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India Sandeep Verma shares his journey of establishing Bayer’s consumer healthcare division in India and reflects on the challenges faced during the division’s inception amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasizing the importance of trust in collaborations with manufacturing units. He delves into Bayer’s strategies for market expansion, dispelling myths about self-care in…

Italy EG STADA’s General Manager & Managing Director Italy, Salvatore Butti, explains the company’s strong heritage in generics, the solid presence it is developing in consumer healthcare with new acquisitions from GSK and Sanofi, and its biosimilar and specialties market inroads.  In addition, he tells us about the STADA Health Report,…

Turkey Queisser Pharma is a German company focused on the OTC market through food supplements and medical devices. Its general manager for Turkey, Demet Eryilmaz, tells the “special” story of its major brand Doppelherz, analyzes the regulatory environment for OTC products in the country, and explains how the pandemic has transformed…

Belgium Sabena Solomon, general manager of GSK Benelux, speaks about her first impressions of the Belgium market, having come from GSK Finland, and her initial priorities for leading the affiliate. Solomon goes on to explain GSK’s continued commitment to ensuring patients have access to innovative medicines, the role the company plays…

Czech Republic As one of the few pharma companies in the Czech Republic to offer products across the whole healthcare spectrum, including prescription drugs, generics, over-the-counter (OTC) treatments, and food supplements, the 125-year-old German firm STADA has established a strong Czech affiliate in recent times.   The beauty of STADA is that…

Romania The Romanian Association of the Self-Care Industry (RASCI) was established in 2016 as the “voice” of the Romanian consumer healthcare industry. Diana Mereu, CEO of RASCI, discusses the association’s mission, the impact of Romania’s political volatility on the industry, the future impact of digitalization on the self-care market, and the…

Czech Republic Increasing consolidation and digitalization within the Czech pharmacy sector is forcing consumer healthcare firms to rethink their strategies.   Pharmacy Consolidation Within the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region, the pharmaceutical supply chain is relatively fragmented. However, compared to its neighbours, the Czech Republic has undergone a rapid consolidation and…

Czech Republic Sławek Ludwiczuk, country head Bayer Consumer Health Czech Republic & Slovakia, explains how Bayer has successfully adapted to the rapidly shifting retail channel environment in the Czech consumer healthcare market with the consolidation of the pharmacy market and the emerging e-commerce and mass market.   My mission was to set…

GSK In conversation at the FT Global Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Conference in London,* an energetic Emma Walmsley discussed the strategic and cultural shifts she has implemented in her two and a half years as CEO of iconic British firm GSK, the increasingly important intersection between technology and pharma, and countering the…

UK The two Big Pharma giants today announced the merger between their consumer healthcare businesses, with the joint venture (JV) set to become the global market leader in over-the-counter (OTC) products with a market share of 7.3 percent.   This move will see GSK effectively split into two separate businesses –…

Turkey Hande Demirdere, general manager of Pierre Fabre Pharma in Turkey, sheds light on the affiliate’s impressive 93 percent growth in 2017 while highlighting where to target development opportunities in the dynamic Turkish market. In this interview, the experienced General Manager discusses the advantages of diversifying strategies, Pierre Fabre’s comparative advantage…

UK John Smith, chief executive of the PAGB, the UK’s consumer healthcare industry association, discusses the potential impacts of Brexit on the PAGB’s members, the importance of consumer healthcare to the overall UK economy, and why self-care remains a priority. A year after becoming chief executive of the PAGB, the UK…