Tagged with association

USA Marc Boutin, JD, CEO of the National Health Council (NHC),* introduces the organization and its mission to provide a united voice for the 160 million people in the US living with chronic diseases and disabilities and their family caregivers. He addresses the challenge faced by patients living with chronic diseases…

USA KV Kumar, head of the Indian American International Chamber of Commerce, gives an account of the bilateral trade relations between India and the US and candidly speaks about the opportunities for Indian generic companies in the world’s largest pharmaceutical market. He addresses the need for supply chain diversification in light…

Belgium Dirk Reyn of Flanders.bio highlights what the Flanders region has to offer the life sciences and biotech industries in terms of research infrastructure, funding opportunities, and inter-industry collaboration.   In the biotech/agro and foodtech area, Belgium and Flanders are in a very dynamic and positive period and we expect to…

Belgium Glenn Vaughan of the British Chamber of Commerce | EU & Belgium discusses the importance of the Belgium-UK relationship, the role of healthcare and the life sciences within that, and how the Chamber’s work is evolving in the run-up to Brexit.   In the field of healthcare and life sciences,…

Mexico CP Maria del Socorro España Lomeli, executive director of the Mexican generics industry association ANAFAM, discusses the challenges with regard to the ‘new rules of the game’ in Mexico’s healthcare sector since 2018, the willingness of the Mexican pharmaceutical industry to be a trusted ally to the public healthcare system,…

Belgium Chantal Depondt, president of the Belgian Neurological Society (BNS), introduces the mission of the professional association and offers her insights into the healthcare and research dynamics surrounding neurological diseases. Depondt also delivers a clear message about the importance of continued public and private investments in basic research to foster new…

Morocco Layla Sentissi, executive director of AMIP, Morocco’s oldest pharma association, explains the structure of the country’s pharmaceutical industry and its key developments, lays down her ambition to create a National Pact for Medicines, discusses the key challenges for the local industry, and invites global decision-makers of to the Africa Health…

Romania Dan Zaharescu, executive director of the Romanian Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (ARPIM), shares his insights on market access, the need to reform pricing methodologies, the debate around the claw-back tax, his expectations for the newly appointed minister of health and prime minister, as well as his objectives for 2020.  …

Mexico In the historic year of their 70th anniversary, Cristóbal Thompson, executive director of the Asociación Mexicana de Industrias de Investigación Farmacéutica (AMIIF), the association for research-based pharmaceutical companies in Mexico, shares their new agenda, AMIIF 2030, which aligns with the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with a focus on…

Mexico Rafael Gual Cosío, director general of the Cámara Nacional de la Industria Farmacéutica (CANIFARMA), the umbrella industry association for the healthcare sector in Mexico, shares his perspectives on the complex situation in the Mexican healthcare landscape today; the importance of positive and open working relationships between the public and private…

Mexico Juan de Villafranca, executive director of the Asociacion Mexicana de Laboratorios Farmaceuticos (AMELAF), shares the exciting new initiatives he has launched in the past two years of his term; the importance and strength of AMELAF as the representative association of 44 100 percent Mexican-owned pharmaceutical manufacturers; and the potential and…

Romania Valentina Băicuianu and Adrian Grecu of the APMGR, share their insights on the deteriorating environment for generics in Romania, with unfavourable pricing methodology and a rising and an unpredictable clawback tax. They reveal the solutions that the generics industry has proposed to authorities and outline their continued endeavours to convince…