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Opinion Aditya Bhattacharji examines whether current healthcare models are truly fit for purpose and how healthcare is becoming a more politicised issue globally.   Globally, the healthcare sector is entering a lengthy period of heightened introspection. That process has been turbocharged by the resurgence of healthcare as a dominant social and…

Spain Ines Perea, general manager for Spain and Portugal at Jazz Pharmaceuticals, a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing life-changing medicines for people with limited or no options in the areas of sleep and hematology/oncology, discusses her progress over the last 14 months in nurturing the local affiliate and the importance…

Egypt Amro Kandil, managing director of Northeast Africa at GE Healthcare, emphasizes the company’s crucial role in improving healthcare in Egypt as part of a long-standing partnership with the Ministry of Health. He also explains why he has established education and after-sales services as two of his priorities leading the regional…

China Dr Chengbin Wu, founder and CEO of EpimAb Biotherapeutics, introduces their exciting and proprietary bispecific antibody-generating platform, Fabs-In-Tandem Immunoglobulin (FIT-Ig®) and its ability to discover and generate novel and differentiated bispecific antibodies to meet unmet medical needs in China; shares the progress of their first program, EMB01, a EGFR-cMet bispecific…

Europe Bringing together insights from the heads of some of Europe’s most prominent mid-cap pharma firms. The leaders of Ipsen, Genmab, Pierre Fabre, Esteve and Servier outline the strategic directions in which their companies are turning and how they are planning to ensure a successful future.   David Meek, Ipsen David…

Canada Canada is the only developed country with a universal healthcare system that does not provide universal coverage of prescription drugs. With a new national ‘pharmacare’ program being proposed to remedy this situation, Pamela Fralick of Innovative Medicines Canada outlines the strengths and weaknesses of the proposal on the table and…

Egypt Ramez Mohsen, managing director at Janssen for Egypt, Jordan, Libya & Sudan, highlights how the company is driving real access to treatments in Egypt through collaboration with various stakeholders. He also assesses Egypt’s attractiveness for clinical trials and the initial results of the government’s prioritization of healthcare.   As the…

Opinion David H. Crean, managing director for Objective Capital Partners, highlights the progress that has been made over the past year in investments in medical cannabis and the outlook for 2019.     Due to ongoing research and studies, positive results are leading countries to reconsider the cannabis plant The cannabis industry…

Spain Jesús Cristóbal, CEO of Texpol, the market leader for single-use surgical dressings in Spain, describes the company’s beginnings and his role in its success. Cristóbal goes on to share his strategic vision as Texpol aims for international markets and a more diversified portfolio.   With the future evolution of European…

Egypt Ashraf Osman, president and CEO of AUG Pharma, explains how his company has become one of Egypt’s Top 30 pharmaceutical companies in less than four years of manufacturing, gives an insight into the branding strategy of an industry newcomer, and outlines the company’s export strategy.   In 2018 alone we…

Spain Miriam Rodriguez, general manager of Aspen Pharmacare Iberia, highlights the steps she has taken to set up the affiliate and how her past experiences have helped her. Furthermore, she breaks down the operations of Aspen in Spain and gives advice to women beginning their career in healthcare   Especially in…

Spain Marc Comas, managing director of Accord Healthcare Iberia, highlights the footprint of the company as the leading generics and biosimilars player in the Spanish hospital sector and how his early strategy when founding the affiliate has set them up for long-term success. Furthermore, he points out the dynamics of the…