Tagged with EALTH

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…

healthcare “Argentina’s health system is in agony” In March 2002, amidst an economic crisis and national healthcare emergency the then Minister of Health Gines Gonzales Garcia declared “Argentina’s health system is in agony… What is lacking is money, not drugs. Our country has the best pharmaceutical industry in Latin America. The…

investment Johannes Hauser, managing director of the German-Mexican Chamber of Commerce explains the role of the chamber in Mexico and encourages small and medium-sized companies in Germany to consider the country as a destination to expand their business. The German-Mexican Chamber of Commerce dates back to 1929. What are the Chamber’s…

health policy Healthcare coverage has gone a long way in Mexico after the implementation of the Seguro Popular in 2004 and today 57.3 million Mexicans are affiliated to the public health insurance scheme. The federal commissioner discusses the institution’s major milestones, its challenges and the efforts to ensure a better quality of…

healthcare Bae Byoung-Jun, director general of the Bureau of Health Industry at Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare, outlines the history and structure of the Korean healthcare system and highlights the country’s traits as a model for others to follow. What is the importance of foreign attractiveness as Korea becomes an…

healthcare The president of the Health Commission at the Senate and former vice minister for integration and development for the 2006-2011 administration talks about the importance of ensuring high-quality healthcare services and the initiative to create a national integrated healthcare system in Mexico. On which topics have you been working since…

adherence Adherence solutions company Atlantis Healthcare founded its Spanish affiliate in 2010. Ana Maria Arboleda, managing director, discusses adherence issues in Spain and efforts to ensure that patients remain committed to their medication treatment.   What was the inspiration for creating Atlantis Healthcare in Spain? 15 years ago, we had a…

health policy Recognized by the University of Pennsylvania as one of the top 30 think tanks in the world for health policy, FUNSALUD is committed to propose solutions to Mexico’s most important challenges with regard to healthcare. The recently appointed executive president discusses the current challenges of the sector and how the…

women's health Leandro Sigman, general manager of Chemo, discusses changes in the Spanish market and the company’s strategy to target international markets.   The crisis has changed the way companies operate in Spain, but Chemo has continued to succeed. What have been some of the key strategies employed? It has been a…

consumer healthcare GSK’s Consumer Healthcare’s regional manager for the southern cone discusses the countries longstanding commitment to the Argentinian consumer and how this history allows them to succeed in a country typically dominated by strong domestic brands.   There was recently a wave of M&A in Chile and elsewhere, do you see this…

UAE How quickly can a country truly transform its healthcare system, while making it sustainable for the future? The mindset of Emiratis is that anything that is feasible and beneficial for the country should and will be done, regardless of the cost. This is why health authorities have been moving at…