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Poland Paweł Migdalski, CEO at Siemens Healthineers Poland, discusses the innovations they are bringing to the market and how they are building on the success of the Siemens Healthineers Academy. Furthermore, he reveals the company’s digital care offering, the expansion of the traditional portfolio into servicing and the importance of the…

Canada Panalpina’s Dimitri Brink speaks about the main highlights of his first two years of tenure in the Canadian affiliate and how he brought the fully closed GDP (good distribution practices) supply chain network to the local operations. He speaks about his intentions of growing the healthcare vertical as well as…

Canada Moving into the position of National Pharma & Life Sciences Leader, PwC’s Rami El-Cheikh announces the firm’s plan to introduce the comprehensive Pharma Advisory Services currently existing in the US into Canada, including enterprise and function-specific service expertise. He further identifies areas of potential growth in healthcare-related industries, putting forward…

Poland Mariusz Ignatowicz, PwC healthcare sector leader for CEE, discusses the funding of the Polish healthcare ecosystem and the need to find an alternative payer in the long-term Additionally, he highlights PwC’s services and the overall requirement for data to be taken into more consideration in Polish healthcare to ensure accurate…

Canada John Simmons, VP Sales & Marketing (Health Systems) at Philips Canada talks about the company’s commitment to delivering integrated health technology solutions that provide continuous care across the health continuum. Can you provide an overview of Philips operations in Canada? “Philips Canada is very active in our customer-oriented focus; we…

Brazil When combining the sheer size of Brazil – the fifth largest country in the world – with its tropical climate, its largely perfectible infrastructure, and the soaring importance of temperature sensitive biologicals, one understands the urgent need to develop solutions guaranteeing appropriate transport conditions in Brazil. “We may be vaguely…

Pharma The top 10 pharmaceutical companies in Canada for 2016 in terms of total sales and market share. Johnson & Johnson leads the way with USD 2.93 billion in sales, followed by Novartis with USD 1.24 billion and TEVA with USD 1.19 billion.

Lithuania Vytautas Baublys, co-founder and CEO of Softneta, introduces the award-winning Lithuanian IT company, and its service offering, explaining how software-based specialized healthcare solutions improve the quality of patient care. Further, he discusses the importance of the company’s FDA-approved platform, facilitating the communication flow between scientists, doctors and patients, allowing them…

Switzerland As the spotlight turns towards optimising supply and delivery chains in pharma logistics, Swiss Post has distinguished itself as one of the early movers in trialling autonomous drone logistics for commercial purposes. In March 2017, the company and its partner, Matternet, received clearance from the Swiss aviation authority to fly…

Switzerland Alexander Bauer, chairman and co-founder of 4PL Central Station, introduces his company’s unique logistics service offering, and the role of fourth party logistics in the future of the pharmaceutical industry. You founded 4PL Central Station here in Basel back in 2000, alongside your son Olivier, with the idea of providing…

India R.S. Subramanian, country manager and Sandeep Juneja, vice president – Sales and Marketing, DHL Express India, explain why the world’s leading express logistics company is a trusted and accountable service provider for life sciences customers in India, and also how they are maximizing business development opportunities by growing their presence…

Brazil Armando Correa Lopes Jr, managing director of Siemens Healthineers Brazil, provides insights into the main trends and challenges at the core of Brazil’s healthcare discussion and documents the contribution of Siemens Healthineers in shaping a more cost-efficient, value-based, and data-oriented Brazilian model of healthcare. Leveraging your long-standing experience of Brazil’s…