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cost containment “Cost containment measures are not just a Polish story, but a European reality,” says Marcin Hanczaruk, general manager at Amgen. “The Reimbursement Act is a real revolution, but it has brought both benefits and shortcomings. One consequence is that Poland has the lowest average price of medicine in the European…

vaccines Ricardo Brage serves as Vice President Spain for Sanofi Pasteur MSD. He discusses how he sought to change the subsidiary in response to pricing reforms as well as the challenges surrounding regional tenders for vaccines.   How did the joint venture of Sanofi Pasteur and MSD come to life? In…

regulation PEMANDU’s Director for the Healthcare National Key Economic Area gives a thorough understanding of the various entry point projects that were implemented since 2010 to help Malaysia become a high income nation by 2020 and a reference in terms of healthcare quality worldwide.   How would you describe the healthcare…

R&D Aplicaps was founded in 2008 with solely Spanish investments, when Spain was already suffering from a recession due to the real estate bubble. The company’s CEO, José Luis Martín Guinea, discusses the origins of the company in Portugal and the competitive services that Aplicaps offers to the Spanish pharmaceutical market.…

clinic “Clinica Alemana’s objective is to be the most patient-centric clinic and we take that very seriously. Therefore, we constantly strive to provide the most modern technology, the best infrastructure and, above all, the highest-qualified and most caring professionals in order to satisfy all our patients’ healthcare needs”, says Clinica Alemana’s…

sunscreen Deutsche Pharma’s general manager, Luis Aguilera, speaks about the company’s long family history and growth ambitions t. Deutsche Pharma commercializes its own brands and acts as distributor, supplying the local market with a variety of products for paediatrics and dermatology. Focusing on high value products, Aguilera has found partnering to…

diagnostics Life Length was founded through the CNIO (Spanish National Cancer Research Center) combined with the support of the Botín Foundation, Matlin Associates and Dr. Maria Blasco’s work in telomeres. Stephen J. Matlin, CEO of Life Length, discusses the potential of the company’s diagnostic test to become a standard biomarker for…

cancer Manuel Hidalgo, director of the Centro Integral Oncológico Clara Campal (CIOCC), discusses the expansion of the private sector of hospitals in Spain and the latest developments that CIOCC has taken in the area of personalized medicine.   How has the quality of healthcare in Spain changed or evolved over the…

Biosano “A company active in the Chilean pharmaceutical market has to reinvent its business model every three years because today we are competing against some of the largest multinationals.”     How has the company developed over the past years? Chile has a very open and transparent market, which requires companies to…

mergers The global pharmaceutical sector continues to witness significant mergers and acquisitions activity, with 122 M&A deals completed in 2013. This trend has continued due to several multi-billion dollar deals around the world in 2014, which is already recorded the busiest year for healthcare acquisitions. In Chile, the dealmaking sweeping started in December 2013…

Spain Owned completely by the LEO Foundation, LEO Pharma is an extremely patient-centric company focused primarily in the dermatology area. Kristian Hart-Hansen, general manager of LEO Pharma Spain, discusses the challenges in adapting to the country’s regional peculiarities and the subsidiary’s greater commitment to a much more stakeholder-focused approach. What were…

medical technologies Medtronic, world’s largest medical technology company, opened a direct operation in Chile in October 2013. Gonzalo Valdebenito elaborates on the affiliate’s first steps in the country and the mission he was given as Country Manager. Could you please begin with a brief overview of this affiliate with some of the…