“ In all of Kyowa Kirin’s daily activities we have a focus on people, both internal and external, and our aim is always to make people smile,… ”
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“ Due to the nature of our products, the pandemic represented a huge surge in demand for us ”
“ Spain has an extraordinary talent base from which to choose, as well as state-of-the-art universities ”
“ One in ten generics prescriptions in Spain – more than half of what retail pharmacies dispense to patients – are Teva products ”
“ [Advanced] therapies are complex, difficult, and have a huge public health impact, which means that the development and approval process is long and challenging ”
Margarita Alfonsel – General Secretary, Spanish Federation of Healthcare Technology Companies (Fenin)
“ The pandemic has put [the medtech] sector in the spotlight, and we have shown that we are an innovative and committed industry ”
“ While the performance of the Spanish R&I system still lags behind the EU average in many indicators, its biotech ecosystem has been able to mature, growing… ”
“ We will continue to focus on executing our strategy as precisely as possible, working closely with patient organisations, HCPs, regulators, payers and other relevant stakeholders to… ”
“ The market share of biosimilars in Spain has been increasing but the returns on investment have decreased steadily ”
“ In retrospect, putting all our resources and efforts into becoming one of the best vaccine developers in the world has made HIPRA a great organisation ”
“ Challenges translate into opportunity for action which can in turn increase efficiency ”
“ Catalonia is special for the heterogeneity of its ecosystem. The region has excellent research centres with results that are competitive with the rest of Europe ”