Tagged with CEE

Poland Marzena Kulis, managing director of Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices CEE, highlights the importance of the region and Poland within J&J Medical Devices, and the impact of increasing healthcare expenditures on the medical device market. Additionally, she highlights the main challenges encountered by innovative companies and the extensive educational campaigns…

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…

Poland Stefan Jaworski-Martycz, country manager Poland and CEE Cluster Lead of Théa, a leading French ophthalmology company, discusses the intricacies of the Polish ophthalmology environment and the key steps for the Polish government to better value eyecare innovation. Additionally, he highlights the key growth drivers for the affiliate and the close…

Poland Maciej Wieczorek, president of Celon Pharma, discusses the award-winning success of the 2016 IPO on the Warsaw stock exchange and the opportunities this has opened up, as well as investment strategy to assure the company’s impressive growth. Furthermore, he surveys the Polish R&D landscape and discusses the importance of a…

Poland Jacek Glinka, president of Mylan Europe, and Tomasz Buczek, country manager of Mylan Poland, discuss the intricate dynamics of the European and Polish pharmaceutical ecosystem and the steps required to find a sustainable balance between government and industry to ensure patients receive world-class healthcare. Furthermore, they highlight the importance of…

Poland Dr. Wolfgang Wagner, regional director of Wörwag EU and CEE, highlights the ongoing process of the company to integrate itself within each respective healthcare community so patients can receive better market access to their biofactor therapies. Furthermore, he discusses the need to highlight the pharmacoeconomic impact of their products to…

Poland Wojciech Sulimierski, general manager of Aspen Poland and CEE, discusses the opening of the regional operations in 2014 and the importance of the CEE region as the company establishes itself in the global pharmaceutical ecosystem. Moreover, he highlights the impact of global acquisitions and the niche area model they have…

Bulgaria Vladimir Afenliev, chief director business operations, strategic and organizational developments at Sopharma, explains the great success of the strongest Bulgarian pharmaceutical company in the country as well as the upcoming strategies to further grow Sopharma in the region. Sopharma is the most important pharmaceutical group in Bulgaria with activities spanning…

Bulgaria Ana Tsakova, managing director at Merck Bulgaria, emphasizes the duty of the industry to raise the bar of treatment quality in the country and shows the commitment of Merck in this regard to collaborate with both physicians and patients in key therapeutic areas such as oncology, fertility, multiple sclerosis, diabetes,…

Austria Christoph Wahl and Gerlad Weirowski of DHL Global Forwarding Austria discuss the significance of the Austrian affiliate being chosen as lead office for CEE and the company’s life sciences and logistics hub. They also tackle emerging trends in the pharma logistics segment. DHL’s Austrian affiliate has recently been made the…

Austria Dr. Wolfgang Harrer, regional manager of Chiesi Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), discusses the challenges of managing the region’s diverse cultural differences and the importance of CEE within global operations. Furthermore, he points out the factors influencing the influx of innovative drugs into Austria, especially in rare diseases, and highlights…

Pharma Reckitt Benckiser’s General Manager for the CEE region, Lajos Magyari, discusses the strength of the company’s current portfolio, the importance of innovation and the success factors he focuses on to drive growth in the region. He outlines the company’s vision for 2020 and the significance of the health category segment.…