PharmaBoardroom

Interview with Louis Chiang, President, Giddi Pharma Co. Ltd.

Giddi Pharma was founded in 1995. What was the vision behind the creation of the company? What founding principles did you have when you founded…

Interview with Laurentiu Mihai, Executive Director, Association…

APMGR is obviously a rather young association that has only really been active since about a year now. Can you first comment on the timing that the…

Interview with Zoran Stanković, Minister of Health Serbia,…

Priorities and plans of the Ministry of Health If we entered an election year with a major reform plan, we would not succeed in putting such…

Interview with Roy Fan, General Manager, Standard Chem &…

I was very surprised to see a company called ‘Standard Chemical and Pharmaceutical’ ranked amongst the top three local players in Taiwan: it seems…

Interview with Emmanuel de Rivoire, Country Manager, Nycomed…

Nycomed lost an important patent with Pantoprazole in the middle of 2009, which has undoubtedly warranted some restructuring. What has been the impact…

Interview with Marisa Sanvito, Senior Director, Quintiles Brazil

Many international CROs entered Brazil in the past few years, whereas Quintiles made its first move in Brazil in 1996. What was the strategic decision…

Interview with Rubens Lima, General Manager, Ipsen Brazil

In a past interview, you said that Ipsen is different than the “Big Pharmas” who have entered Brazil by acquisition. You’ve taken a…

Interview with Mohamed Chaoui, General Manager, UCB Phrama France

Historically, UCB Pharma had a much more ‘traditional’ approach to the industry with a broader scope of operations. Recently, the company…

Interview with María Cristina Álvarez, President, Novartis De…

Being an industry giant with operations in over one hundred counties worldwide, what is the role and significance of Colombia for Novartis global? As…