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Pharma Chris Juliam, Managing Director for Takeda Italy, shares the strategy the company is pursuing in the country, the effects market-access issues are having on innovators and patients, and what new products the company’s pipeline holds for the future. When we interviewed Takeda in 2009, you were ranked 20th in the…

Pharma Roeland Van Dam, CEO of Bilthoven Biologicals, a historical Dutch company which remains at the forefront of vaccine production, explains how being integrated into the Serum Institute of India has helped the company to become profitable and consider ambitious new objectives. Bilthoven Biologicals has a very unique history, having started…

Pharma Prof. Manuela Battaglia (MB) and  Prof. Lorenzo Piemonti (LP) discuss the positioning of the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) within the San Raffaele Scientific Institute and the global diabetes care community, their respective specialty areas and DRI’s commitment to translational medicine. The Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) is part of the International…

Pharma Rob de Roock, Director CL Healthcare for UPS Europe, gives us a brief outline of the current market dynamics impacting the booming European healthcare logistics industry and explains how UPS offers the best way to transform client’s supply chain into a strong competitive advantage thanks to compliance expertise and tailored-made…

Pharma Tania Zulu Holt, Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company elaborates on the current pressures on the South African healthcare system, discusses the importance of innovation and emphasizes the need for a hybrid model between the public and private sector to meet the healthcare needs of the country’s population. Can you…

Pharma Han Brouwer, General Manager for Actelion in the Netherlands, explains how Opsumit’s successful market launch has strengthened Actelion’s leadership position in the pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) field. He calls for a more comprehensive approach to the disease life cycle and for more transparency during market access procedures while the Dutch…

Pharma Fabrizio Greco, General Manager at AbbVie Italy, discusses the successful launch of the company’s new Hepatitis C treatment, how AbbVie is seeking to position itself as a partner to the authorities, and where the company’s next generation of growth drivers will be found. To start off, we are approaching the…

Pharma Enrique Hausermann, CEO of EG, the Stada Group’s Italian affiliate for its generics business, discusses the progress the company has made since 2009, the promising areas for growth he sees emerging and the market environment for generics companies in Italy today. When we last spoke in 2009, you told us…

Pharma Patrice Carayon, CEO of Chiesi France, reveals how Chiesi is one of a select few international mid-size pharmaceutical companies in France to have both an R&D and production footprint to accompany its commercial activities; how they will look to continue to establish themselves in their three main areas: respiratory diseases,…

Pharma Medical Union Pharmaceuticals (MUP) acquired Lilly’s Egyptian human insulin vial manufacturing facility in early 2015. Managing Director Ahmed Kelani discusses the national significance of this acquisition given Egypt’s high prevalence of diabetes, and how the transferred technology will support MUP’s ambition to become a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer in the region.…

Pharma A leading consultant to IMS and Professor at Paris Dauphine University reveals how the French healthcare system is moving in two main strategic directions: increasingly relying on private funding through complementary health insurance, and breaking with the egalitarian principle that everybody should be reimbursed to the same extent irrespective of…

Pharma Arnaud Pradel, Product Development Director and Co-Segment Leader of HORIBA Medical reveals how HORIBA has over 30 years of experience when it comes to launching products in the vitro diagnostic space, and in managing distributors in over 130 countries; why historically there has been a close relationship between the global…