When Mark Samuels took over leadership of the BGMA earlier this year, he was immediately forced to grapple with the twin pressures of Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic. However, he tells Generics Bulletin in an exclusive interview, the UK off-patent industry has succeeded in maintaining supply against this difficult backdrop and deserves a more coherent government strategy to support the sector.
When Mark Samuels took over as CEO of the British Generic Manufacturers Association in early 2021, it was something of a baptism of fire for the former Roche executive.
Forced to grapple with the combined pressures of the UK’s formal withdrawal from the EU medicines framework and the ongoing...