Tagged with HE

Greece Vassilios Katsos, President & CEO of Pharmathen, articulates the philosophy that has led to the company’s strong market positioning: innovation, internationalization and investment. Based on this triumvirate of strategies, he describes Pharmathen’s ability to keep pace with the global market while maintaining a focus on R&D and operational excellence. As one…

Ireland Brendan McAtamney, CEO of UDG Healthcare, details the company’s impressive growth in recent years, particularly in North America, across both their Sharp and Ashfield business units. He also expands on the company’s proactive M&A strategy as well as his vision for UDG Healthcare in the coming years. You were appointed…

Mexico Maarten Pouw, business unit director of Mexico and Latin America at DSM Sinochem Pharmaceuticals, explains the crucial role that sustainable antibiotics play in combating antimicrobial resistance and showcases the company’s region-wide commitment to offering reliable, compliant and sustainable APIs. Could you please introduce to our international audience the key activities…

USA While pledging to lower drug prices has proved popular, the Trump administration’s proposed FDA reform has been getting some pharmaceutical executives worried. In a meeting with Big Pharma CEOs at the end of January; US President Donald Trump called for drug prices to be lowered, US production of medicines to…

Switzerland Niche generics manufacturer Rivopharm was nearly bankrupt when acquired by current president and CEO Piero Poli in 2005; he explains the changes and strategy he put in place to drive the company to over 5x growth in the last 12 years while successfully bringing the first generics of several niche…

Ireland Much like the Irish sport of hurling, conducting R&D in Ireland is something often overlooked – unfairly, as proponents would say. Ireland has always faced a number of intrinsic hurdles in this space, not least the small patient population and more recently, the economic crisis, which forced the Irish healthcare…

Greece General Manager of the Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies (SFEE), Mihalis Himonas speaks about his role spearheading Greece’s main pharma association, the contribution of the pharma industry to GDP, market access challenges, and solutions for creating a sustainable healthcare environment. As the organization representing the united voice of the pharmaceutical…

Taiwan Jonas Wang Ph.D., Chairman and CEO of StemCyte, a global leader in Regenerative Therapy field including cell processing and transplantation located in the US, Taiwan, and India, provides us with an overview of the impressive phase II results recently received by its breakthrough regenerative therapy for spinal cord injury. While…

Ireland Sorcha McKenna, Partner at McKinsey & Company in Ireland, discusses the current trends in the Irish healthcare and life sciences sector, the potential behind both tech and integrated care for the industry, as well as some of the biggest evolutions she has seen during her 14-year career with the company.…

Philippines Ramon Aristoza, acting President and CEO of PhilHealth, discusses the current challenges the organization is facing in terms of realizing the goal of universal healthcare for the Filipino population, their strategies moving forward, as well as the successes the program has seen over the years. He also discusses the need…

Philippines The election of maverick former mayor of Davao, Rodrigo Duterte to the Filipino presidency in May 2016 represented a dramatic departure from politics as usual and raised interesting questions about future health policy in south East Asia’s second most populous country. “A human approach to development that leaves no citizen…

Philippines Basic Philippines country facts The Philippines is among the world’s fastest growing economies. The Philippines’ economic performance for 2016 was steady, with GDP up almost a whole percentage point on 2015. Most of the Philippines’ wealth is centred in the capital Manila, with other, more rural areas, significantly poorer. The…