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Pharma The CEO of CzechInvest elaborates on the significance of the healthcare and life science industry for the Czech Republic’s transition into an industry 4.0. Furthermore, he reviews what the Czech Republic has to offer for foreign investors over its regional neighbors. Before assuming the position of CEO at CzechInvest you…

Pharma The recently appointed CEO of Servier Hungary, Dr. Jan Frederic Kesselhut highlights his initial perceptions of the Hungarian pharmaceutical market and depicts the significant role that the Servier Research Institute of Medicinal Chemistry (SRIMC) in Hungary plays in the group’s overall R&D activities. He also elaborates on the crucial importance…

Pharma Soneas MD Jozsef Repasi discusses the shift back towards Central and Eastern Europe for contract manufacturing services, the company’s growth since separating from Ubichem, and his ambitions for Soneas to become a fully integrated, end-to-end service provider. As an introduction for our readers, can you please shed some insight into…

Pharma While the Italian clinical research community works to an excellent standard of quality, and is relatively competitive in terms of costs, regulatory differences with the rest of Europe pose significant challenges. Mariapia Cirenei and Stefano Marini, president of AICRO and EUCROF respectively, discuss these current challenges, and how the new…

Pharma AmCham Hungary, one of the largest American Chambers of Commerce in Central and Eastern Europe, discusses their advocacy efforts, particularly highlighting the chamber’s recently established Healthy Nation Policy Task Force and its aim to positively shape the current and future state of healthcare in Hungary. Can you please describe for…

Pharma Hungary has long boasted a vibrant, skilled pharmaceutical industry that continues to attract the interest of local and multinational entities alike. This fact was highlighted today at the celebration of GlaxoSmithKline’s incorporation of new technologies and production units at its state-of-the-art Gödöllő Vaccine Facility on the outskirts of Budapest. While GSK’s dynamic…

Pharma Meda Pharma Hungary GM Dr. Laszlo Gaspar describes how the strategic shift from Rx to OTC has allowed the company to experience year-on-year growth over the last eight years and increase annual revenues threefold. He further emphasizes the value of targeting medical promotion in securing a competitive positioning in several…

Medtech A physician sending off a quick update to a patient via smartphone; a medical caretaker receiving an alert message that a patient’s medical device requires immediate attention. These are no longer hypothetical ideas of healthcare in the distant future, but very real innovations currently being rolled out and integrated across…

Pharma The chairman of the committee on health and social policy of the Czech Senate names the role that health insurance companies inherit and the transparency of the healthcare system as aspects in need of reform, while highlighting that the system overall is effective and stable. He also elaborates on how…

Pharma Shire France’s General Manager, Andrew Obenshain, speaks optimistically about the leading market conditions in France, the corporate culture of a multinational company in a niche market, and building a rapport with government and patients. As an American working in France, what are your key observations about the differences and similarities…

Pharma Alexander Zehnder discusses Sanofi’s sizable contribution to the Italian economy, manufacturing in Italy, and the country’s labyrinthine drug approval processes. What have been your main areas of focus and priorities since your appointment as head of Sanofi’s Italy and Malta operations in October 2014? Sanofi is in the midst of a transition from…

Pharma The dynamic Director of ESCP Europe’s Master in Biopharmaceutical Management talks about being the reference higher education institution for programs catering to the biopharma sector, plans for more international visibility, and some notable alumni of the university’s executive level curriculum. ESCP Europe appears to have a special connection to the…