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biotechnology The genomic revolution represents a before and after in the field of medicine. Sistemas Genómicos has understood this back in 1998 and today is the largest private organization offering DNA and RNA sequencing in Spain. The director for Latin America and country manager for Mexico discuss the unmet needs they…

R&D The founder of Eriochem discusses his firm’s ambitious technology based on a competitive IP strategy and its exciting research on a radically new oncology platform. Today, Eriochem is a vertically integrated company producing both APIs and final dosage forms; when you started the company, what was the strategy you followed…

biotech Biograft is the first private tissue bank in Mexico meeting the increasing demand for implants of human musculoskeletal tissue. The general director and founder discusses the vision behind the creation of Biograft, how the company mastered to overcome skepticism and the plans to expand exports and transform the company in…

biosimilar Laboratorios Elea’s General Manager tells the story of the laboratories outstanding growth over the previous five years, the his firms upcoming launch of the first Argentinian developed biosimilar product. To begin, would you please introduce yourself and Elea to our readers? I joined Elea four years ago as general manager,…

biotech The general manager in charge of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean is on board with the corporate mission of doubling Shire’s product sales to USD 10 billion by 2020 and explains how Mexico and the rest of the region will contribute to this achievement. You were appointed head of…

biotech Probiomed wants to move to the next level. The recently appointed general director discusses her plans to grow the business and expand internationally, leveraging the company’s in-house developed biotech products and vigorous pipeline to become a reference company for biotechnology worldwide, without forgetting work-life balance. You have been appointed as…

biotech Francisco Molinari, CEO of Argentina’s most sophisticated biotech group discusses Argentina’s competitiveness in the global biosimilar market, the current constraints limiting innovation in Argentina, and his company’s recent transition from an API producer to a fully integrated biosimilar developer and manufacturer. How would you describe the current state of the…

Biotech The CEO of Venter Pharma explains the challenges of bringing a diagnostic drug to the market, and how they hope to leverage the science behind their product, LacTEST, in various new forms and indications.   Before you came on board at Venter Pharma, the research for your product LacTEST was…

biotech Over the course of a day of unprecedented collaboration, Argentina’s biotech industry came together to discuss the challenges facing their industry in Argentina and the region at BioArgentina 2014, an event organized by the Argentinian Chamber of Biotechnology (CAB). Bringing together over 900 professionals across the industry, with perspectives from the…

biotech The executive director and general manager of Amgen Mexico discusses how the company relies on Mexico as a hub for clinical research, with an investment of over USD 22 million since 2006, and strives to deliver its pipeline of innovative medicines to treat seriously ill patients in Mexico.   You…

biotech The executive director and general manager of Amgen Mexico discusses how the company relies on Mexico as a hub for clinical research, with an investment of over USD 22 million since 2006, and strives to deliver its pipeline of innovative medicines to treat seriously ill patients in Mexico.   You…

biotech The founder of this spin-off of the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos focusing on biologicals for human and veterinary use offers an overview of how the company came into life, the lack of culture at Mexican universities of filing patents for academic research and the potential of the…