“ Five of the 16 countries that together account for 85 percent of the growth of [GSK's emerging markets] region are from Latin America ”
In Conversation
“ The Mexican industry is going through a period of uncertainty, but I believe we will be in a better position in three or four years. Companies… ”
“ With many new governments in the region, we also expect to see changes to the healthcare environment in many of our countries. ”
“ ... if high drug prices are the problem – and this administration says that a lot – then generics and biosimilars are the solution. I think… ”
“ ... the Ichnos team has further accelerated our clinical stage pipeline in haematological malignancies to better position the firm and prepare it to host new investors… ”
“ I am a great believer in the US system and feel that there is a lot of misinformation about it. ”
“ The patient is ultimately the reason why we work in this industry, but historically the patient experience has tended to be sidelined ”
Navin Pinto – Attending Physician, Seattle Children’s Hospital; Associate Professor of Paediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine
“ A lot of work is going on to increase funding for paediatric cancer and many centres – mine included – are not necessarily waiting around for… ”
Claire Saxton – Vice President, Patient Experience & Lauren Kriegel – Helpline Community Navigator, Cancer Support Community
“ If companies bring in the patient perspective from the beginning, the insights they gain could make their clinical trial process go quicker and create a better… ”
“ CAR-T, which was touted as a game-changing curative treatment, has been the answer for some patients, but not all ”
Sam Volchenboum – Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Dean of Master’s Education, Associate Chief, Research Informatics Officer Associate Director, Institute for Translational Medicine, University of Chicago
“ There is great potential for improvement if pharma companies can use agreed-upon standards for collecting data and for data interoperability ”
“ We could accelerate knowledge, save more children, and position drugs for more indications if we were able to conduct research [in Latin America] ”