Tagged with strategy

UAE Following a turbulent few years for the healthcare industry, especially in the Middle East and Africa region, Siemens Healthineers’ Ole Per Maloy explains how the medtech giant has pivoted towards comprehensive cancer care and rolled out several innovative access initiatives to ensure that patients throughout the region can obtain accessible…

Belgium Vanja Hoeben oversees the Benelux cluster for South Africa-headquartered specialty and branded pharma firm Aspen. He describes the reorganisation that his organisation has undergone in the past few years, some of the key trends at play in the Belgian generics market, and his hopes for how a more sustainable healthcare…

Belgium Maria Fernanda Prado highlights some of the lessons drawn from her extensive experience in emerging markets which remain applicable in her current role as Janssen’s managing director for the Benelux region. Belgium, the home country of Dr Paul Janssen, continues to be a significant part of the company’s global operations,…

Belgium Werner De Prins oversees Bayer’s operations in Benelux, a significant region for the global group with over 2000 employees, a turnover of around EUR 1.2 billion and 10 different sites across pharmaceuticals, crop science and consumer health, covering marketing & sales, R&D, and production with a global reach. De Prins…

Belgium After almost 20 years with AbbVie, Renaud Decroix still feels as engaged and motivated as ever by the goal of having a remarkable impact on patients’ lives. Decroix highlights some of the access barriers currently standing in the way of achieving this vision in Belgium, the importance of building sustainable…

Belgium Belgium is a hugely significant country for GSK – which employs 9,000 people in the country – as host to three of the firm’s major vaccine sites, the global headquarters for its vaccines division, and many of its oncology and haematology clinical trials. Recently installed VP and GM BeLux Emmanuelle…

UAE Amgen’s Mohammed Nasser casts his eye on some of the key trends affecting healthcare and the life sciences in the Middle East and Africa, including a significant maturity in uptake of digital and telehealth tools, better synchronisation of electronic medical records, and how artificial intelligence can be used to better…

Belgium Benelux is a crucial cluster for Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), which recently started construction of its first European CAR-T cell therapy production centre at the Leiden Bio Science Park. Sally Ann McNab, the company’s general manager and VP Benelux outlines the 28-year journey that has brought her to this important…

UAE Newly promoted to manage Aspen’s Middle East and Europe region, Daniel Vella Friggieri outlines the rationale behind the company’s strategic reconfiguration, how the South-Africa headquartered firm is looking to expand its portfolio in the region via partnerships, and the importance of flexibility and out-of-the-box thinking in driving growth.   The…

UAE Patrick van der Loo oversees Pfizer’s operations across the vast Middle East, Russia and Africa (MERA) region. In a wide-ranging and insightful conversation, van der Loo outlines the company’s approach to driving access to innovation in emerging markets and resource-constrained environments, including engaging in public-private partnerships where possible. He also…

Belgium Accord Healthcare’s Stefano Christoffersen outlines the strategy that has led to Accord becoming one of the fastest-growing generics and biosimilar companies in Europe, why the firm has chosen to focus on the hospital generics niche, and his hopes for continuing to meet unmet patient need in Belgium in the coming…

Belgium Belgium is a key country for Sanofi in Europe as home to its Geel production site, in which almost EUR one billion has been invested over the past 15 years, as well as an important R&D hub. Johan Heylen describes the continuing relevance of the country to the company, the…