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Deloitte In the second part of this interview, the managing partner of Deloitte Algeria sheds light on opportunity and risk in the Algerian pharma market. He explains the distorting effect of strict joint venture rules and outlines the many challenges in navigating Algeria’s regulatory and legal frameworks while at the same time…

consulting The managing partner of one of the “big four” consultancies speaks out about market entry strategies for Algeria and how Deloitte itself went about servicing the local pharmaceuticals industry among other thriving economic sectors. As a member of the “Big Four” professional services firms, what sort of offering does Deloitte…

chamber of commerce The European Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ECCK) was founded in 2012, in order to represent the interests of European businesses in Korea. Christoph Heider, secretary general of ECCK, discusses the initial challenges involved in establishing the chamber, as well as his outlook on the challenges and opportunities that the…

strategy Long-term strategy is the name of the game for Janssen. Alejandro Smolje, the company’s director of finance for Latin America South, outlines how that strategy is implemented in Argentina and highlights the affiliate’s emphasis on its clinical research and its impact on Argentina’s healthcare environment.   What have been some…

orphan drugs Gabriela Pittis discusses the Argentinian healthcare system’s ability to diagnose, treat, and regulate rare diseases, and the country’s progress in further developing what is already the region’s most comprehensive system in this regard.   Is the Argentinian system able to reliably diagnose and treat rare diseases? “Rare diseases” is a…

Egypt The table below shows highlighted markets in the MENA region, and their performance in 2013. Saudi Arabia is the largest pharma market in the region, with Iraq as the fastest growing market.

clinical trials The Mexico country manager of the Swiss biopharmaceutical company discusses the recent restructuring process the subsidiary has been going through, the strategic importance of Mexico as a logistic and clinical research hub for the region as well as how the company is going digital.     In the past ten…

regulation The executive director of the board bringing together multinational and local drug manufacturers talks about the chamber’s goal to position the pharmaceutical industry as the most important manufacturing sector in Mexico, how the chamber is working with the government and its membership to reach this goal and which new dynamics are…

The following graph shows the rise in pharmaceutical exports from Spain, which is now the fourth largest export sector in the country.

Spain Spain has seen a number of investments in recent months in the pharmaceutical sector: below is a non-comprehensive list of R&D, manufacturing, and clinical trials by international pharma companies.

Spain The following graph shows that the pharma is the leading sector when it comes to R&D in Spain, accounting for 20.2 percent of investment in 2013.

Spain The following infographic shows the main locations of the pharma sector in Spain, as well as the number of companies based in each region of the country.