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Brazil Cesar Rengifo, senior vice president and area director Emerging Markets West at GSK, the fastest growing multinational company in both Brazil and Latin America, discusses the perfect match between GSK’s product portfolio and the region’s healthcare needs as well as the opportunities it entails for the company and Latin America’s…

India Satish Kumar Singh (managing director) & Shashi Shekhar Kumar (vice president International Business) from M/s Cachet Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd., discuss their success with special reference to marketing, distribution and operating strategies for non-regulated markets. M/s Cachet Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd. is a subsidiary of M/s Alkem Laboratories Ltd. Mr. Singh, before…

Serbia CEO of Health Watch Swiss and general manager at Protonmed Serbia, Themis Moustakas has built a quality company thanks to Swiss practices and an entrepreneurial spirit over the last four years. Moustakas reveals how to best approach the mercurial Serbian market, the trick to bidding on government tenders, and how…

India A nationwide renowned neonatologist and member of the High Level Expert Group on Universal Health Coverage, NITI Aayog’s medical expert, Dr. Vinod K. Paul introduces the work that the government institution has been carrying out to improve India’s healthcare system since its creation in 2015 and discussed how India is…

India Newly appointed commissioner of the Food & Drugs Administration (FDA) of the Indian state of Maharashtra, Dr. Pallavi Darade, shares her objectives to further consolidate the FDA’s positioning as a transparent, efficient and trusted regulatory institution by involving the industry in any consultation and make them an integral part of…

Canada Mark Nawacki, CEO and co-founder of Searchlight Pharma, affirms the company’s dedication to women’s health through a modern approach to current market trends. He underlines the company’s commitment to productive collaborations with healthcare professionals and industry partners and its aspiration to bring life-changing innovations to Canadian patients. Mark, can you…

Poland Jakub Szulc, director of life sciences at EY Poland, discusses the exciting opportunities that exist within the healthcare sector in the flourishing Polish economy and the overriding need to increase healthcare spending as the nation prepares for demographic changes in the future. Furthermore, he highlights the innovative services EY provides…

Brazil Leandro Pinheiro Safatle, executive secretary of the Brazilian Drug Market Regulation Chamber (CMED) explains why pharmaceuticals was the only sector to have resisted the country’s recent recession, the role that CMED has played in stabilizing the price evolution of medicines in Brazil, and the importance of increasing the regulatory framework’s…

India With the Indian public healthcare apparatus straining at the seams to provide affordable access to treatments to the country’s vast population, two pioneering pharmaceutical multinationals – Novartis and Janssen – have stepped up with innovative initiatives to fill the gaps. “Economists such as Michael Porter see Arogya Parivar as a…

Serbia Ronald Seeliger, CEO of Hemofarm group, arrived in Serbia during turbulent times in CEE. Following a strict program of reinvestment, local expertise, and innovative strategies, Hemofarm surged forwards, developing into the pharmaceutical powerhouse that we see today. In this interview in the newly renovated offices in Belgrade, Seeliger sheds light…

India Kanchana TK, director general of the Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI), the association which represents the interests of research-based pharmaceutical companies in India, discusses regulatory reform and how OPPI is helping to shape the Indian healthcare system. Please introduce yourself to our international readers and your journey to…

Japan Number of consultations for drugs in Japan by category in 2016. Oncology drugs leads the way, followed by gastrointestinal drugs and respiratory tract drugs. The launch of new medicines for major non-communicable diseases in Japan from 2004-2016 in terms of both applications and approvals. Regenerative medicine product approvals in Japan…