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France Not long ago, Laboratories Servier was considered a somewhat mysterious and opaque actor on the world pharmaceuticals stage. Privately owned, smaller and sleeker than many of its direct competitors, but nonetheless formidably successful, Servier has, for many years, been characterized by its discreet, understated approach and a rugged pragmatism and…

China China’s unbridled growth has spurred a vast number of overseas Chinese to return home to seek new opportunities in their transformed homeland. Affectionately known as ‘sea turtles’ because the Chinese characters for ‘returning from overseas’ are homonyms for the Chinese characters for ‘sea turtles’, this influx has ignited the country’s…

Opinion Brendan Shaw is principal at Shawview Consulting, a specialised consulting and advisory firm for public and private sector leaders in the areas of government-business relations, policy and strategic change, with a focus on the health and pharmaceutical sectors. He is also Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Medicine, School of Medical Sciences…

USA 59 novel drugs were approved in the USA in 2018, representing a leap from the 46 approved in 2017 and 22 approved in 2016. 19 of the 59 drugs (32 percent) have been designated ‘first-in-class’ and 34 of the 59 drugs (58 percent) were approved to treat rare or “orphan”…

Canada In total there were 27 new active substances (NASs) approved in Canada in 2018, 18 prescription pharmaceutical drugs and 9 biologics. In terms of companies that saw particular success last year, Merck (MSD outside of the US and Canada) had three prescription drugs approved, as did Swiss-headquartered Vifor Pharma. Global…

Spain Yann Gaslain, CEO of Procare Health, a local player dedicated to innovative natural women’s health products, outlines his strategy to set up the company since 2012 and gives an overview of his company’s star product, Papilocare. Furthermore, he points out the company’s internationalisation and R&D strategy and highlights the importance…

Turkey Gamze Çıtıroğlu, Murat Çıtıroğlu and Pınar Çakır of Ekin Kimya discuss the progress of the Turkish pharma industry moving towards biotechnology. Moreover, they give insights into Ekin Kimya’s partnership strategy for pharmaceutical production, highlighting the importance of quality and customer-centricity.   Turkey’s pharma sector is growing rapidly and it comes…

France Nicolas Bardonnet of Promega France discusses the standout growth of the company on the occasion of its 40th anniversary, collaboration with France’s biotech clusters and the growth drivers of the future.   In France, we start to see hospitals coming to us, but also clinical diagnostic laboratories because for a…

Spain Gijs Jochems, general manager of Promega Biotech Iberica, a leading molecular biology solutions provider, speaks about the company’s business transformation to collaborate with diverse areas of the private sector. Jochems goes on to give his insights on the state of Spanish innovation and highlights how Promega uses its commitment to…

Spain Carlos Espina, managing director of COMSA Cleanroom Technology, a leading Spanish engineering firm, highlights the company’s great successes over the last few years, their international reach, and their strategy to maintain continued growth.   As COMSA Corporación group has annual revenues of over EUR one billion, we only are looking…

UK For French mid-cap Ipsen, the UK is one of three global hubs, with manufacturing in Wales, large-scale R&D activities near Oxford as well as UK Commercial Operations and global functions including HR, Tech Ops and Commercial Operations in Slough, near London. With ten percent annual growth to reach GBP 80…

UK Christine (Chris) Fox, VP general manager UK and Ireland at Amgen discusses the rationale behind taking on the management of a UK affiliate in challenging times and the specificities of Amgen company culture.   Everyone tells you how complicated the UK market is and that is true – it’s one…