India Peter DeYoung shares the significance of Indian giant Piramal Pharma’s recent demerger from its parent company and its current strategic focus on organic growth, brownfield expansions, and “complex hospital generics.” DeYoung also touches on what brought him from the world of consulting and private equity to a family-owned Indian pharma…
Korea After a dynamic two years as CEO of Samsung Biologics, John Rim highlights some of the fundamentals behind the company’s rapid growth as a CDMO, including the creation of huge new manufacturing facilities to cope with increased demand, a dedication to carrying out technology transfers at half the speed of…
Italy Speaking exclusively to PharmaBoardroom, Pierluigi Antonelli outlines Angelini Pharma’s progress in transforming from a traditional, Italy-focused, and family-owned firm into a true European innovator. Antonelli outlines the potential impact of Angelini’s USD 960 million Arvelle acquisition, why he is optimistic about success in the challenging brain health space, and how…
Spain Almirall CEO Gianfranco Nazzi dives into the new strategic focus of the global biopharmaceutical company with HQ in Barcelona as it seeks to serve the European medical dermatology market. The Italian executive reflects on his first few months at the helm, the cumulative experience of Almirall’s management board, the global…
Spain Ferrer’s CEO, Mario Rovirosa, outlines how he and a new management team have been building the foundation of the Spanish mid-cap’s transformation to become a specialty pharma company, a 180-degree shift that entailed the divestment of its generics portfolio, new affiliates across the world, and a more focused product pipeline.…
Denmark Europe lags behind the US in terms of biotech success stories, but one company bucking that trend is Denmark-headquartered Genmab, with a market cap of over USD 25 billion. Dual-listed on the Copenhagen stock exchange and on NASDAQ in the US, there are five products based on Genmab science on…
Denmark Catherine Mazzacco’s two-year stint as CEO of Danish dermatology specialist LEO Pharma is over. With the company’s board planning for an initial public offering (IPO) within the next four-to-five years, LEO is now on the lookout for a replacement with capital market experience and the ability to steer the firm…
Denmark Speaking exclusively to PharmaBoardroom, Jan van de Winkel highlights the tremendous progress that European biotech success story Genmab has made over the past six years, how its partnership model is evolving, Denmark’s continuing relevance to the company, and Genmab’s value proposition for the next generation of talent. Genmab has…
Denmark Speaking after the recent completion of a three-year strategic transformation plan, ALK President and CEO Carsten Hellmann outlines the progress made by the Danish allergy giant under his stewardship, including deeper penetration of the US market, shifting from injections to tablets, and driving digitalisation and efficiency. To put our…
Denmark GN Hearing CEO Gitte Aabo highlights the significant unmet needs of hearing impairment patients, the role of private companies like GN in fighting against stigmas surrounding hearing aids, the digital innovations occurring in the space, and her leadership strategy moving forward. It takes an average of seven years for…
Denmark Speaking after the recent completion of a three-year strategic transformation plan, ALK President and CEO Carsten Hellmann outlines the progress made by the Danish allergy giant under his stewardship, including deeper penetration of the US market, shifting from injections to tablets, and driving digitalisation and efficiency. Hellmann also outlines the…
Denmark Speaking exclusively to PharmaBoardroom, Lundbeck’s global CEO Deborah Dunsire describes the progress in the strategy she put in place to “revitalise and refresh” the Danish firm’s pipeline upon taking the role three years ago. Following two recent acquisitions, Lundbeck now has a much broader focus across neuroscience including areas for…
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