Tagged with MENA

Saudi Arabia After almost two decades with MSD, Ashraf Mallak, managing director for the company in the GCC region, dives into the often-overlooked healthcare capabilities of the Gulf countries, including the fact that certain products approved by the US FDA can sometimes be available in the region in as little as one…

Saudi Arabia Medochemie’s Yasser Sabra gives a fascinating insight into the branded generic and value added medicine field today, including why the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to a reappraisal of medicine repurposing. Sabra also touches on the firm’s operations in the Middle East’s biggest market of Saudi Arabia, explaining why the Saudi…

Turkey Johnson & Jonhson Medical’s general manager for Turkey, Maghreb, Iran, and Sub-Saharan Africa, Refik Öner, speaks about the big potential for his region “as the global economic centre of gravity moves east,” and reflects on his two-decade career in consumer goods. Moreover, Refik explains how money collection issues are constraining…

MENA The Middle East and Africa (MEA) region is vast and is predominantly composed of emerging countries with varying levels of income and healthcare infrastructure. Here, three regional managers for pharma multinationals explain what MEA means to their global groups and their key areas of focus today.   Biogen: Awareness is…

Turkey General manager of Core Diagnostic at Abbott Turkey Yelda Ulu Colin highlights the company’s prominent role during the pandemic, including the launch of the first antibody serology testing solution just one month after the World Health Organization made an official pandemic declaration. In addition, she categorizes the government’s response to…

Saudi Arabia Khaled Harb, general manager of Saudi distributor Abdulrehman Algosaibi, highlights the changing distribution landscape in Saudi Arabia, the importance of offering comprehensive solutions that go beyond traditional services, what the updated role of procurement body NUPCO means for the industry, and shares his perspective on the Vision 2030 transformation.  …

UAE Amgen MEA’s Mohamed Nasser* examines the current pharma commercialisation model, posits how the entire healthcare ecosystem’s rapid and effective response to COVID-19 could be replicable in other disease areas, and makes his predictions for the industry’s future direction.   Probably more than at any other time in history, the last…

Saudi Arabia Biogen’s manager for the Middle East, Africa, Russia & CIS, Turkey (MART), Ajai Sulekh, discusses the company’s five-pillar strategy to expand its footprint in the region, the importance of its newly established technical & scientific office in Saudi Arabia, and why the Kingdom is part of “almost every discussion” about…

Saudi Arabia Aspen’s regional CEO for the Middle East, North Africa & Turkey, Daniel Vella Friggieri, provides insights into how the South African company’s federated model and decentralized management system translates into differentiated portfolios across regions and significant networks of local CMO partners. After more than five years with Aspen in the…

Turkey Over a decade ago, GE Healthcare selected Turkey as an international operational base for its Eastern and Africa Growth Markets (EAGM) and 84 countries are managed from Turkey today. Nael Dabbagh, general manager for the Middle East, Northeast Africa, Turkey, and Central Asia (MENEAT) region, comments on the global firm’s…

Saudi Arabia Kamel Ghammachi and Karim Smaira are the co-founders of Genpharm, an entrepreneurial success story that now provides market access and marketing solutions for rare disease products across the MENA region. They discuss the impact of COVID-19 on their business; the evolving dynamics of the Saudi pharma market; and the crucial…

Saudi Arabia Altibbi’s Ayman Sharaiha outlines the evolution of the company to date to become the largest digital health platform in MENA, explains how the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated telehealth adoption, and calls for increased innovative collaboration between pharmaceutical companies, health insurance companies and digital health companies.   A major global challenge…