France France is rediscovering its mojo. After a period of relative stagnation, the country’s highly strategic USD 65 billion healthcare and life sciences market is once again an attractive investment proposition. With Brexit uncertainties across the channel and populist tendencies souring the prospects of some of its neighbours, France – under…
Korea The French-Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) has grown rapidly in the last decade, both in terms of members and revenues. Its managing director, Stella Yoon, explains how the chamber has adapted its capabilities and services to the changing needs of French companies and identified the hurdles facing Korean…
Egypt Dr Osama Rostom, deputy head of the Pharmaceutical Chamber of the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI), explains how the Egyptian healthcare ecosystem has improved during the last three years thanks to an intensive collaboration between the private and public side. He also provides solutions for accelerating pharma exports from Egypt…
Spain Having largely recovered from the impact of the global financial crisis and with several impressive fundamentals in place, Spain once again stands as one of Europe’s premier healthcare and life science investment destinations. These fundamentals include a revamped market access process that puts the Iberian nation on a par…
Egypt Tarek Tawfik, managing director of AmCham Egypt, explains how Egypt’s latest economic reforms have transformed the country into an attractive destination for foreign investors. He highlights the special role of Egypt in the region and shows how the public and the private sectors are collaborating to achieve economic growth. …
Spain Cristina Garmendia, president of the Cotec Foundation, gives an overview of the innovation landscape in Spain and the steps needed to see this grow in the future. Furthermore, she gives advice based on her experiences with Genetrix, a company recently sold to Takeda, and she highlights what is next in…
Egypt Nadia Lamloum, executive director of the British Egyptian Business Association (BEBA), discusses the role of her institution and the investment opportunities that Egypt has to offer, as well as the initiatives being undertaken to form partnerships between industry, government officials and regulatory bodies. Due to Egypt’s rising population, the demand…
Spain Javier Urzay, deputy director of Farmaindustria, gives an overview of the growth of the pharmaceutical sector in Spain and the challenges to find a balance between rewarding innovation and sustainability. Moreover, he talks about the development of clinical trials in Spain and the currently discussed new collaboration agreement with the…
Japan Already established as one of the world’s leading markets for innovative and patented drugs, Japan is set to grow rapidly in 2019, partly as a result of a dramatic uptake in generics and biosimilars. Japan’s pharmaceutical industry has long centred on strong innovation and patented drugs, but we are…
Egypt Hassan Behnam, managing director of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Egypt explains the investment opportunities Egypt has to offer, examines the close relationship between Egypt and France and highlights the recent visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Egypt. We at the French Chamber firmly believe…
France Frank Margain, chairman of Paris Region Entreprises, the ‘Invest in Paris Region’ promotion agency, discusses the importance of the life sciences sector for the Paris Region (Ile-de-France in French) and shares how the region is going through a key developmental period in attractivity, digitalization, and infrastructure investment. Previously, many…
Algeria Ipsen’s Guillaume Freneuil gives his take on the importance of the Algerian market to the global group. If we are investing right now in Algeria it is because we envisage further growth here to be able to serve patient needs 33 percent of Sales within Ipsen are now in…
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