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Argentina Argentinian generics manufacturer Grupo Roemmers – which celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 2021 – has expanded steadily across the Latin America and Caribbean region since the mid-1970s with a successful strategy predicated on customising its offering to each country and balancing local management autonomy with a strong company culture, as…

Greece Christian Rodseth, VP and managing director for Janssen’s Greece, Poland, and Romania cluster, outlines the multifaceted strengths of his teams, the part of the Janssen portfolio he is most excited to bring to the region, and the policy measures needed to ensure that Greek healthcare remains sustainable and able to…

LatAm In a wide-ranging interview, AbbVie’s Flavio Devoto outlines some of the key access challenges and opportunities in the diverse Latin American pharma market, his approach to being a transformational leader while balancing demands from headquarters with realities on the ground, and the enduring importance of LatAm to the global group.…

Greece Nicos Ragoussis explains how he steered the Greek affiliate of Danish dermatology specialist LEO Pharma through the unprecedented challenges of the government-debt crisis era, the ongoing market access hurdles that still remain, and why he is highly optimistic about future business prospects.   The hard times are behind us and…

Greece Merck Greece’s Susan King-Barnardo outlines how she navigated the affiliate through the challenging waters of COVID-19, the unique market access challenges that innovative pharma is facing in Greece, Merck’s burgeoning clinical trial footprint in the country, and her approach to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion.   There is a lot…

Greece Ipsen’s George Carystinos explains what brought him back to Greece for a first country manager position after a succession of global roles, how the company’s global specialty care transformation is playing out in the Greek market, and why he is optimistic about the impact that Ipsen’s portfolio can have in…

LatAm Guilherme Marques, president of Siemens Healthineers LatAm, discusses the health tech giant’s regional strategy, covering how the firm rides out the region’s economic and political storms, its participation in disease screening campaigns, digitalisation uptake, oncology integration, and much more.   Despite the uncertainty of [LatAm] markets – due to inflation,…

LatAm Latin America is a crucial region for medtech market leader Medtronic. Home to 20,000 of the company’s 95,000+ global workforce, 12 manufacturing plants, and ten commercial organisations, Medtronic LatAm grew by an impressive 24 percent last fiscal year and is becoming an increasingly important global revenue driver. The firm’s SVP…

Greece Takeda’s Cornelia Zanetti, a recent implant into Greece following stints in Germany, Switzerland, and Singapore, shares her first impressions of the Greek pharma market, and how the Japanese giant is making a difference for Greek patients in oncology, gastroenterology, plasma-derived therapies, and rare diseases. Zanetti also highlights some of the…

Greece One of Greece’s leading domestic pharmaceutical companies, RAFARM has had a stellar recent history, including a momentous entry into the US market. Now looking to establish itself as one of Europe’s major players in ophthalmics and complex injectables, VP Aris Mitsopoulos outlines his ambitious growth plan for the firm and…

LatAm Back in Latin America after several years in the US and Europe, Teva LatAm Head and Mexico GM Rodrigo Fernandez explains how the affiliate has adapted its strategy across the region and delivered consistent growth in most of its LatAm markets. He also explains how the region is confronting some…

Greece Novo Nordisk veteran and president of Greece’s leading industry organisation, the Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies (SFEE), Olympios Papadimitriou speaks to PharmaBoardroom about the impact of the country’s economic comeback on the pharma industry, the challenges of Greece’s clawback system, the Recovery and Resilience funds that will be dedicated in…