France Exor, led by Fiat brand heirs the Agnelli family, has signed a partnership agreement for an investment of EUR 833 million in the also family-owned French holding, Institut Mérieux, known for its diagnostic arm, BioMérieux. Under the new partnership, Exor will acquire a 10% shareholding in Institut Mérieux by way…
UK Thembalath Ramachandran, chairman and managing director of one of the UK’s fastest growing generics manufacturers, Bristol Laboratories, describes why he chose to relocate from India to start his business, the company’s significant manufacturing footprint in the UK, and how the British government could be doing more to support homegrown manufacturers.…
Serbia Siniša D. Vučinić, the brains behind Aqualab Plus Systems, which holds laboratories across Serbia that offer a variety of sophisticated blood tests specifically targeted at the elderly, pregnant women and children 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, tells the story of the creation of Aqualab, explains their phenomenal…
pharma Escalate Sciences is a Puerto Rican specialized science-based consulting firm focused on R&D, tech transfer, process design & improvement, analytical development and characterization. The company also serves different aspects of the life-sciences industry including project management, validation, qualification, statistical analysis, facility start-up, regulatory & compliance, reformulation and testing services. Its…
MNCs Lloyd D. Balajadia, Executive Director of Lloyd Laboratories talks about the advantages and disadvantages of the recent spike in generic medicine within the Philippine market, why despite a contract manufacturer being good for Lloyd Laboratories, it would be but bad for the job market and business opportunities in the Philippines,…
API Industry Formosa Laboratories is one of Taiwan’s international pioneers in small molecules, entering the global arena at a very early stage. How did that decision come about? Generally speaking, Taiwan’s API industry decided to go global long before the formulation sector did. The reason is simple: the local market for APIs…
Vela Laboratories Prior to founding Vela, you worked in a number of different positions with various companies such as Baxter and Octapharma. What opportunities did you see in founding your own company? The opportunity to found Vela arose while working at Igeneon, when upper management there filed insolvency and liquidator takes care…
S.M.B. Laboratories Mr Baudier, what inspired you when you joined the company back in 1978 and what are your main goals today? Prior to joining SMB Laboratories, I worked in a publishing company. Consequently, I joined SMB Laboratories in 1978 as a result of identifying certain commercial opportunities, as is the case…
Dr Reddy's Laboratories Australia Dr. Reddy’s entered Australia under your leadership. Would you outline the key milestones & achievements? Our first product was available to us for commercialization in Jan 2010 and since then we have grown rapidly on several parameters , about 1000 community pharmacies buy Dr.Reddy’s products directly , we also work…
Carnot Laboratories Carnot is celebrating 70 years as a company. There have been a lot of changes over this time, but more specifically over the last three to four years, please can you describe to us in your own words the evolution of the Mexican pharmaceutical industry, and the most impactful changes…
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Romania You have been the first employee to start Dr. Reddy’s in Romania and when we look back at those early years, we see that a portfolio of gastroenterology and analgesics was chosen to enter the market… Why, in the first place, were these therapeutic areas targeted? At that time, the…
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