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Spain Enrique Ruiz Escudero, Minister of Health of the Community of Madrid, discusses his strategy to maintain Madrid’s spot as having Spain’s leading healthcare system, the creation of the bio-region –‘Biomad’, and the city’s adoption of innovative telemedicine practices. You took the reins of the Ministry of Health of the Community…

Hong Kong Ray Huang of Silicon Valley consultancy Exponent gives his first impressions of Hong Kong as well as discussing fostering innovation and retaining talent in Asia.   Following your recent move from Silicon Valley, what are your impressions of Hong Kong so far? What stands out the most about Hong Kong…

Regulation Dominique Martin, CEO of the ANSM (Agence Nationale de Sécurité du Médicament et des Produits de Santé) provides a fascinating insight into the French process of authorizing drugs and medical products, his commitment to increased transparency and increased efficiency, and the opportunity for France to take the lead in European…

Algeria The Top 20 Pharma Companies in Algeria based on sales in 2017. Sanofi is way out in front with USD 458.6 million in sales, followed by local champion El Kendi with USD 254.1 million and Danish diabetes specialist Novo Nordisk with USD 239.1 million.

Hong Kong Tim Collins of DCH Auriga outlines the Asia-Pacific healthcare distribution landscape, DCH’s expansion plans and what Hong Kong offers as a regional headquarters.   After 14 years with LF Asia, you joined DCH and were actively involved in the recent acquisition. What are the key learnings that you are bringing…

Turkey Ece Kaşıkçı, General Manager, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) Turkey, outlines how BMS’ groundbreaking immuno-oncology therapy has proudly become the first product of its kind to be registered and reimbursed in the country. She also highlights the company’s collaborative approach to reach this remarkable milestone. Ece also discusses her vision for BMS…

Hong Kong Ricky Chiu of Phase Scientific International discusses exciting new technological developments in the diagnostic field and the benefits of being based in Hong Kong.   Having founded PHASE Scientific in America in 2012, what was the motive behind moving its operations to Asia, and why Hong Kong specifically? There are…

Spain Ignacio Vega and Carlos Ibares Sanz of Spanish medtech Cardiva, explain the group’s origins as a distributor, the growing importance of manufacturing, and the company’s international ambitions.   How has Cardiva evolved since its formation in Bilbao in 1989? Ignacio Vega (IV): Cardiva began life as a distributor, primarily for…

Innovation Article contributed by Carla Smith, Executive Vice President of The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) for PharmaBoardroom. We must assertively bend the arc of technology towards our patients, clinicians, researchers, and caregivers, and re-humanise the health system. One of the many ways patients are de-humanized in a health…

Algeria With non WTO members such as Algeria flouting intellectual property (IP) it raises the issue of how best to protect and price medicines in the future. In a fascinating interview we spoke to Rachid Kerrar from the Algerian firm Beker about their development of a cheaper, generic version of Gilead’s…

regulation Chinese ecommerce behemoths Alibaba and JD.com are being used to buy and sell tens of thousands of prescription medicines, skirting regulations in what is a legal grey area. According to a recent Financial Times report, dozens of listings from third party vendors – mainly pharmacies – for drugs such as…

Turkey With its current turbulent economic and political climate, Turkey is betting its future prosperity on 2 key aspects – its young talent pool and its location as an intersection between the West and the East. Hakan Yurdakul, head of economy monitoring and coordination at the Presidency Office is bullish, “The…