Dr.Turan is a Senior Executive in Pharmaceutical and Biotech Industry, with a broad international and corporate experience spanning over Turkey, USA, South Korea, South East Asia, Russia, Israel, Iran, Central Asia, and Vietnam markets. A Medical Doctor who further studied Business Management, he has more than 25 years of experience in a broad range of roles in pharmaceutical and vaccines industry, including global corporate functions and country/cluster management.
He has an extensive international experience on Market Access, Business Development, Public Policy, Alliance Management, Technology Transfer projects, Public-Private-Partnerships and Joint Ventures and has been a speaker in many national and international events on such topics.
After graduating from Medical School of Ege University, Emin started his career in Hoechst as Medical Advisor. He later joined Organon initially as a Product Manager and then the National Sales Manager, during which period he also obtained a Business Management degree from the joint Program of Marmara and Maine Universities.
He joined Sanofi Pasteur in 1999 as Head of Sales and Marketing for Turkey, holding this position for four years. He then moved to the company’s corporate headquarters in United States as Influenza Vaccines Global Franchise Leader. In 2007 Turan was appointed as General Manager of Korea, then after moving to Bangkok as Managing Director of Thailand/Myanmar/Laos cluster. In 2014, he moved to Istanbul and Head of Turkey-Eurasia Region for Sanofi Pasteur, covering 14 countries with full strategic and operational responsibility. Since July 2020, Turan is working as General Manager of General Medicines Indochina MCO (Multi-Country Organization) and Country Chair of Sanofi Vietnam.
Dr. Turan has authored the Localization Policies and Technology Transfer Section of the Vaccines Book published in Turkey (ISBN: 978-605-7874-42-9).