Tagged with Strategy

Pharma Ferring Italy’s CEO discusses the affiliate’s successful management strategy, new products, new partnerships, and the potential of the Italian market. When we last interviewed you in 2009, you were focused on: (1) reinforcing the local organization’s structure, (2) successfully launching Firmagon, and (3) forging new partnerships in the IBD field.…

Pharma Five days before the January 25th revolution of 2011, Rameda changed ownership and CEO Amr Morsy set out to turn-around the mismanaged business. Five years later, revenues are up 4.5 times and the company is building a position as a regional leader in the Middle Eastern nutraceuticals market. In 2011,…

Pharma Starting as a pharmacy chain, Hefny Pharma Group has developed into a group focused on manufacturing, importing and distributing pharmaceutical products to the Egyptian market, with an eye on the specific needs of patients. The founder and CEO discusses the vision behind the creation of the group, the market opportunities…

Pharma Novasep is the largest contract manufacturer for the pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals industries in France. Michel Spagnol, the company’s chairman and CEO, highlights recent reorganization and “back to basics” strategy based on organic growth improving the product mix and underscoring new investments. What is your perspective regarding the state of…

Pharma Dr. Anna Maria Porrini, President of Boehringer Ingelheim Italy shares her vision for the company, how she intends to achieve it and where she sees opportunities for the company’s success in the market. Dr. Porrini, since we last spoke in 2009, Boehringer Ingelheim Italy has weathered the crisis and emerged…

Pharma Gabriele Baccelli shares his journey of setting up a lean organization at a time of crisis, the management decisions he took in order to navigate this environment and how he set the company in a strong position moving forward. Mr. Baccelli, you founded the Italian subsidiary in 2009, entering a mature…

Netherlands The future of drug development is about interacting, sharing and collaborating. The President and CEO of Genmab, an international biotechnology company focusing on differentiated antibody therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, discusses the company’s most recent milestones as well as how it is fostering a collaborative model based on partnerships.…

Pharma The CEO of Pharma Dynamics explains why the company was the perfect match for Lupin, as the fastest growing, and largest independently owned acquirable pharmaceutical business in South Africa, why a strong focus on marketing and sales has been key to their success and reveals how the use of generics…

Pharma The country manager for BMS South Africa talks about the company’s first to market strategy, and how BMS has shifted the treatment paradigm for oncology in South Africa. Through our platform, we introduce the leaders of the pharma industry, and their partners to our 95,000 readers around the world. With that in mind, would…

Pharma Peter Fuller provides us with an update on the integration of Covidien businesses, and explains how Medtronic is bringing innovation to South African patients and contributing to the improvement of the South African healthcare. Fuller is Vice President & General Manager of Medtronic South Africa, SADC & EAC.  In January 2015, Covidien was bought…

Thailand Servier Thailand’s general manager discusses the company’s competitive role in Thailand despite market challenges, the company’s ability to remain innovative and successful regardless of Thailand’s changing policies and Servier’s unique work culture.   Servier Thailand hopes to continue improving its service offerings in the local market by working closely with…

Mylan The general manager of one of the world’s largest API manufacturers recalls the recent acquisition of Abbott by Mylan and the processes which he has undertaken to set his entity off along a new path. He also elaborates on the band consciousness of the Romanian consumer and how that affects…