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Opinion Meghann Chilcott, senior vice president of OrderInsite, discusses the opportunities and threats around Amazon’s move into selling software that reads medical records.   Digital health records are notorious for creating more work for doctors. A lack of standard practices means that the information saved in these records is often copied and…

Canada Jan Hux is the President and CEO of Diabetes Canada. Canadians have been at the forefront of tackling diabetes since the discovery of insulin. Now that the disease has become an epidemic, measures must be put in place to tackle it at a population level.   If diabetes prevalence were…

Spain Miguel Valdés, director of Fedifar, the Spanish wholesaler federation, highlights the challenges impacting the local wholesaler network and the unique nature of Spanish wholesaler ecosystem, with the majority of players being cooperative-owned pharmacies. Furthermore, he sends a message about the long-term sustainability of the industry and what must be done…

Spain Cédric Ertlé, general director of Laboratoires Expanscience Iberia, talks about his strategy to turn around the affiliate’s dermo cosmetic range in what is a shrinking Spanish market and his goal of introducing a rheumatology portfolio, as he did in Mexico. Furthermore, he discusses the importance of being a B-Corp company.…

Korea Kyungjin Peter Kim, CEO of ST Pharm, provides an insight into his expansion of the company’s operations from simply a CMO into a CDMO and new drug development. He also explains his decision to focus on manufacturing oligonucleotides, the potential in that market, and the challenges to the next objectives.…

China Kang Wei, managing director for the R&D-based Pharmaceutical Association Committee (RDPAC) under the China Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment, shares her priorities for RDPAC in the next few years, her members’ contribution to the Chinese healthcare environment and the national Healthy China 2030 strategy, as well as the importance…

Malaysia Click here to download the Healthcare & Life Sciences Review Malaysia 2018. After recent elections conducted in May 2018 saw Mahathir Mohamad returning as Prime Minister after 15 years to seal a historic victory, Malaysia is again back on its feet. Bolstered by well-established institutions, a fully-functional IP framework and strong…

Korea Sean Kim, senior director at the Korea Research-Based Pharma Industry Association (KRPIA) gives his assessment of the role of MNCs within the pharma industry in South Korea.   At the moment the main concern is that Korean prices are too low Could you provide our readers with an introduction to…

Patients The Director General of EFPIA (European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations) discusses what they are doing to put patients at the forefront of their business.      Actively listening to patient experiences, patient challenges and exchanging insights must shape how EFPIA develops its thinking, its dialogue with others, its policy…

France   LEEM – Les Entreprises du Médicament (Drug Companies)   Key people: Philippe Tcheng, President Philippe Lamoureux, Director LEEM is the French industry association which represents drug companies operating in France and is the most powerful professional organization of drug companies operating in the country. They represent more than 260 member companies,…

France ANSM – Agence Nationale de Sécurité des Médicaments et des Produits de Santé (National Agency for the Safety of Drugs and Health Products)   Key People: Dominique Martin, CEO The National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) was created by the government in 2011 for strengthening the safety of…

France Marc Julien, co-CEO of Diabeloop, presents the revolutionary “artificial pancreas” the company has developed to support type one diabetes patients. The device embeds artificial intelligence to help type one diabetics regulate their insulin intake according to their needs. He also discusses the opportunities and challenges he sees to bring such…