Tagged with Policy

access The general manager of Iberma discusses the history of the Moroccan pharmaceutical industry, new measures to improve access, and working on Moroccan-European partnerships in the pharma sector. You have a long experience of the Moroccan pharmaceutical industry. What have been the most significant changes throughout its history? Morocco initiated its…

hospitals The secretary general of the association representing Turkish private hospitals dicusses the private sector’s role in the Turkish healthcare system, as a subset of hospitals with a particularly high standards and robust medical infrastructure. Could you please begin by explaining the role of OHSAD plays in the Turkish medical community?…

access Healthcare should not be seen as an expenditure, but rather as an investment. Mexico’s former minister of health and current dean at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health discusses how Mexico is moving towards effective universal coverage, the challenges the system is facing and the issues that remain.…

health policy Healthcare coverage has gone a long way in Mexico after the implementation of the Seguro Popular in 2004 and today 57.3 million Mexicans are affiliated to the public health insurance scheme. The federal commissioner discusses the institution’s major milestones, its challenges and the efforts to ensure a better quality of…

doing business Insights from existing players on what to expect and how to succeed in Algeria today. “The key to being successful is to be direct and forthright with the Algerians themselves. Trust in them and they will certainly trust in you.” – Essam Farouk, CEO, El Kendi. “The pace of doing…

pricing Cho Chan-Hwui, president of the Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA), discusses the major hurdles that pharmacists in Korea must overcome today, and the increased focus on prescription by INN.   How successfully has the policy stipulating the separation of prescription and dispensing (SPD) worked over the last 15 years? Complete success…

health policy Recognized by the University of Pennsylvania as one of the top 30 think tanks in the world for health policy, FUNSALUD is committed to propose solutions to Mexico’s most important challenges with regard to healthcare. The recently appointed executive president discusses the current challenges of the sector and how the…

science Maria Luisa Poncela has been the General Secretary of Science, Technology and Innovation under the Spanish Ministry of Economy since January 2012. In her role she fosters business competitiveness and technology transfer across different sectors and regions, and in an exclusive interview with PharmaBoardroom she outlines some of the key…

recession Dr. Heitor Costa, Executive Director at Apifarm, Portugal, discusses the country’s economic situation and the presence of international pharmaceutical companies despite the recession. He further discusses the current policy and influence of generics on the pharmaceutical industry, and why he feels investment in Portugal is so crucial at a time…

partnering David Setboun, Country President of AstraZeneca, discusses the opportunities that the Portuguese market can bring despite economic downturn, and the future of the Portuguese affiliate in expanding to new therapeutic areas. In what way do you think the pharmaceutical industry can act as an engine of economic recovery and development…

Government Regulation You have been in Taiwan now for ten months. What are the most important characteristics of this market from your perspective, and what surprised you most about Taiwan? Taiwan is a highly developed economy to start with; it is a very established market, with a very good healthcare system. The…

Government Regulation   President Santos appointed economist Alejandro Gaviria as the new Minister of Health and Social Protection in September 2012. Gaviria’s priority has been to create health reform that would introduce the next episode of Colombia’s payer system, following the introduction of Law 100 in 1993, which extended health coverage to…