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Malaysia Tan Sri Rahman Mamat, chairman of Inno Bio Ventures, provides his vision for biosimilars’ potential in Malaysia, and the progress the company has made in laying the foundations to make Malaysia an export hub for biological products in the future.   There is a strong potential for exporting biosimilars [from…

France Stéphane Roques, CEO of Medicen, the health care cluster for the Paris region, discusses his vision for Medicen and the changes he has made during his first few months in the tole. He highlights the need for domestic and European collaboration to be able to compete against clusters in the…

Malaysia George Kazzi, general manager of Baxter Malaysia, highlights the main areas of development for his affiliate, including the introduction of more renal dialysis innovation as well as increasing awareness and delivering additional solutions in parenteral nutrition. He also explains the ways in which the country should promote more effective home…

Turkey Acibadem’s Mehmet Ali Aydınlar offers his insights into the Turkish healthcare sector, highlighting Turkey’s burgeoning healthcare tourism industry. He also describes Acıbadem’s focus of growth, globalization and fundamental values that have helped the hospital chain become a prominent trademark on a global scale.   In the following years, we will…

Malaysia Dr Dhesi Baha Raja, consultant in digital technologies at the Malaysian Ministry of Health, introduces the government’s plan to enter digital health through electronic medical records (EMR) and shares his insights regarding the use of blockchain technology and artificial intelligence in the Malaysian healthcare system.   I arrived at the…

Spain Kerman Elordi, managing director of Nekicesa, describes the key trends impacting the pharmaceutical and packaging industries, how the company leverages innovation to meet market needs a first mover in technology, and what the future holds for the company and the sector.   The packaging and pharmaceutical industries are traditionally conservative…

Malaysia Kshitij Panse, director of Servier Malaysia discusses the company’s planned move into oncology, as well as their strategies to provide an all-round improved patient experience, through education, screening, and e-health.   Oncology is the future, and we want to introduce the products in Servier’s pipeline to Malaysia as and when…

France Pierre Moustial, chairman of MedTech in France, the association of medical technology companies in France, discusses the challenges for French healthcare start-ups to scale-up and explains why France has no medtech champion despite the world-class innovation in the country.   In France, we do not have a problem getting start-ups…

Malaysia Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, director general of health at the Ministry of Health of Malaysia unveils the government’s plan to bring healthcare back to the community, and create a culture based around a healthy lifestyle. Dr  Hisham also discusses the future potential for digitalization within the Malaysian healthcare apparatus.…

Spain Fernando Prados Roa, deputy minister of health for Madrid, discusses the health paradigm of the community and elaborates on the role of SERMAS in managing and coordinating the city’s public healthcare system.   What sets us apart in healthcare is our professionals Could you begin by introducing SERMAS – the…

Malaysia Dr. Azrul Mohd Khalib, chief executive at the Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy, gives an insight on the current important issues the Malaysian healthcare ecosystem is facing and the different solutions and strategies the Galen Centre, as a thinktank for health and social issues, has identified for the…

Karim Babay is Chairman & CEO of HealthSapiens, a nationwide healthcare provider that delivers on-demand access to healthcare anytime, anywhere, via mobile devices, the internet, video and phone. Here he discusses the need for more price transparency within healthcare systems so that consumers can make informed choices that save them…