Tagged with Belgium

Belgium Chantal Depondt, president of the Belgian Neurological Society (BNS), introduces the mission of the professional association and offers her insights into the healthcare and research dynamics surrounding neurological diseases. Depondt also delivers a clear message about the importance of continued public and private investments in basic research to foster new…

Belgium Javier Aracil, country manager of Allergan in Belgium and Luxembourg, introduces the priorities and objectives as he set as he entered his first country manager position coming from holding key international positions in commercial, pricing, and market access within the company. As a newcomer to Belgium, Aracil highlights the particularities…

Belgium Isabelle De Walsche, managing director of Gedeon Richter in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg gives an update on the affiliate’s development since its establishment in 2012. De Waslche goes on to speak about the unique cluster dynamic which comes with managing the three markets and also highlights her priorities to…

Belgium In its ruling of 30 January 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) has clarified for the first time the criteria governing whether a reverse payment settlement agreement concerning a dispute between the holder of a pharmaceutical patent (‘originator’) and a manufacturer of generic medicines (‘generic’) is…

Belgium The top 20 pharma companies in Belgium ranked by revenue for the financial year 2019. EG Generics is way out in front with EUR 210 million in revenue, followed by Novartis Pharma and Janssen-Cilag.   Made with Visme Infographic Maker   The top 20 pharma companies in Belgium ranked by…

Belgium Luxembourg Brecht Vanneste, associate VP and managing director of MSD in Belgium and Luxembourg, highlights the strategic significance of the affiliate as an important location for early-stage clinical trials and home to the company’s Heist-op-den-Berg production facility, a key manufacturing site for the global group. Vanneste delivers a strong message about…

Belgium Teun Grooters, co-founder and CEO of Arega – the exclusive distributor of Teva generics in Belgium – tells the story of the newly founded pharmaceutical company and shares his future ambitions to grow the organization into a multinational player delivering comprehensive solutions in areas with unmet medical needs. Grooters also…

Belgium Belgian Former Minister of Social Affairs, Public Health and Asylum & Migration Maggie de Block outlines some of the key reforms her Ministry has rolled out since she took office in 2014 and the urgent changes to Belgian healthcare that still need to take place.   Along with the Netherlands,…

Belgium On 3 February 2020 the Act of 20 December 2019 amending various legal provisions concerning shortages of medicinal products was published in the Official Gazette. Except for Articles 2 and 4, which entered into force on 31 January 2020, the act’s provisions entered into force on 13 February 2020. In our view, the…

Belgium Frank Swaelens, general manager of IQVIA in Belgium and Luxembourg, offers insights into the healthcare and life science ecosystem of Belgium and highlights the opportunities that exist for the country in innovation and digitalization. Swaelens goes on to describe the collaborative role that IQVIA can play as a human data…

Belgium Françoise Smets, dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), introduces the innovation and research capacity of the institution as the top-ranking French-speaking university in Belgium. Smets goes on to give her assessment of the Belgian academic landscape and shares the importance of the…

Belgium Teva Pharma Belgium’s Eric Deschepper outlines how the global group’s restructuring has impacted its Belgian operations, its realignment from a pure generics to a specialty pharma player, and how the company is uniquely positioned to help Belgium achieve its healthcare goals.   We are in fact on both sides of…