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Spain A roundup of the biggest stories emerging from Spain’s pharma industry: Grifols pushes to improve governance after accusations of overstated earnings; Rovi and Insud join forces to create Spain’s first semi-public pharmaceutical company; Almirall and Eloxx Pharmaceuticals sign a licensing agreement for a rare dermatological disease asset, and Esteve acquires…

Morocco From Morocco to the world, ABA Technology is an industrialisation, integration, and software development service partner providing solutions to private and public sector stakeholders in four continents. Vice President Amer Benouda lays out some of the company’s key success stories thus far; its future international expansion plans; and its mission…

USA With office occupation rates on the slide and the life sciences industry’s demand for lab space on the rise, the repurposing of existing offices into medical laboratories has become an important new asset class, writes Liz Chen, a lab planner at HGA Life Science + Advanced Technology Group’s San Diego…

Spain Spain is playing an important role in the production of COVID-19 vaccines with four Spanish companies involved in vaccine manufacturing projects, three of them doing fill and finish and one with an original vaccine candidate. Unfortunately, Spain’s vaccine manufacturers have faced quality control issues resulting in major recalls.   “The…

Italy Pierluigi Petrone outlines family-owned Petrone Group’s wide-range of outsourcing services to the pharmaceutical industry, how its international footprint has evolved over time, and his key priorities as president of Italy’s main primary pharma distribution association, ASSORAM.   My dream is that Italy, thanks to its infrastructure and location, can become…

Spain The latest from Spanish pharma, including Rovi’s better-than-expected 2021 results thanks to its Moderna partnership, the approval of Hipra’s COVID-19 IIb clinical trials, Sanifit Therapeutics’ acquisition by Vifor Pharma, and the health technology sector’s request to the administration.   Grifols will use funds from GIC to reduce its debt (The…

Mexico Diego Ruiz, CEO and co-founder of Eseotr3s Pharma shares his entrepreneurial background and the motivation for establishing Eseotr3s Pharma; their focus on flexibility and quality; their international operations and network, with offices in Spain and India; and his outlook for the Mexican pharmaceutical industry in 2020.   The government has…

Puerto Rico Salvador Montes, director of Essentra Packaging in Puerto Rico, explains how the company has positioned itself as the preferred supplier of secondary packaging to the life sciences industry on the island by offering a complete start-to-end solution, from design to manufacturing, as well as by remaining price competitive through productivity…

Puerto Rico With a special focus on life science companies, 3A Press is the leading printing and packaging company in the Caribbean. President Marie Rosado explains how her family has managed to compete in the industry for three generations and reveals the reasoning behind a recent seven-million-dollar investment that she hopes will…

Puerto Rico Established 57 years ago, Bermudez, Longo, Díaz-Massó (BLDM) has played a key role in the rapid urbanization and industrialization of Puerto Rico, and today is the top specialty electrical and mechanical contractor in the Caribbean. Its president, Francisco Díaz Massó, explains how BLDM has fostered continued growth by diversifying its…

Taiwan Mark Yang, CEO of GaleMed, elaborates on the medical device manufacturer’s transition from a privately-owned company to being acquired by private equity firm Nexus Point Capital. Yang goes on to explain the new strategic vision of becoming an R&D-driven solutions provider to globally leading medical device companies while simultaneously building…

Puerto Rico Founded in 2004, Villavicencio & Associates Construction is a dynamic Puerto Rican construction firm which has been involved in many different projects in the pharmaceutical industry. President Lisette Villavicencio explains how the company has managed to grow steadily throughout Puerto Rico’s economic downturn by focusing on safety, quality and integrity.…