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UAE AKI Investments, under the Alphamed brand, is one of the leading distributors and service providers for the healthcare industry in the Middle East. Doaa Albarbari, COO for AKI’s pharma and consumer business, explains how the company has shied away from being simple “box movers” to become the partner of choice…

Coronavirus The 2019 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak has seen a surge in demand for protective masks as publics across the world seek to protect themselves from infection. Manufacturers of the masks have seen their stocks boom, but supply is outstripping demand and hoarding practices may leave healthcare professionals on the frontline of…

Russia The year 2019, which continued the trend of rapid and numerous changes in healthcare regulations in Russia, was rich with expectations, events and legislative proposals aiming to reform the Russian pharmaceutical industry: medical drugs labeling, reform of price determination, new procedure of entry into drugs civil circulation, amendments to regulatory…

Czech Republic In 1996, Jiří Žák, chairman & current CEO of FARMAK, took over the state-owned producer of vitamins FARMAKON where he previously worked for 30 years and turned it into a flourishing private company focused on the research, development, and production of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), intermediates, and specialized chemicals. Žák shares the early success…

Mexico Below is a selection of top recent news from Mexican pharma and healthcare, including the healthcare reforms president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is prioritising, latest news on the INSABI program, cancer research, and the lack of coronavirus expertise in Mexico.   Zero tolerance for corruption: the Mexican pharma sector must…

China Eurasia Group’s Aditya Bhattacharji examines the unfolding coronavirus outbreak, the prospects for China’s political and economic stability, and how healthcare firms should think about the path forward. China appears to be ground zero for a public health experiment with no recent analogues. The situation—in terms of social and economic dislocation—deteriorates…

Poland Every year, Polish news magazine Wprost publishes its ranking of the top 200 Polish companies across all industries. Eight pharma-related companies featured in the 2019 rankings, with the Neuca group taking the top spot in pharma and the 24th position overall.   Made with Visme Infographic Maker

Hungary Hungary’s longstanding tradition of pharmacology is a major point of pride for the country’s scientists and researchers who today have hopes to elevate the country’s research environment to a region-leading position once more through new models of industry-academia collaboration.   Strength in CNS Hungary has a very strong tradition in…

Hungary According to Peter Holchacker, director general of Hungary’s Association of Innovative Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (AIPM), “clinical trials initiated by multinational companies, represent, on average, an investment of approximately EUR 300 million each year.” Furthermore, Dr György Bodoky, founder and honorary president of the Hungarian Society of Clinical Oncology (MKOT), adds that…

Europe Speaking at the 2020 European Cancer Forum in Brussels, MSD’s Deepak Khanna outlines the progress that the company is making at the forefront of oncological innovation, the importance of multi-stakeholder collaboration, and the potential impact of a Europe-wide cancer plan.   As health stakeholders, we need to work across the…

Hungary Established in 1997, Medi-Radiopharma is a Hungarian privately held company operating in the field of nuclear medicine, a specialized area of radiology that uses very small amounts of radioactive materials, or radiopharmaceuticals, to examine organ function and structure. Breakthroughs in neurocranial and prostate tumour treatment have brought nuclear medicine into…

Hungary As general manager of the Hungarian affiliate of Swiss firm IBSA, Anna Wienner has proven herself to be a motivated pharma leader with particular expertise in reshaping and building organizations. Joining the company in 2015, Wienner took on her new position with the task of restructuring the stagnating affiliate. This…