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The in-house team at Productos Roche continues to impress leading the Colombian subsidiary of the global healthcare producers’ industry leading research, clinical trials and diagnostic products. The company has focused on the treatment of diabetes as well as pharmaceuticals and diagnostic care. The legal department has been redesigned to separate the pharmaceutical and diagnostic diabetes care duties to match this focus. Other highlights have included the team’s work on clinical trials, the divestment of mature products to other pharmaceutical companies, and the support in launching new company products. The team also plays an important compliance function to support the firm’s clinical trials and participation in tenders. The five person in-house team is expertly led by Johanna Cifuentes, legal and compliance director for pharmaceuticals, diagnostics and diabetes care and includes compliance leader for pharmaceuticals Simon Valenzuela, legal and compliance specialist for pharmaceuticals Juan Pablo Tirado, legal compliance coordinator for diagnostics and diabetes care Stefany Cordoba, and administrative assistant Alexandra Amador. Cifuentes highlights that the team is ‘here to make things happen. We are perceived as part of the business because we play a seminal role in the decision-taking process. I am part of the local executive committee, and this has enabled us to be aware of everything that happens in the company, and to focus our endeavours in achieving company’s goals’.