Interviews
Shamal Fernando
Managing Director at Slim Pharmaceuticals (Pvt) Ltd, SriLanka, Chartered Marketer , Commercial Leader in Healthcare, Professional Trainer, Pharmaceutical Marketer & Leading Pharmaceutical Importer
Slim Pharmaceuticals ( Pvt) Ltd
Innovations in drug discovery processes
Purpose Driven Marketer, Finance and Business Leader who gets energized by the opportunity to impact patients and people Business leader with experience in a broad range of therapeutic areas including oncology, Haematology, Rheumatology , women's health, neuroscience, cardiovascular, endocrine, and infectious diseases. Proven expertise in the on-time and within-budget delivery of innovative strategies.
Revolutionizing Medicine: Harnessing the Power of AI in Clinical Trials and Quality Management Systems
Josipa is a pharmacist with a Master`s degree in Chemical engineering from the University of Zagreb. She has over 20 years of experience working in the pharmaceutical industry, 9 years of experience working in the Clinical Trials, 4 years of experience working in Regulatory affairs, and more than 9 years of experience working in Quality Assurance. Josipa is a certified GCP, GMP and GVP auditor specializing in EMA and FDA USA requirements. For most of her carrier, she worked with pharma biotech on set-ups of quality systems for drugs and vaccines. More than 200 audits in GCP and 80 audits in GVP were performed by her with exposure to regulatory authorities. She settled more than 160 QMSs all over the globe. Josipa established her own consultancy company where she trains and educates people daily sharing her know-how. Today she is working on AI development, QMS and Clinical trial oriented, willing to give contribution in set up of different systems in health care industry.
Addressing challenges in global supply chain logistics.
Dr. Hassan Mostafa Mohamed, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at ReyadaPro is an Entrepreneurial and growth-driven executive with more than 25 years of experience in pharmaceutical industries, including, Technical, sales & marketing, Production, Supply chain, Engineering/utilities, Quality, and regulatory issues. Mr. Hassan is an expert in driving pharmaceutical facilities to accomplish corporate goals, building and leading technical & quality aspects with market consideration for rapid growth, and efficient operational excellence.
Exploring Innovations and Opportunities in the EU CMC Market: A Deep Dive into API and FDF Solutions
Alessio Piccoli has over 24 years of experience across the pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and CDMO/CMO sectors. He has held senior positions at GSK, Aptuit, Sumitomo Corporation, Mitsubishi Chemical, AMRI, SK Biotek, and Aragen where leads the sales and business development activities for Europe. In terms of education on top of a Pharmacy degree, he also has an MBA from The London School of Economics and Political Science, a Master in General Management from Bocconi University Milan, and a Master of Management and Marketing of Pharmaceutical Industry from Alba Laboris Rome.
Bhupinder Singh Interview - CEO at Messe Muenchen India Pvt. Ltd.
As per the World Bank, India has made a substantial effort in attempting to address environmental challenges. It has endorsed rigorous environmental legislation and has created relevant institutions to monitor and enforce legislation. In response to the threat of climate change, the Prime Minister’s National Council on Climate Change issued India’s first comprehensive National Action Plan.
Manel Chikh Interview - CEO at Zaphyr Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Manel Chikh is the founder and CEO of Zaphyr Pharmaceuticals, a pharma company that commercializes specialty products in the MEA region. Founded in 2012, Zaphyr focuses on oncology and rare diseases and operates between Switzerland, Ireland and Dubai.
Marwan Abdulaziz Janahi Interview - Executive Director at Dubai Science Park
Marwan Abdulaziz Janahi is Executive Director of Dubai Science Park, a vibrant and holistic science-focused community dedicated to serving entrepreneurs, SMEs and multinational enterprises operating in the life sciences, energy and environment sectors. Dubai Science Park is a member of the TECOM Group. Janahi has played an instrumental role in establishing Dubai Science Park as the region’s leading community for scientific research and innovation, attracting more than 350 companies and strengthening partnerships among corporations, universities, and communities. Janahi also serves as Chairing Member of the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Equipment Taskforce of the Dubai Industrial Strategy. In this capacity, he works with the Executive Council of Dubai to augment research and development investments, and enhance local pharmaceutical infrastructure and manufacturing capabilities.
Jerome Carle Interview - General Manager at Julphar
Jerome is the General Manager of Julphar. He is responsible for all aspects of Julphar's operations. He joined the Company in January 2017 as Corporate CFO, before being appointed Acting General Manager. He has extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry and during his 20-yearplus career, he has served in a variety of senior management positions. He began his career in financial operations with Peugeot and Ford and spent 17 years with Sanofi, where he had multiple global assignments including the role of Chief Finance Officer in Africa and Southeast Asia. He is also a Board Member of joint-ventures with Julphar’s partners in Africa, Asia and Middle-East.
Claudia Palme Interview - Managing Director at 55east
Claudia Palme is a partner at consulting firm 55east and senior advisor in the global Life Sciences and Health Care industry, based in Dubai, UAE. Her engagements focus on new business models, MEA emerging markets’ expansion, growth and restructuring strategy and investment advisory. Claudia has spent 20 years in senior management in the pharmaceutical industry at Amgen and Novartis and in consulting at The Boston Consulting Group and booz & company across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Before setting up 55east in 2014, she led Strategic Planning and Operations for the Middle East and Africa region at Amgen.
Magnus Hedman Interview - Director Business Development & Marketing at Aurena Laboratories AB
Aurena business model is to offer support brand owners to launch innovative and competitive products with shortest possible time to market. We produce the product to companies around the world.