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Pharma KPMG is committed to providing long-term support to public as well as private institutions as they tackle challenges and transform the way healthcare is provided. Alberto De Negri, partner of the healthcare practice, discusses his perspective about the Italian healthcare system and the challenges it is currently facing. What have…

Pharma The managing director of Wörwag Pharma Hungary, Dr. Éva Kádár depicts the company’s impressive evolution, highlighting the expansive network of neuropathy centers that they’ve helped establish all over Hungary and the extent of their efforts in creating more awareness for this disorder. As an introduction for our readers, Éva, can…

Pharma Soneas MD Jozsef Repasi discusses the shift back towards Central and Eastern Europe for contract manufacturing services, the company’s growth since separating from Ubichem, and his ambitions for Soneas to become a fully integrated, end-to-end service provider. As an introduction for our readers, can you please shed some insight into…

Pharma Zentiva is part of the generics business of the Sanofi group and an important player in the European market. Founded in the Czech Republic, it currently operates in fifty markets around the world. The Senior Vice President and Head of Sanofi Generics and the MCO Coordinator of Sanofi Group Czech…

Pharma The managing director of CSL Behring Hungary, Attila Lukács, discusses the company’s recent establishment in Hungary, the strategic benefits the country offers, as well as his experience starting an affiliate from scratch. He also shares his thoughts on the recent expansion of CSL Plasma in Hungary and his vision for…

Pharma Meda Pharma Hungary GM Dr. Laszlo Gaspar describes how the strategic shift from Rx to OTC has allowed the company to experience year-on-year growth over the last eight years and increase annual revenues threefold. He further emphasizes the value of targeting medical promotion in securing a competitive positioning in several…

Pharma The executive director of the Česká asociace farmaceutických firem, the Czech Republic’s generic pharmaceutical association, elaborates on the code of ethics recently implemented and followed by all its members, which exceed the standards set in current legislation. Furthermore, he explains the implications for the industry of the ongoing EU-level discussions…

Pharma The general manager of IMS Health, Zsolt Szepesházi, explains how the current limitations of Hungary’s healthcare system have shifted the way that pharmaceutical companies approach the market, placing a much greater emphasis on value demonstration and patient-level data. You have been General Manager at IMS Health for 8 years. During…

Pharma Shire Italy’s Francesco Scopesi discusses innovative medicine, rare diseases, growth drivers, global strategy, and the new trend of home care. Shire is today one of the leading biotechs delivering innovative medicines to patients with rare diseases and other specialty conditions. Could you please start by describing the company’s engagement with…

Pharma Genfit’s Jean-François Mouney speaks about responding to high unmet medical needs in inflammatory and metabolic related diseases. With the increase in obesity related diseases, Mouney discusses their lead pipeline product: Elafibranor, the new orphan blockbuster drug aimed at curing NASH; nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and other related diseases.   As an entrepreneur…

Pharma Vojtěch Mészáros, Executive Director of Egis Praha, speaks about his background in the industry, his drive to promote biosimilar products, and how the company maneuvers around the growing price pressures in the market.  You hold an impressive profile in the pharmaceutical industry. Please introduce your background and leadership to our…

Pharma Novo Nordisk Hungary GM Zsolt Jozsa highlights the growing prevalence of diabetes in Hungary, the gap in treatment options that the company is striving to close with Tresiba and Xultophy, and the limitations of Hungary’s regulatory framework. Zsolt, you took over the helm of Novo Nordisk Hungary in 2012, after…