Switzerland Dr. André T. Dahinden, General Manager of Amgen Switzerland, talks about their four cutting-edge products that will help drive future growth, reveals how being innovative includes partnering with payers for improved pricing models, and why the Swiss healthcare environment is like the Swiss railway system: well organized, punctual and reliable.…
Switzerland Michael Cobas Meyer of Eli Lilly Switzerland reveals how these are very exciting times for the company, particularly given an extremely rich pipeline in the areas of diabetes, oncology and bio-medicines; how the challenge will be to transition from their existing portfolio to new products; and why Lilly´s focus is…
Switzerland Walter P. Hölzle, president of vips, discusses the current priorities of the association, the importance of innovation, and the challenges of the current pricing system. While growth is close to zero for many pharmaceutical markets in Europe, Swiss pharma spending increased 4.5 percent in 2015. What would you identify as…
Switzerland Kari Sarvanto introduces Primex, an innovative fast-growing company spearheading a new pharmaceutical business model, strongly focusing on anesthesiology. He talks about entrepreneurship, innovation and new ways of achieving success in the pharmaceutical business today. Primex calls itself ‘an innovative and fast-growing company spearheading a new pharmaceutical business model’. What exactly…
Switzerland Gaelle Meaude, operations director of Thea Switzerland, talks about building an effective sales and marketing team over the last few years; why the Swiss preservative-free eye care market remains particularly dynamic; and how working for a French family run entrepreneurial company, with five generations of expertise in the field of…
Switzerland Nicolas Hug reveals how UCB´s new facility in Bulle, Switzerland, is one of the largest microbial derived pharmaceuticals plants in Europe; how the key challenge for manufacturers today is to guarantee supplies by building a robust network; and why manufacturing is where dreams become reality, taking the results from a…
Switzerland As the home market, Switzerland and Roche’s Swiss pharma operations play an important and pioneering role within Roche’s global organization, with early patient access to innovation and new commercial models taking place in the country. The working title of the Healthcare & Life Science Review Switzerland is “A Leader Among…
Switzerland Heike Behn, reveals how her number one priority at Nordic Pharma Switzerland, the group’s’newest affiliate, is to develop their rheumatology business, building on their gynecology platform; how the speed with which they can approach the customer is a major competitive advantage for the company; and how Switzerland´s approval process, when…
Switzerland Daniel Küng, CEO of Switzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE), the Swiss export promotion agency, also responsible for promoting Switzerland as a business location, reveals how the increase in the value of the Swiss Franc has brought Swiss companies to become more innovative when it comes to selling their products abroad; how…
Switzerland Thomas Cueni of Interpharma, the Association of Pharmaceutical Research Companies of Switzerland, on the trend of major international companies developing significant operations in Switzerland; how 70 percent of employees at the top pharma companies are foreigners; and why the pharmaceutical industry is the exception to the rule when it comes…
Switzerland Dr. Othmar Pfannes, founder and CEO of Genedata, a bioinformatics company headquartered in Switzerland delivering enterprise software, data analysis consulting, and business-process analysis services to the life sciences community, reveals some insights into Genedata’s business strategy and how ultimately their mission is to contribute to reducing the costs of drug…
Switzerland Dr. Beat Moser, Director General of scienceindustries, the association representing the Swiss science-driven industries, and Jürg Granwehr, head of its pharma department, explain the open concept of scienceindustries, with science-based innovation at its heart; and why Switzerland is competitive in international life sciences markets. What are some of the unique…
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