Illiana Paunova is the first Executive Director and one of the founders of the Bulgarian Medicines Verification Organization (BgMVO), an organization which has been set up to fight against the counterfeit medicines in the country. She explains the BgMVO’s role as well as objectives within the pharmaceutical industry as the second legally incorporated organization of this type in the continent.
You decided to join the BgMVO in June 2016 after more than 23 years working in the industry in top management positions. Can you introduce the organization to our international audience and explain what triggered your decision to join at that time?
"The BgMVO is actually the second organization of this kind to be legally established in Europe and we are aiming to be in the first five or six pilot countries for the project."
