Portugal Rui Ferreira Dos Santos, country manager for Spanish pharmaceutical company, Almirall provides readers with an update on the company’s new medicines and how their global strategy to become dermatology specialists manifests itself in Portugal. Rui also sheds light on the challenging yet rewarding pharmaceutical landscape, where new managers can learn,…
Malta Dino Mangion, head of Malta Operations at Medichem-Combino Pharm, has been leading the company through the harmonization of operations between Medichem and Combino Pharm and explains his strategy to increase the synergies between the two sites as well as the key advantages of Malta for manufacturers. As Head of Malta…
Spain Jesus Aguilar Santamaria, president of the General Pharmaceutical Council of Spain (CGCOF) discusses the role of the council in the Spanish healthcare system, in addition to exploring the benefits of the recent digital changes to the sector and how these changes drive the Council to continue the improvement of the…
Pharma While the automotive and electronics industries, among others, have been relatively fast in adopting robotics, pharma has been lagging behind. However, as the technology available becomes more advanced, flexible and affordable, robotics now stands as a pivotal element to helping pharmaceutical companies reduce costs and increase efficiency, notably in the…
Malta Joanna Gatt, managing director at Vivian Corporation, describes the key strategic focus she has set for her family’s marketing & distribution company as well as the strong values and reputation Vivian Corporation has acquired with experience. Can you begin by introducing yourself and the main milestones of Vivian Corporation, one…
Portugal Carla Benedito, general manager of Shire Portugal, provides useful insight into the rare diseases landscape in Portugal. Carla discusses market access models for innovative and rare treatments, encouraging dialogue between industry and government, and the touching nature of working for a pharmaceutical company that knows all of its patients by…
UK Confirming Eisai’s commitment to keeping its EMEA headquarters in the UK, Gary Hendler, chairman and CEO EMEA, and Nick Burgin, COO and president of global value and access stress how the company is looking at Brexit as a glass half full. Eisai views Brexit as an opportunity to bring with…
Europe The top spenders on pharma R&D in Europe for 2015 were Switzerland – which spent over EUR 6.5 billion – followed by Germany – which spent EUR 6.2 billion – and the UK – which spent EUR 5.8 billion.
Cannabis While many Canadian medical cannabis outfits cover the entire value chain, from research and development through to manufacturing and distribution, others – such as Canopy Health and Tetra Bio-Pharma – are taking their cues from the biotechnology industry and strictly focusing on clinical trials. I believe that across the…
Pharma In May 2018, PharmaBoardroom’s readers were asked what they felt were the biggest new sources of disruption to the traditional pharma industry today. Options included 3D Bioprinting, blockchain storage, genomics and artificial intelligence. 3D Bioprinting As Figure 1 (below) shows, 11 percent of our survey respondents felt that 3D bioprinting…
Portugal Olga Insua, the new American general manager for Novo Nordisk Portugal, fresh off the plane from Spain, provides an exclusive insight into her impressive career at the company, the blending of business practices from Europe and New Jersey, and why patients should always be at the center of every process.…
Portugal Antonio Leão discusses Lilly Portugal’s sustained growth record in recent years, its ambition to introduce two new innovative treatments to the market every year until 2022, and their empowering approach when tackling market access hurdles. In suggesting improvements to the predictability of the pharmaceutical framework, Leão, soon to reach 30…
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