Pharma Luigi Boggio, President of Assobiomedica, the association representing the medtech industry, and MD of B. Braun Italy, calls on the Italian government to implement a national system that measures the impact of medtech innovations. What are the exact activities of Assobiomedica and what are your main priorities as President? The…
Pharma In an exclusive interview at the eyeforpharma Barcelona Summit 2016, Janssen EMEA’s Jane Griffiths speaks out about patient-centricity, sustainability and the dawning of a new world of healthcare. What’s been keeping you most busy in recent months? We have, for the third consecutive year, topped IDEA Pharma’s Productive Innovation Index (PII), which…
Pharma Family-owned Laboratori Baldacci is something of a rare breed in an industry dominated by multinational players. The senior research manager discusses the history of the company as well as how it plans to leverage its portfolio of innovative products and internationalization to drive growth in future. Could you please provide…
Pharma The dynamic Director of ESCP Europe’s Master in Biopharmaceutical Management talks about being the reference higher education institution for programs catering to the biopharma sector, plans for more international visibility, and some notable alumni of the university’s executive level curriculum. ESCP Europe appears to have a special connection to the…
Pharma Leo de Haan of Aurobindo discusses how to maintain a profitable business in times of rock-bottom generics prices in the Netherlands, the resulting second pillar of specialty products for the company and the growth ambitions for the affiliate over the next few years. You have extensive experience in the generics…
Pharma CreaPharm Group’s CEO, Eric Placet, discusses the creation of his company, ambitions for growth, and the lessons learned throughout his leadership. He also emphasizes the relevance of the size of the business in optimizing performance. For the last 20 years, you have built the CreaPharm Group to the success that…
Pharma Jan Pelle Mariëtte van der Velden-Roesink Jan Pelle (JP) and Mariëtte van der Velden-Roesink (MDR) of the Brabant Development Agency (BOM) explain how they strive to offer “red-carpet treatment” to foreign investors and local companies to ultimately strengthen a life sciences eco-system based on open innovation and interdisciplinarity. As an…
Pharma Despite lacking a national champion to bolster its innovative eco-system since the 2007 acquisition of Organon by Schering Plough, the Netherlands nevertheless still sits in fourth position on the 2015 Global Innovation Index. For the healthcare sector, the country’s innovation is notably propelled by a myriad of local success-stories, and…
Pharma Carlos Jaime, Head of Samsung’s Health & Medical Equipment Division, France, explains why the future of healthcare is in mobile technology and communications, and how Samsung’s expertise in “digital transformations” position the company as a catalyst for change in the industry. The mobile health solution industry is clearly a major…
Pharma In an exclusive discussion with Focus Reports, Egyptian Minister of Health, Dr. Ahmed El Din Rady sets out his blueprint for improving the nation’s welfare and securing positive public health outcomes with a 4-point plan based on human capital development, accessibility, countering hepatitis C, and large-scale infrastructural intervention. My foremost…
Pharma Laurent Levy, CEO at Nanobiotix, is leading the way in nanomedicine with new market-disruptive developments, establishing a growing presence in European and global research labs and pushing back the frontiers in healthcare, for the industry and for patients. What is the main focus of your work at Nanobiotix, a company you co-founded 12 years ago,…
Pharma Ten years after his first interview with Focus Reports, Wafik Bardissi discusses Minapharm’s position as the leading biosimilar manufacturer in the Middle East. Has Egypt taken steps to incentivize the development or registration of biosimilar products? At present, more attention is required in Egypt to promote biosimilar development or encourage the registration of…
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