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Indonesia Honesti Basyir, president director at Kimia Farma, explains the transition towards digitalization in the healthcare industry and his plans to take Kimia Farma from the top six to the top three in the Indonesian pharmaceutical industry by 2019. Mr. Honesti, you were appointed president director of Kimia Farma in April…

Indonesia Jonathan Sudharta, member of the the Board of Directors at Mensa Group, shares insights on the vertical integration strategy of Mensa to offer an end-to-end solution as well as shows how the new investment in Halodoc – a disruptive healthcare mobile application – will help the group to be closer…

Switzerland Vicky Levy, head of life sciences and healthcare at Deloitte Switzerland provides a fascinating insight into the life sciences sectors on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean whilst also detailing Deloitte’s aspirations and the latest innovations in Switzerland.   Having spent the majority of your life science consulting career in…

Indonesia Airlangga Hartarto, Indonesia’s minister of industry, explains the Ministry’s commitment to talent pool development, economic capital availability, and technology implementation within the national industrial landscape. Furthermore, he highlights the role of the governmental institution to create a positive ecosystem between the public and private stakeholders playing a role in the…

Colombia Jaime Calderon, CEO of IETS and with an extensive clinical background and deep understanding of the Colombian healthcare sector, shares IETS’ role in advancing the healthcare landscape while promoting superior standards and taking into account the concerns of the population and industry stakeholders. You were appointed CEO of IETS in…

Indonesia Prof. Dr. dr. Fachmi Idris, M.Kes, president director at BPJS Kesehatan explains the evolution of the Universal Healthcare coverage program of Indonesia (JKN-KIS), the challenges inherent in its implementation, and the Indonesian government’s commitment to overcoming them. Dr. Fachmi, can you briefly introduce the main activities and responsibilities of BPJS…

Indonesia Christian Eberle, president director at APL, explains the challenges and opportunities within the Indonesian healthcare distribution arena as well as the company’s strategy to bring more high-quality medicines to patients over the next two years. After over two years as CEO of APL, could you provide us with an overview…

Colombia Mariella Soto, QuintilesIMS’ country manager for Colombia, has been working in the pharmaceutical-related industry for over 25 years. She explains how her previous experience as a pharmaceutical executive is helping her to develop customer-focused services with QuintilesIMS and the company’s latest innovations in data mining and analysis. You have a…

Indonesia Djonny Hartono Tjahyadi, president director at Enseval, explains the challenges and opportunities within the Indonesian healthcare logistics and distribution arena and his vision to ensure that the company obtains a sustainable double-digit growth level. Can you briefly introduce Enseval’s main activities and responsibilities? “Enseval is the largest distributor in Indonesia…

Ukraine Tetyana Dumenko, director of the State Expert Center (SEC) of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the regulatory agency responsible for product registration, pre-clinical studies and clinical trials approval and pharmacovigilance, provides insights into some of her initial achievements since taking the position and her main strategic priorities to further…

Indonesia Wiwy Sasongko, MD at QuintilesIMS Indonesia, describes his efforts to continuously improve the services provided to his clients and explains the revolution that the universal healthcare coverage program in Indonesia (JKN) is creating in the domestic healthcare industry. The merger of Quintiles and IMS was completed in October 2016. How…

Colombia Executive president of ACEMI (La Asociación Colombiana de Empresas de Medicina Integral), Jaime Arias, discusses fostering the constructive participation of all actors in the Colombian healthcare sector and the challenges that need to be addressed to develop the sustainability of the healthcare system in the long-term. Could you explain ACEMI’s…