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Ireland Deirdre Bourke, Country Lead at Eli Lilly’s Irish affiliate, highlights the strategic importance of Ireland to Lilly’s global operations, their exciting upcoming pipeline, the challenges and opportunities she foresees for Lilly in Ireland, and her own professional transition from managing Lilly’s diabetes portfolio to Lilly’s overall commercial activities in Ireland.…

Switzerland With 40 years of history in Switzerland, B Braun serves every hospital in the country and operates three distinct production sites. CEO Madeleine Stöckli discusses her strategy for improving productivity and finding opportunities for growth. Could you please briefly introduce yourself and B Braun Switzerland to our readers? B Braun…

Luxembourg Philippe Sollie reveals the inspirations behind Flen Pharma and how approaching dermatology from a pharmaceutical background has proved beneficial in building an innovative and competitive enterprise.  When you founded Flen Pharma 16 years ago, the company was based in Belgium and was headquartered there until 2012 when you decided to…

Luxembourg Laurent Jossart of Luxair Cargo reveals his firm’s resolute philosophy and determination to provide operational excellence and using Luxembourg’s unique selling points to offer clients a continuously improving product. You became Executive Vice President of the Cargo arm of the Luxair Group nearly 3 years ago now, in January 2014,…

Ireland Iwer Baecker, MD of Bayer Ireland, outlines the Irish affiliate’s impressive growth in the past few years, the strategy of New Bayer and how it comes into play in Ireland, as well as how Ireland’s small size is not a constraint but rather a huge opportunity to be taken advantage…

Mexico Due to economic necessity, the Mexican government is attempting to slash annual spending; an act that could have serious consequences on the country’s ability to provide its citizens with healthcare. Here, representatives of government, associations, social security institutions, and private companies impart their expertise on how best to navigate these…

Switzerland The Swiss Biotech Association’s Nic Alexakis describes Switzerland’s thriving biotech scene and extensive support infrastructure, while also highlighting the gaps around early stage funding and the ability of different cantons to collaborate on economic development.  Switzerland of course has quite the reputation as a hub for biotech activity – how…

Singapore DB Schenker’s director of healthcare in Asia Pacific, Sugantha Natarajan describes the company’s presence across the region, while emphasizing the crucial need for localized solutions in specialized healthcare logistics. She also explains the company’s pivotal role in enhancing their clients’ value chains and elaborates on how industry players are able…

Actelion Johnson & Jonhson’s interest in taking over the Swiss biotech group Actelion has been confirmed, with the Wall Street Journal estimating that a total takeover price could top USD 20 billion. As Actelion is a market leader in some therapeutic areas such as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), the acquisition could…

Philippines Alvin So, Bayer Consumer Health Country Division Head, discusses Bayer’s commitment in Consumer Health in the Philippines. He also discusses his vision for the future, including expanding the product portfolio in the country and continuing to be the partner of choice for the Filipino population. When you assumed the position…

Switzerland Specializing in ultra-rare diseases, Alexion targets patient populations of less than 20 patients per million. Christophe Bourdon discusses Alexion’s progress towards developing access for patients across the EMEA region.   Since day one, Alexion’s mission has been to focus solely on discovering treatments for patients affected by these incredibly rare…

Mexico Leonardo Torres, general manager Mexico, Central America & Caribbean of Shire, provides insights into the rapidly progressing integration of Baxalta in Mexico, while he also highlights his key priorities to further accelerate the growth and consolidate the strategic positioning of Shire, a company that now proudly stands out as the…