Healthcare Magazine April 2015 | Page 147

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team of buyers and a coordinator . Among the main companies are GSK , Takeda , MSD , Nortec Quimica and Wanbury .
OPERATIONS Aspen Pharma Brazil ’ s main goal is to supply the international market . However , it also wants to ensure the group ’ s expansion into Latin America , with a focus on growth through global acquisitions with other multinationals . The company has received investments conferring greater competitiveness in infrastructure and its product portfolio .
Among the business units of the Brazilian subsidiary are prescription products , herbal remedies , SNC and OTC . The main brands

“ In a recent continuous improvement project , we achieved 40 reduction of time spent in one of the stages of the manufacturing process which resulted in the optimization of productive capacity ”

– CEO , Alexandre França
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