Tagged with Contract Manufacturing

Pharma The leadership of Meditop discuss their history as the first non-privatized, private Hungarian pharmaceutical company, their ongoing strategies for growth in the country, and their evolving portfolio abroad. They also discuss the complexities of the Hungarian healthcare and pharmaceutical market and give an overview of their past challenges and current…

Pharma Soneas MD Jozsef Repasi discusses the shift back towards Central and Eastern Europe for contract manufacturing services, the company’s growth since separating from Ubichem, and his ambitions for Soneas to become a fully integrated, end-to-end service provider. As an introduction for our readers, can you please shed some insight into…

Pharma Sebastien Aguettant, president of the French Association of Pharmaceutical Contract Manufacturers (SPIS) and president of leading French CMO Delpharm, discusses the evolutions and growing significance of contract manufacturing, how CMO pharma manufacturing has only just begun, and how Delpharm with its ten sites in France is a reliable partner of…

Pharma Bernard Fraisse of Fareva, France’s leading CMO, discusses growth, international expansion, loyalty to France, dedication to clients, and commitment to providing high quality products. Many have predicted that pharma manufacturing in France will soon die out, but instead we have seen a shift from manufacturing of large pharmaceutical groups to…

Pharma Hersol prides itself on producing high-quality products and is today one of the leading Pharmaceutical Contract Manufacturing Companies (CMOs) within the South African Market. The managing director discusses the development of the company, its current challenges as well as its future ambitions. Can you please provide our readers with some…

Pharma Eric Goupil reveals how the global CMO market has expanded considerably over recent years, with a move towards a more strategic mind-set in the pharmaceutical industry. Unither´s business model is to focus on unit-dose products and in particular, sterile unit-dose using Blow-Fill-Seal (BFS) technology and today they are competing on…

Pharma Novasep is the largest contract manufacturer for the pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals industries in France. Michel Spagnol, the company’s chairman and CEO, highlights recent reorganization and “back to basics” strategy based on organic growth improving the product mix and underscoring new investments. What is your perspective regarding the state of…

Pharma Multinationals have struggled to adapt their Romanian strategies, but the local production sector appears to be flourishing. Much of this impetus relates directly to EU accession and the harmonization of manufacturing standards. “Initially, it was difficult to enact the transition, because the authorities handed us strict deadlines to make ourselves…

contract manufacturing The chairman of contract manufacturer Korea Pharma discusses the Korean CMO market and incremental innovation.   Where did your idea for starting Korea Pharma come from? I am a pharmacist by training, and graduated from Yeong-nam University’s college of pharmacy. After graduation, I worked for Seoul Pharmaceutical Company for five…

Contract Manufacturing Lilly set up in Ireland three decades ago by purchasing a farm. In its early days, the operation produced intermediaries for small-molecule drugs. Nearby, Pfizer was manufacturing citric acid for soft drinks. The country was a fledgling industrial economy that was still mostly reliant on sectors like agriculture and fishing.…

Contract Manufacturing It is widely acknowledged that pharmaceutical manufacturing operations have entered into a period of significant cost reduction. Service providers like Dalkia—a French energy services company that has built its Irish business upon serving the pharmaceutical sector—have had to help clients cope. Dalkia Ireland’s managing director Pat Gilroy remembers his years…

Contract Manufacturing The managing director of Encube Ethicals discusses contract manufacturing in India today, growing competition from China, and partnering with the world’s leading multinational pharma companies.   Mr Dilip Shah from the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance told us that the main strength of India is manufacturing, so of course, contract manufacturing as…