new segments and maintaining the entrepreneurial spirit that empowers employees to aim higher and reach further.…