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Pharma The Italian Medicines Agency, AIFA, sits at a crossroads. Its Director-General Prof. Luca Pani discusses the apparent contradiction in the agency’s mission at a time of constricting budgets and expensive medicines, how the agency’s role is evolving in response and in which ways the agency can collaborate with the industry.…

Pharma Dominique Costantini, the CEO of OSE Pharma, a French biotech company developing immunotherapy products against late-stage (invasive and metastatic) cancer discusses the company’s unique targeted approach based on a patented neo-epitopes combination, its plans to break into the immuno-oncology domain and its perspectives on the French regulatory and biotech environments, and emphasizes…

Pharma A well-established player in the Allergy market, the Dutch company HAL Allergy recently expanded its activities with the addition of its HALIX Contract Manufacturing Outsourcing (CMO) arm. CEO Harry Flore highlights how the complete package and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) experience offered by HALIX, along with the company’s long-standing in-house…

pharma The President of Pfizer France reveals how the biggest challenge the French pharma industry faces is to gain credit for its contribution to improve people´s quality of life; why France is and will always be important for any large pharma company, despite some particular challenges; and how France´s unique strength…

pharma The president of the Institut Pasteur talks about how they must build on their differentiating factors, with a focus on interdisciplinary research, why they are not a French institute with international partnerships, but an international institute that is based in France and how if there was one aspect he would…

pharma With almost thirty years of experience in the life sciences sector, local Dutch consultancy firm Baggerman Farma Consult offers a wide portfolio of services to its clients in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry to meet all of their regulatory needs. Kees Baggerman, CEO and founder, highlights the new Gateway…

pharma Mr Martinez, President of Santen France, reveals how Santen’s decision to acquire the French pharmaceutical company Novagali in 2011, was based on its desire to project itself as an innovative ophthalmic player across the whole of Europe and why 2015 was a significant year for the group, receiving European marketing approval…

Acromegaly or Neuroendocrine tumors Thibaud Eckenschwiller, VP & Managing Director for Ipsen Italy, shares his impression of the Italian pharmaceutical market after one year in office, how he is applying Ipsen’s global strategy to one of the group’s core markets and how he plans to maintain the affiliate’s position as a leader of specialized…

Pharma The president of HAS sheds light on the seemingly complex French healthcare system, explains HAS’ role within that context and provides an honest assessment of the system’s advantages and flaws. He also discusses the issues of maintaining the sustainability of the French healthcare budget and the importance of increasing European…

Turkey In the first fifteen years of the 21st century Turkey saw rapid economic growth, greater access to healthcare, and a boom in pharmaceutical sales. The country’s healthcare sector is now entering a new era of greater govt support for the pharmaceutical industry, more focus on R&D and the potential for…

  Despite political instability, Thailand’s healthcare sector has great prospects for growth due to its expanding middle class, public health service, supply of affordable medicine, and forthcoming membership of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). Thailand has faced severe tests in recent years but is today emerging from them stronger. As…

pharma Professor Paul Smits, Dean and Vice Chairman of Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands, shares his insights into the strengths of the country’s research climate and the challenges posed by the increasingly high cost of innovative drugs on the healthcare budget. Prof. Smits highlights the benefits that could be…