Dec 20 2010
Cegedim Relationship Management, the world's leading provider of Life Sciences-specific CRM solutions, today announced it has established its first office in Ukraine, as the company strengthen its relationship with and support of that country and the surrounding Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) .
“We are very pleased to grow our presence around the region”
In 2009, the total Ukraine pharmaceutical market value was $2.7 billion (public price level) with an expected growth of $0.5 billion in the coming five years. Foreign manufacturers' market share was 75.3%.
This new office is an important commitment that Cegedim Relationship Management is making to the biopharmaceutical industry, supporting companies to expand their commercial activities in this growing market.
"We are very pleased to grow our presence around the region", said Stefan Janssens, Cegedim Relationship Management President of Europe. "We are committed to working globally, regionally and locally with our customers. With the opening of our Kiev office, we look forward to support our customer's development goals. We have already started the deployment of our flagship CRM solution, Mobile Intelligence, in Ukraine, for one of the top three biopharmaceutical companies."
Lana Chubakha, will lead the office, reporting to Lucia Railean, General Manager in charge of Russia and the entire CIS region. Before joining Cegedim, Lana worked as business development director for five years at Terrasoft, a consulting company and CRM vendor. Prior to Terrasoft, Lana Chubakha spent six years at TNT Express Ukraine, first, as sales manager and then as Country Sales and Marketing director.
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Cegedim Relationship Management