'India difficult place for biz, yet confident of progress'

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 24 Januari 2014 | 15.46

Merck Serono, the biopharmaceutical division of German firm Merck Darmstat, currently ranked 35th on the charts has emerged as the fastest growing multinational drug firm in India. Global CEO Stephaan Achma tells CNBC-TV18's Senthil Chengalvarayan that this growth spurt is just the beginning.

Below is the edited excerpt of the interview:

Q: Was it a conscious decision to remain small in India because a lot of MNC chiefs that I speak to off the record tell me that India is a difficult place to do business in?

A: India is a difficult place to do business in, but in today's world almost any place is difficult. We have a very good team in India and I am very confident that we will be making lot of progress and are actually growing very fast.

Q: Were you the fastest growing MNC in India last year?

A: We have been growing twice as fast as the market. We have important products to offer to the Indian healthcare system. We are catching up to some degree in India. For us, India is also attractive in the sense that there are many important scientific developments coming out of India, we have partnerships with quite a few Indian companies. We are sourcing technology.

Q: How do you react to certain policy decisions like doing clinical trials in India has suddenly become very difficult? Has that put a halt to your clinical trials in India?

A: It has made it much more difficult. We think that certain technicalities should be reviewed. We think it is a good initiative to strengthen patient protection. At the same time the technicalities of the law should be adapted to international standards.

Q: Have clinical trials come to halt in India?

A: We have deprioritised India as a research hub right now. We are waiting to see whether the regulations will be adapted to the international standards.



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