Tagged with Healthcare

Singapore Takeda’s President of Emerging Markets Business Unit, Giles Platford, speaks about his assignments across various global markets, his leadership philosophy, as well as the impressive international growth of the company.   I feel a strong sense of responsibility and obligation working for a company that has potentially life-saving and life-transforming…

Singapore Eli Lilly and Company General Manager of South ASEAN, Dr. Faiz Ansari speaks about the expanded scope of his role,  Lilly’s pipeline, and the approach that Lilly has taken to support healthcare delivery and improve patients‘ access to treatment and to support programs in a region that is so inherently…

Singapore In an exclusive interview with Alan Ong, Executive Vice President of Asia Pacific and Global Head of Medical Devices and Diagnostics at INC Research, he highlights the current trends facing CROs in the region and the increasing capabilities and footprint of INC Research in Singapore. As the Executive Vice President…

Singapore In an interview with Takeda’s President of Emerging Markets Business Unit, Giles Platford portrays a vitalized focus on emerging markets and explains why those countries are positioned as one of three key growth drivers for the company. With Takeda’s recently unveiled Access-to-Medicines (AtM) strategy, he also characterizes the role of…

Singapore Cerner’s managing director of Southeast Asia, Rebecca LaNasa highlights the key importance that Singapore—as the company’s third office outside the U.S.—serves in implementing and piloting new forms of health care information technology (HIT), while elaborating on how the company’s comprehensive portfolio of solutions can actually help both developed and developing…

Slovakia Deloitte Slovakia’s Chairman, Vladimir Masar, talks about the transferability of his financial banking experience to the consultancy sector, the country’s attractiveness to foreign investment and the current state of its healthcare system. Given your extensive experience of the public and private sectors, could you tell our global executive readers about…

Switzerland Sintetica, Switzlerland’s longtime leader in local anesthesia and pain relief with development efforts in neuromodulation, started an ambitious internationalization strategy in 2011. CEO Augusto Mitidieri discusses the company’s expansion progress and highlights areas of unmet medical need around anesthetics. What are the most significant unmet medical needs in the realm…

Mexico This chart gives an insight into the phenomenal importance of the pharmaceutical industry to Mexico, in terms of both monetary value and employment created. Public, private, and out of pocket healthcare coverage in Mexico. The growth of the Mexican pharma industry by patented, generic and OTC segments. API Manufacturing compared…

Mexico Due to economic necessity, the Mexican government is attempting to slash annual spending; an act that could have serious consequences on the country’s ability to provide its citizens with healthcare. Here, representatives of government, associations, social security institutions, and private companies impart their expertise on how best to navigate these…

Singapore DB Schenker’s director of healthcare in Asia Pacific, Sugantha Natarajan describes the company’s presence across the region, while emphasizing the crucial need for localized solutions in specialized healthcare logistics. She also explains the company’s pivotal role in enhancing their clients’ value chains and elaborates on how industry players are able…

Luxembourg In an exclusive interview, Romain Schneider, Minister of Social Security for Luxembourg, on the successes of the Luxembourgish social security system, areas for improvement, and Luxembourg’s positioning within Europe. You were appointed Minister of Social Security nearly three years ago now, in December 2013. What have been the main changes…

Philippines Key executives and industry leaders convened in September in Manila to discuss the dynamic and evolving healthcare industry in the Philippines, and how QuintilesIMS’ expanding technological portfolio of services will best allow companies to drive their momentum in the future. Technology is also impacting other sectors in the country, including…