Tagged with EALTH

Pharma Kees Smaling, Managing Director of Siemens Healthcare, which recently completed its first Dutch (and European) hospital financing, explains the strategic thinking that sustains Siemens’ shift to become a more comprehensive healthcare partner, and its expectations to further develop data management in the Netherlands. Siemens recently shifted its business model towards…

Pharma With a large and growing population, and significant domestic health needs, Lilly Egypt general manager Ozkan Ozdogan sees many opportunities for various stakeholders to serve patients, and is focusing on improving healthcare practitioners’ ability to better train diabetes patients to manage their condition.    After 14 years with Lilly Turkey in…

Pharma The head of KPMG’s life science division in Africa, Joubert Krugel, discusses the current state of South Africa’s healthcare system, the imminent trends taking place, and how the business community can improve the nature of collaboration with public stakeholders to increase widespread access to quality care in the country. How would…

Pharma Floris Van Haselen, Business Development Director Europe for O&M Movianto, one of the rare logistics companies to be fully specialized and to only operate in the healthcare sector, explains how the company wants to help its customers bring their products closer to the “Point of Care” thanks to its flexibility and expertise. With…

Pharma Christophe Lala, general manager of Western Europe at GE Healthcare, reveals how today the challenge is to ensure that all patients in France have access to the same medical pathway; how the future of medicine lies in early diagnosis and individually tailored treatments, what is known as personalized medicine; and…

Health Although the country is moving in the right direction with regards to universal coverage, a number of barriers to effective implementation remain. 57.3 million previously uninsured Mexicans are now enrolled in Seguro Popular Gabriel O’Shea, Seguro Popular Healthcare is one of the next items on President Peña Nieto’s busy agenda.…

Pharmaceuticals Marius Fourie highlights implications of the recent merger between the company’s two subsidiaries and the unparalleled levels of value and service the consolidated organization will offer. He also illustrates the affiliate’s strategies in navigating the country’s dual-model healthcare system and the ways in which effective education and training can benefit all stakeholders…

Pharma Pharmaceuticals Isabelle de Walsche, Managing Director of Gedeon Richter Benelux, provides us with an update on the development of this striving and ambitious player in the women’s healthcare field and shares her multi-country experience in market access and innovation perception. The Gedeon Richter Benelux affiliate only opened in 2012. What were…

France The recently appointed general manager of Galderma France, reveals the company’s ambitious objective for the next ten years: to increase sales from two to ten billion Euros (2.18 billion USD to 10.9 billion USD). Mr Mosse talks about their strategy to expand beyond the traditional dermatology prescription market and explore opportunities…

Pharma Today’s global interconnectedness requires fast and reliable delivery of goods. DHL Thailand and Indochina Managing Director, Chananyarak Phetcharat, explains the global-reaching organization’s strategy to facilitate safe and dependable delivery of healthcare products, the organization’s unique ability to adapt to local policies and her ambitious vision for the development of DHL…

Thailand Thailand’s healthcare system has been a shining example to its neighbours and ensures all Thai citizens have access to nearly-free basic coverage. However, the system has strained public finances and will be affected by a loosening of the state monopoly on pharma sales. This signals a new era in the…

Thailand Thailand, with its modern and relatively cheap healthcare, has become a major destination for medical tourism. This trend brings billions of dollars into the Thai economy but the higher wages on offer in the private sector lure medical professionals away from the already overburdened public sector. A tax on medical…