Tagged with health

Siemens Siemens is the only company that covers the entire spectrum of diagnostics. The vice president of the healthcare division for Mesoamerica discusses the recent challenges the Mexican market has posed to med tech companies and its optimistic views for the coming years.     You were appointed VP Healthcare Mesoamerica…

ministry of health Walter Vigo, general coordinator of Parsalud, discusses the intertwining of traditional Andean methods of healthcare with more modern ones, and the organization’s commitment to helping mothers and newborns throughout Peru.   You are a medical doctor by profession – how did you come to lead Parsalud? I am a medical…

biotech As in human health, innovation is key in the animal health industry. The CEO and second generation at the head of Tornel presents the company’s most important milestones since its establishment back in 1976, how the Group started export operations to the Middle East as well as how it is collaborating…

universal healthcare Healthcare is one of the next items on President Peña Nieto’s busy agenda. The objective: moving Mexico towards universal healthcare coverage. The initiative was started at the beginning of 2000 by the previous government with the objective of ensuring in the long term that “any Mexican – employed or unemployed…

MoH Dr. José Angel Cordova Villalobos shares his experience as former Minister of Health and illustrates how the unification of today’s fragmented healthcare system is the only way to provide effective healthcare to the Mexican population and how prevention is key to tackle the increasing challenges the country is facing due…

access Healthcare should not be seen as an expenditure, but rather as an investment. Mexico’s former minister of health and current dean at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health discusses how Mexico is moving towards effective universal coverage, the challenges the system is facing and the issues that remain.…

medical devices Mr Carlos Jimenez of B. Braun Aesculap sat down with us and shared his personal beliefs on Mexico’s market potential for medical equipment, how the country can create more momentum for the healthcare industry and the ethics and ethos of the company. What have been your milestones and challenges since…

healthcare The co-president of a research group dedicated to Euro-Mediterranean health sector issues analyses commonalities across the North African region and calls for a coordinated response to shared challenges. He also delivers a comparative assessment of the Algerian market. What is your opinion about the evolution of the Algerian pharmaceutical industry and…

healthcare The general manager for Cegedim Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean discusses how the company is diversifying its product portfolio to tap into new business segments and attend new clients in the ever-changing Mexican healthcare market. What are some of the most important trends that are taking place in the…

hospitals Representatives from a French/Austrian consortium that has just been awarded a contract to construct a new University Hospital Centre in Constantine reveal why this sort of turnkey project is highly innovative and represents a landmark moment in the history of Algerian healthcare. Could you please start by introducing your consortium…

healthcare ‘Health is the milestone of any society’. The former minister of health and former dean of Mexico’s most important university discusses the vision behind the creation of thought-leading institutions such as FUNSALUD and Inmegen, his perspective about the upcoming healthcare reform and the challenges to overcome. You are one of…

pricing Daniel Varde, Deloitte’s top consultant for the healthcare and life sciences sector in Latin America, discusses the interaction of global, Latin American, and Argentinian healthcare trends, and strategic techniques for optimizing a pharmaceutical firm’s performance in Argentina’s price-controlled, high inflation market. With the current inflationary pressures to reduce costs, why…