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Egypt Dr Wafik Bardissi, chairman and CEO of Minapharm, the only company to offer biosimilars in Egypt, highlights how the company has successfully developed biotech know-how by partnering with and acquiring German companies. He also emphasizes the need for more local manufacturing and improving biosimilar infrastructure in Egypt.   As Minapharm…

Taiwan Taiwan boasts one of the most sophisticated and comprehensive public health systems in Asia. However, mounting costs and the pressures of a rapidly ageing population mean that the National Health Insurance (NHI) system may run out of money within the next two years without significant reform.   NHI expenditures have…

Taiwan Taiwan’s Minister of Economic Affairs, Jong-Chin Shen, outlines the initiatives implemented by the Ministry to help Taiwan’s industries reinforce their competitive advantage. Minister Shen also goes on to explain the Ministry’s specific role within the Biomedical Industry Innovation Promotion Program under the administration’s 5+2 Innovative Industries Policy.   Taiwan’s investment…

Spain Jaime Vives, managing director of Roche Diagnostics in Spain, discusses the digital solutions Roche Diagnostics is trying to roll out in Spain, the challenges involved, and the potential implications of digitalising healthcare   The first step into digitalization is to convince our customers to standardise their systems and the way…

Algeria Yacine Sellam, president of the Algerian Society for Regulatory Affairs & Pharmacoeconomics, examines Algeria’s recent issues around medicine shortages, its root causes, and the measure being taken to counter it.   The smooth operation of the drug distribution chain in Algeria is compromised by its multiplicity of actors – from…

Taiwan Professor Ming-Shiang Wu, director of the Taiwan Clinical Trial Consortium, elaborates on the activities of the organization and its role to promote Taiwan’s clinical trial infrastructure and attract more international trials to the country. He also goes on to explain the key strengths of Taiwan within the Asia Pacific region.…

France Christopher Cuniasse, managing director of Fagron France, sheds light on the specialty area of pharmaceutical compounding and its link with personalized medicine, noting the benefits it can deliver to health professionals, patients, the pharma industry, and healthcare systems. As a newly implemented leader tasked with growing the affiliate and developing…

Taiwan Chuan Lin, chairman of TTY Biopharm, one of Taiwan’s leading domestic biomedical players, highlights his ambition to lead the local success story onto the global stage. Chuan goes on to share the company’s transition strategy to leverage their innovative development platforms and manufacturing capabilities to be a partner of choice…

China Better known for its panda sanctuary and spicy local cuisine, Chengdu could be the first Chinese city to offer mutual health insurance. Eric Bouteiller examines French firm VYV’s first steps into China and the potential impact of mutual insurance – whereby the insurance company is owned entirely by its policyholders…

France Éric Ducournau, global CEO of Pierre Fabre Group, the second largest dermo-cosmetic company worldwide and the third-largest French pharmaceutical laboratory, provides insights into the group’s on-going internationalization and its emerging markets strategy, while reaffirming Pierre Fabre’s commitment to France’s healthcare innovation ecosystem. As illustrated by the group’s new motto ‘Taking…

Opinion Brendan Shaw* outlines the benefits that greater adoption of outcome-based payment models for medicines can bring, highlights recent successful implementations, and explains why policy updates are so important to ensuring a more comprehensive rollout of these models around the globe.   We’re looking forward to being one customer of many…

Opinion Chip Davis is head of the Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM) which advocates for greater uptake of generic and biosimilar drugs in the USA. Here, Davis argues that the generics supply chain is standardized, transparent and dynamic, helping save the US healthcare system trillions of dollars.   Savings have totaled…