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UAE Mohammed Zafrullah, VP & General Manager of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Pharmaceuticals, argues that the UAE, despite recent turmoil in the rest of the Middle East, is the perfect emerging country to do build a business in due to the many opportunities for innovation and growth.   To have a successful business,…

government relations In Taiwan, GSK recently signed Memorandum of Understanding with the National Research Program of Biopharmaceuticals (NRPB), building on research partnerships in Taiwan that include a 2007 agreement with National Taiwan University Hospital (NTU)—the first agreement of its kind—a later MoU with Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and a major 2012 collaboration…

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) The company’s current corporate strategy includes a major focus on the Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific (EMAP) region. Concretely, what are the expectations and the main objectives for the Asia Pacific region? GSK Asia Pacific is composed of: North East Asia, South East Asia and South Pacific (this includes countries…

GSK Brazil You’ve made some bold moves in your career – from the head of vaccines in Latin America, followed by stints in Colombia, Puerto Rico, and finally Brazil. What brought you along that trajectory, and what have been some of the most important milestones since your arrival here in 2008? I…

GSK Turkey Mr Fadıllıoğlu, after a previous position at Abbott, you were recently appointed head of GSK Turkey. How different is GSK as an organization? What new therapeutic areas, processes, or corporate culture did you have the chance to discover and to adapt to? The team members would be able to judge…

GSK Pharma CIS GSK CEO Andrew Witty has said that GSK must move away from selling “white pills in Western markets” in order to offset widespread generic erosion. This means diversifying the company’s portfolio into novel areas and putting greater emphasis on emerging markets. How is the Russian affiliate contributing to the realization…

GSK Taiwan Please tell our readers about the importance of GSK Taiwan within the context of the company’s global operations, and also what there is in Taiwan that makes it so attractive for GSK. The Asia Pacific region for GSK consists of South East Asia, Korea, Taiwan and Australia. Due to being…

GSK France France yet today you work for a foreign multinational within France. Can you speak to the differences in culture and what the transition has been like? I have spent half of my career abroad but always having worked for a French pharmaceutical company whether it was Fournier or sanofi-aventis. Of…

GSK Germany You have been leading GSK, one of the top five pharmaceutical companies in the German market, for just over a year, after having worked previously in Poland, the UK, France, U.S.A. and Ireland. What has your 20 year career in the pharmaceutical sector taught you about successful management in such…