“ "Despite constraints faced by the industry through reimbursement reforms that have recently been put in place, Austria enhances innovation by giving companies opportunities for early launches." ”
In Conversation
Interview: Jakob Falur Gardarsson – General Manager, Frumtök, the Icelandic Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry
“ "There are three main areas [of concern for our members]: transparency, pricing and access." ”
“ Roman Gladkyi, general manager of Ferring Ukraine, describes the current opportunities and areas for improvement he identifies within Ukraine’s pharmaceutical market and the country’s evolving heath… ”
Interview: Christoph Zielinski – Head of the Organizational Unit, Comprehensive Cancer Center of Vienna, Austria
“ "Overall, we are a major success story thanks to our unique interdisciplinarity concept of research, combining experts from many different fields, such as basic science, medical… ”
Interview: Harald Isemann – Chairman, Vienna Biocenter (VBC) & Managing Director, Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Austria
“ "The VBC – some might say - is a mini city, with more than 1700 employees and 1300 students of 65 nationalities." ”
“ "In Ukraine, 97 per cent of our sales come from the retail, out-of-pocket market. Despite the competition of cheaper local generics in some areas, we have… ”
“ "We have invested more than $5 million into construction of our own pharmaceutical facility that will be certified by the European GMP standards and will, according… ”
“ "We live in a changing world with a lot of challenges. Nowadays, manufacturers are not only suppliers, but also customers with specific needs." ”
“ "Our objective is to register up to 20 new medicines annually." ”
“ "My main mission when I took over the helm of the Ukrainian affiliate was to rapidly increase the affiliate’s profitability" ”
“ "My first focus was then to start from the basis and set up the strategic tools we were lacking of." ”
“ "The true core of our company has always been its scientific expertise." ”