Tagged with strategy

Belgium Gedeon Richter Benelux’s Isabelle de Walsche gives an update on the affiliate’s progress towards becoming a reference player in women’s health, looks back on some of her achievements over 11 years in position, and highlights some of the key issues on her agenda as pharma.be’s SME subgroup chair.   The…

Belgium Gábor Sztaniszláv talks through the global relevance of Belux to Amgen’s operations, some of the challenging market access conditions at play – especially for orphan drugs -, and how the company’s biosimilar portfolio has the potential to contribute to significant savings for the healthcare system.   Improving the evaluation process…

Greece Yvoni Papastelatou outlines Sanofi’s commitment to Greece, where the multinational firm has a strong and diverse team, a burgeoning clinical trial footprint, and is rolling out the global ‘play to win’ strategy, with a common ambition to leverage science and innovation. She also touches on the access challenges in the…

Belgium Eli Lilly Belgium’s Frederic Clais discusses the potential impact of upcoming reform of the country’s access and reimbursement system, the country’s enduring relevance to the company as home to its European Clinical Trial Services (ELECTS) division, and his aim to reach 200,000 patients in Belgium with Lilly treatments before the…

Belgium Novartis is one of Belgian pharma’s biggest investors across manufacturing and R&D, contributing EUR 598.9 million to GDP in 2022, creating 4,403 direct and indirect jobs, and reaching 5,349,628 million patients via its locally available portfolio. 18 months into his role as Country President for BeLux, Federico Mambretti expands on…

Belgium One year into his first country management assignment at Takeda Belgium, Michael Nesrallah reflects on his initial impressions of the Belgian pharma market as well as its similarities and differences with that of his native US. Belgium plays host to Takeda’s third-largest manufacturing site globally – a carbon neutral facility…

Colombia Tecnoquímicas recently invested over USD 250 million in its Colombian manufacturing plants, signifying the company’s continuing faith in its home market. Executive Vice-President Emilio Sardi Aparicio outlines the regulatory and access landscape in Colombia today, how the firm’s international footprint within Latin America has evolved, and its approach to the…

Greece Spyridon Gkikas outlines how GE HealthCare’s global transformation is playing out in Greece as well as the opportunities and challenges of bringing cutting-edge medical technology into the Greek healthcare system.   EU Recovery and Resilience Funding (RRF) is coming online, creating an opportunity for Greece to improve its healthcare system,…

Greece Longstanding J&J Greece Managing Director Theodore Liakopoulos looks back on the progress that Greek healthcare has made in the past four years, thanks in no small part to the commitment of the multinational medtech industry. Liakopoulos highlights the importance of establishing a centralised procurement authority for the sustainability of Greek…

Greece Evangelos Zekkas outlines Help Pharma’s internationalisation journey in recent years, with the Greek firm’s exports now accounting for 60 percent of production and 50 percent of turnover. Zekkas, the company’s long-serving president and managing director, also gives his thoughts on Greek pharma’s role in Europe post-COVID more broadly, the challenges…

Argentina Argentinian generics manufacturer Grupo Roemmers – which celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 2021 – has expanded steadily across the Latin America and Caribbean region since the mid-1970s with a successful strategy predicated on customising its offering to each country and balancing local management autonomy with a strong company culture, as…

Greece Christian Rodseth, VP and managing director for Janssen’s Greece, Poland, and Romania cluster, outlines the multifaceted strengths of his teams, the part of the Janssen portfolio he is most excited to bring to the region, and the policy measures needed to ensure that Greek healthcare remains sustainable and able to…