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Dominican Republic The Association of Representatives, Agents and Pharmaceutical Producers (ARAPF), represents 65 companies in the Dominican Republic, including big pharma companies like Pfizer, Bayer, Roche, GSK, Nestlé, Sanofi and Novartis. Its president, Henry Suárez, reflects on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s objective to expand its social security system…

Switzerland Pius Zängerle of curafutura, one of the two largest Swiss health insurers’ associations, explains the unique Swiss health insurance ecosystem and the main issues on his agenda for 2021 beyond the global pandemic.   As insurers, we want to see fair and affordable pricing, and we are willing to pay…

Switzerland Giorgio Calderari, the chairman of Farma Industria Ticino, the association of chemical and pharmaceutical industries in the Swiss canton of Ticino, explains how a region with a population of 350,000 has managed to create a turnover of over two billion dollars, excelling as an innovative hub. Furthermore, he analyzes the…

Singapore The SGC’s Dr Tim Philippi introduces the sizeable Singaporean-German trading relationship and the importance of healthcare and the life sciences within it. Dr Philippi also outlines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the SGC’s members and why Singapore remains the premier investment destination for European companies in Asia.  …

Switzerland Marcel Plattner, president of Swiss industry association vips discusses pricing, market access and innovation, as well as the continuing attractiveness of Switzerland as a pharmaceutical investment destination.   Attractive conditions must be maintained both for the large pharmaceutical companies – which are well established in Switzerland, but for which the…

Norway Small in terms of market size and without the historic life sciences footprint of neighbouring Sweden and Denmark, Norway nevertheless has excellent credentials as a pharmaceutical hub, with a top notch universal healthcare system, immaculate patient data registries, and high calibre research – especially in oncology – being carried out…

Switzerland Intergenerika’s Dr Axel B. Müller makes an impassioned case against the introduction of a reference pricing system in Switzerland, arguing that it would hurt not only the Swiss generics industry but, ultimately, patients. Dr Müller proposes an alternative way, leveraging the pre-existing system to generate healthcare savings, outlines the dynamics…

USA Ahead of the 2020 US National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)’s Rare Diseases and Orphan Products Breakthrough Summit, NORD president and CEO Peter L. Saltonstall outlines his hopes for the Summit, the impact of COVID-19 on the US rare disease community, and touches on the current reality and potential problems…

Norway Karita Bekkemellem of Norwegian pharma association LMI highlights her work building up the profile of the industry in Norway, the market access and pricing challenges facing her member companies, and the country’s enduring potential as a leading clinical trial destination.   Through diligent and long-term thinking, and building bridges and…

Switzerland scienceindustries’ Stephan Mumenthaler outlines the business-friendly regulation necessary to maintain Swiss life sciences’ competitive edge, how the country’s evolving relationship with the EU stands to impact the industry, and Switzerland’s progress on the road to full digitalisation and Pharma 2.0   What our members want is a good and stable…

Switzerland Interpharma CEO Dr René P Buholzer outlines the holistic strategy that needs to be put in place to maintain Switzerland’s leading position in innovation, market access and reimbursement challenges for new medicines, and why an open, globalised Europe is key for security of supply.   The challenge for the future…

Switzerland In a wide-ranging conversation, Martin Naville of AmCham Switzerland looks at the evolution of the Switzerland-US trade relationship and the importance of pharma within it, the pressing need for a free trade agreement between the two countries, and why Switzerland needs to “wake up” to remain globally competitive.   In…