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Switzerland With two billion people globally – predominantly in low and middle-income countries – having little or no access to medicine, a select group of service providers have emerged to try and further dialogue between pharmaceutical companies, regulators, healthcare professionals and patients on the issue of expanding access to medicines. At…

Serbia Marija Krstic, general manager of GSK Serbia and Montenegro, discusses how the various positions she has undertaken during her 13-year career at GSK help inform her current role, the initiatives that GSK Serbia is involved in to increase access to innovative medicines for Serbian patients, and her push to ensure…

Brazil Jun Eguti, general manager of Grünenthal Brazil, highlights the global transformation Grünenthal has undergone in the past two years, the huge potential the Brazilian affiliate has to become one of the largest in LatAm and the exciting product pipeline the affiliate has in Pain Management, Women’s Health, CNS and Gout…

India A passionate advocate for Indian patients, Sanjiv Navangul, managing director of Janssen India, discusses the company’s public health work in the field of tuberculosis (TB) and multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) in support of the Government of India’s efforts to end TB, including providing access to novel drug bedaquiline, initiating a…

Lithuania Kristina Garuoliene, vice minister at the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania, explains the cornerstones behind the new National Drug Policy approved in August 2017, the commitment of the Ministry to ensuring Lithuanian patients have access to the latest high-quality medicines regardless of their location or spending power.…

Brazil Paulo Henrique Fraccaro, superintendent of the Brazilian Medical and Dental Devices Manufacturers Association (ABIMO), describes the central role of the association within the Brazilian medtech industry, the phenomenal potential of Brazil’s medtech sector for companies choosing to establish a production facility in Brazil and the importance of increased efficiency and…

India Amit Mookim, IQVIA’s general manager for South Asia, discusses the major trends impacting the Indian pharmaceutical market and how Indian companies are rethinking their commercial strategies and becoming more specialized to reach sophisticated international markets. Mr. Mookim, could you give our international readers a brief introduction of IQVIA and explain…

Poland Stefan Buguslawski, president of PEX Pharmasequence, a leading Polish healthcare consultancy and market research company, highlights the current obstacles facing the Polish healthcare market and the dynamics of the domestic pharmaceutical industry. He also discusses the innovative services they provide and how their offering will develop in the future. As…

Lithuania Leonas Kalėtinas, executive director at the Lithuanian Innovative Pharmaceutical Industry Association (IFPA), explains the main dynamics impacting the innovative pharmaceutical industry in the country as well as some initiatives developed in collaboration with the national government to continue driving the Lithuanian pharmaceutical sector moving forward. In 2014, the industry signed…

Poland Piotr Ponikowski, president of the Polish Cardiac Society, discusses the positive steps Poland is taking to construct an effective program against cardiovascular disease as well as the importance of a structured national prevention strategy. Furthermore, he highlights the importance of the Society acting as a partner with the entire value…

Switzerland Alessandro di Napoli, CEO of Swiss family-owned pharmaceutical group, TRB Chemedica, discusses the company’s focus on the rheumatology, ophthalmology and neurology niches and the importance of ‘Swissness’ within its internationalization process. TRB Chemedica is a family business set up by your father Guido in 1980, now counting 700 employees globally…

Lithuania Šarūnas Narbutas, president at the Lithuanian Cancer Patients’ Coalition (POLA), explains the role of patients in shaping the Lithuanian healthcare system as well as the importance of having an integral approach when discussing with healthcare stakeholders to drive progress in the country. You hold a number of roles in different…