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UAE “Over the past twenty years, we have seen a drastic change in the socio-economic climate of the Gulf region and neighboring countries. There has been considerable growth in terms of wealth and a sharp increase in health expenditures, which was mandated by the Ministry of Health”, explains Ayman Sahli, CEO…

chronic pain Bene Farmacêutica was established in 2009 to expand the supply and presence of Bene-Arzneimittel in Portugal, having already sold products in the country for several decades. The affiliate’s managing director, Frank Tischler, outlines Bene Farmacêutica’s entrance into Portugal and discusses the importance of adding value to brands in an environment…

Infarmed Eurico Castro Alves, president of Portugal’s regulatory agency Infarmed, talks about the biggest challenges facing the regulation of health products in the country today, and introduces new initiatives aimed at positioning Infarmed as a regulator of reference worldwide.   You have been president of Infarmed since 2012. What have been some…

biotech Portuguese pharmaceutical group Bluepharma consists of ten companies that represent different parts of the medicine value chain. The success of Bluepharma during Portugal’s crisis was due to a strong focus on overseas exports and diversification of risk. Paulo Barradas and Sérgio Simões explain how they created that success.   Bluepharma…

biotech Portuguese pharmaceutical group Bluepharma consists of ten companies that represent different parts of the medicine value chain. The success of Bluepharma during Portugal’s crisis was due to a strong focus on overseas exports and diversification of risk. Paulo Barradas and Sérgio Simões explain how they created that success.   Bluepharma…

biotech Portuguese pharmaceutical group Bluepharma consists of ten companies that represent different parts of the medicine value chain. The success of Bluepharma during Portugal’s crisis was due to a strong focus on overseas exports and diversification of risk. Paulo Barradas and Sérgio Simões explain how they created that success.   Bluepharma…

R&D Almirall Portugal stopped all commercial activity in 2011 to focus only on the market access of new, innovative products being introduced through the organization’s active R&D pipeline. Country Manager Rui Santos explains this process and how he plans to tackle the tough Portuguese marketplace.   Almirall has been in Portugal…

market access José Aranda da Silva, General Manager of Formifarma Portugal, stresses the importance of market access, demonstrating added value for companies today, as well as the need for a revamp of Portugal’s outdated reimbursement system.   What was your inspiration for creating Formifarma? Having spent my career in various fields of…

scienfitic output João Lobo Antunes, Founder of Institute of Molecular Medicine (IMM), Portugal gives his insights into Portugal’s strengths in science and technology, as well as his ambitions to grow IMM into one of the world’s leading institutes for genomics.   How would you rate Portugal’s scientific output nationwide? The scientific development…

Generics Kenneth Y Hartigan-Go, Acting Director General of the Food and Drug Administration Philippines (FDA) discusses the current state of regulations processes, strategies that the FDA are applying to the major challenges being presented, and further elaborates on the affect that the universal healthcare would have on the Filipino market.  One…

Distribution Rui Carrington, CEO of OCP Portugual, a Pharmaceutical distributor which has undergone a significant evolution over the years as part of an adaptation to the changing market trends in Portugal, outlines the history of the company, and offers insight into the ways in which local pharmacies can recover from their…

Generics Armando Esguerra, President of Chira Pharmaceuticals, Philippines, explains the concept of chirality, why it is relevant and extremely important in the pharmaceutical industry, and what have been the major challenges and successes of the company since its founding.    CHIRA Pharmaceuticals as a company was founded on the concept of…