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Austria Christoph Sauermann, managing director of Mediclass, an innovative healthcare center, discusses how the complexities of the Austrian healthcare system can be solved through primary healthcare centers, such as Mediclass. Furthermore, he gives an overview of the diverse services Mediclass offers to individuals and employers, ensuring patients receive rapid access to…

Tunisia Riadh Daghfous, managing director of the Tunisian National Pharmacovigilance Center (CNPV), describes the role of the CNPV in side-effect monitoring, pharmacovigilance, and marketing authorizations. CNPV plays a central role in Tunisia’s health system. Could you explain the CNPV’s main operating features, its means and attributions, as well as its interactions…

Canada Paul-Émile Cloutier, president & CEO of HealthCareCAN, the national voice of healthcare organizations and hospitals across Canada, highlights his ambition to make HealthCareCAN the go-to resource on healthcare system topics, the importance of bridging the gap between innovation and health, and his philosophy on the key elements supporting fruitful partnerships.…

Bulgaria Sasho Ganov, general manager at BB–NCIPD (BulBio), explains the role of the company in the national health system as the only state-owned enterprise in Bulgaria as well as shares his ambitions moving forward in support with its recently built laboratory/manufacturing site. Could you please introduce to our international audience the…

India Sanjay Bhutani, managing director of Bausch & Lomb India and SAARC operations, gives his insights into the thriving visual care industry which has allowed the company to launch 31 intraocular lenses (IOLs) in the last three years and the Good and Services Tax (GST) which presents somewhat of a barrier…

Brazil Alexandre França, CEO of Aspen Pharma Brazil, describes the transformation of the Brazilian organization over the past year, which allowed Aspen Brazil to establish itself as the best performing affiliate of the group despite the country’s economic and political turmoil. Last year, Aspen Brazil was recognized as the group’s best…

Austria Rudolf Widmann, CEO and founder of AOP Orphan, the first rare disease-specific European company, discusses the overriding goal to ensure rare disease patients are matched with the correct treatments and the importance of open dialogue with specialists and patient groups. Furthermore, he highlights the need to differentiate health technology assessments…

Canada Mark Lachovsky, founder and president of Accel Pharma, a Canadian generics company with a unique business model, discusses the inspiring story of how he started and grew the company through challenging times, the important role Accel plays in providing affordable generics drugs to the Canadian population, and his international partnership…

Switzerland In an exclusive interview, Jean-Paul Clozel, former head of Actelion and now CEO of exciting biotech newcomer Idorsia, discusses his new company’s unique drug discovery methodology, the pressure of past success, and how he hopes to usher in a new era of collaboration to tackle disease.   In August 2016,…

Brazil Marlene Oliveira, founder and president of the Instituto Lado a Lado Pela Vida (Side by Side for Life) documents the main objectives and achievements of this Brazilian institution of reference, which tirelessly strives to help Brazilians live longer and healthier lives and access better healthcare outcomes through targeted prevention and…

Tunisia Karim Bendhaou, president of Merck North West Africa, discusses the region-specific strategies he has instigated, how a country like Tunisia would be well advised to focus its resources on e-health rather than production, and highlights the numerous initiatives that Merck has set up to develop healthcare access in Africa. Where…

Bulgaria Nikolaos Xydias, general manager at GSK Bulgaria, explains the commitment of GSK to cutting-edge medicines and vaccines targeting respiratory diseases and HIV and highlights the reasons why pharmaceutical multinationals should put Bulgaria on their business map. This is your first time as a country manager. How did you prepare yourself…