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Switzerland Jürg Utzinger, Director of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), addresses global health challenges, the significance of partnerships and the impact of new technologies on health outcomes. He states, “Our mission is to make the world a healthier place, focusing on topics such as climate change, infectious…

Switzerland Martine Ruggli discusses the evolving role of pharmacists in Switzerland’s healthcare system, addressing challenges and opportunities in digitalization, drug shortages, and regulatory reforms, as well as the need to leverage pharmacists’ expertise more broadly.   Investing in and empowering pharmacists is essential for improving the quality, accessibility, and efficiency of…

Switzerland Lucas Schalch of Intergenerika examines the challenges confronting Switzerland’s generic and biosimilar sectors, such as high production costs and changing regulations. Schalch underscores the importance of maintaining a favourable economic environment for these industries.   We must work together to sustain a healthy and competitive market, ensuring that the generic…

Switzerland Switzerland, home to industry giants like Novartis and Roche, boasts a thriving pharma industry that generates some seven percent of the country’s GDP, as well as a flourishing biotech scene. However, all is not so well in Switzerland’s domestic healthcare landscape, where surging insurance premiums and drug costs mean that…

Global One of the doyens of European biotech is stepping back from general management. Jean-Paul Clozel founded rare disease focused Actelion along with his wife Martine Clozel in 1997, a company that went on to become publicly traded and launch three blockbuster drugs. The Clozels then sold up to J&J for…

Switzerland The latest news from Swiss pharma and biotech including a new CEO appointment for leading CDMO Lonza, promising Phase III readouts from Novartis’ latest leukaemia drug at ASCO, Roche’s pivot to obesity, and why the Swiss industry is betting big on artificial intelligence.   Lonza appoints Wolfgang Wienand as new…

Switzerland While the Swiss biotech sector is inevitably facing many of the same funding challenges as the global industry and is still struggling to make a meaningful comeback from its 2022 slump, the latest report from the Swiss Biotech Association and EY shows the sector’s resilience with the record revenues of…

Switzerland The biggest pharma news from Switzerland, including the industry’s cautious reaction to a new free trade deal with India; the drop in Roche’s share prices; Novartis’ acquisiton of MorphoSys, and the licence agreement between EraCal Therapeutics and Novo Nordisk.   Swiss industry welcomes agreement with India, pharma more cautious (Le…

Pharma Legal Handbook Join industry executives in staying informed on the market access and HTA process in Switzerland.  1. Please make a general introduction to the public health sector in your country and its organization The Swiss healthcare system is shaped by the federal structure of Switzerland. That is, federal government (in particular…

Pharma Legal Handbook Join industry executives in staying informed on the market access and HTA process in Switzerland.  1. Which are the administrations, bodies and institutions in charge of public health in your country and what are their respective responsibilities? a. Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH; Bundesamt für Gesundheit) The FOPH is…

Pharma Legal Handbook Join industry executives in staying informed on the market access and HTA process in Switzerland.  1. What are the pricing models, processes and principles for originator drugs? An original drug is defined as a drug approved by Swissmedic as the first drug with a specific active ingredient, including all dosage…

Pharma Legal Handbook Join industry executives in staying informed on the market access and HTA process in Switzerland.  1. Price Control 1.1. How does price control at ex-factory prices work in your country? Price control is regulated in Art. 65d HIO. Triennially, the FOPH reviews whether the medicinal products included in the LS…