Tagged with healthcare

USA The latest from US health care policy, including the Senate budget deal funding for a range of major health care priorities; Biden’s proposed Advanced Research Projects Agency that would reshape the government’s medical research efforts; the Senate Finance Chair’s proposal to lower prescription drug prices; the FDA’s internal investigation into…

Turkey The president of the Turkish Society of Cardiology, Mustafa Kemal Erol, discusses the prevalence of cardiovascular disease, which accounts for over a third of deaths in Turkey, the improvements made after the 2008 smoking ban, and their work with the healthcare industry and academia to raise awareness and bring the…

Turkey Turkey’s former Minister of Health, Bülent Akarcali, outlines the country’s healthcare system evolution over the past decades, comparing the improvements to the difference between a Ford Model T to a Tesla. In addition, he explains why medical tourism is and will continue to be a big business opportunity for Turkey…

Singapore Shiva Kannan, VP and Chief Information Officer for GE Healthcare in over 120 countries, discusses the company’s journey over the past few years and the company-wide digital transformation he has led the implementation of. Moreover, he explains why GE is looking at a subscription-based model for some of their hospital…

China In March 2018, German pharma player Boehringer Ingelheim (BI)‘s Consanas Rehabilitation and the Shanghai International Medical Center (SIMC) jointly established a Rehabilitation Medicine Center for stroke patients with the mission to bring and deliver German stroke rehabilitation treatment standards to patients in China.   According to Consanas Rehabilitation, there are…

USA PhRMA’s Stephen J. Ubl outlines two ways in which the new US presidency can help lower healthcare costs and why biopharmaceutical companies support changes to the system that can lower US patients’ out-of-pocket spending and continue to drive innovation.   By bringing an end to the pandemic and lowering out-of-pocket…

Switzerland As part of the Federal Department of Home Affairs, the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) is responsible for public health in Switzerland; developing the country’s health policy and working to create an efficient and affordable healthcare system in the long term. PharmaBoardroom recently sat down with the FOPH’s newly…

Switzerland Prof Dr Jürg Utzinger of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) outlines the organisation’s important role within the global health landscape, how Switzerland collaborates with low- and middle-income countries, the growing significance of data, and what lessons can be taken from the COVID-19 crisis.   In a…

Belgium The new Belgian government has moved to streamline its response to the COVID-19 crisis with the appointment of Pedro Facon, director general for health at Belgium’s Federal Public Service Health (FPSH) as ‘Corona Commissioner.’   In his novel new role, Facon will attempt to coordinate Belgium’s complex web of political…

Canada As the only country in the world to boast a universal healthcare system that does not cover prescription drugs, Canada has been struggling with the concept of ‘national pharmacare’ for a number of years now, with fierce advocates on both sides of the debate.   Canada [has] some of the…

India The USD 41 billion Indian pharma industry, the world’s third largest by volume and 13th largest by value, stands to grow by between 12 and 14 percent in the next three years, with exports predicted to grow by eight to 14 percent, according to a recent KPMG report.   The…

Global Dr Muhammad Ali Pate, Global Director for Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank as well as Director of the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents, reflects on the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic on the work that the global institution has been doing to promote…