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Before the introduction of universal healthcare (UHC), most major private hospitals in the Philippines had to rely on imported products. With the MNCs showing only limited interest in small volumes, all too often certain products would never actually make their way to market. It was a situation that skewed market…

Canada This graph shows Quebec’s R&D expenditure as a percentage of GDP, in comparison to other provinces in Canada, as well as other OECD countries.

Taiwan This graph shows the revenues from the biotech sector in Taiwan between 2004 and 2012, broken down to show applied biotech, pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

Taiwan This graph looks at the market growth in the Taiwanese pharmaceutical sector since 2007, and predicts the growth rate until 2017, estimating a CAGR of 4.62 percent.

Taiwan This graph shows the total revenues and market value of the Taiwanese biotech sector between 2007 and 2013, as well as the number of listed companies in that sector over the same period.

china Signed in June 2010, the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) between Taiwan and China was set to reduce tariffs and commercial barriers between the two countries. Obviously, such a deal means a lot to Taiwanese companies; arguably much more than it does to Chinese businesses. But just because the agreement…

chronic pain Bene Farmacêutica was established in 2009 to expand the supply and presence of Bene-Arzneimittel in Portugal, having already sold products in the country for several decades. The affiliate’s managing director, Frank Tischler, outlines Bene Farmacêutica’s entrance into Portugal and discusses the importance of adding value to brands in an environment…

law “The advantage of working in a law firm such as SRS Advogados is that it favors specialization in specific legal areas, such as life sciences, in order to meet the client’s needs. The regulatory aspects require study and preparation and are the main aspects of the legal advice of the…

  Canada operates a single-payer healthcare system in which the majority of services are provided by private entities, which are paid for at the provincial level. The Canada Health Act of 1984 stipulates universal coverage for all insured health services as administered by the country’s ten provinces. Medication is covered…

Infarmed Eurico Castro Alves, president of Portugal’s regulatory agency Infarmed, talks about the biggest challenges facing the regulation of health products in the country today, and introduces new initiatives aimed at positioning Infarmed as a regulator of reference worldwide.   You have been president of Infarmed since 2012. What have been some…

Pfizer “Although Pfizer is today one of the major contributors to Investigator-Initiated Research in Portugal in very important areas like inflammation, vaccines and rare diseases, it is also important that we reverse the trends observed concerning our levels of local investment in R&D, namely through the attraction of more clinical trials…

biotech Portuguese pharmaceutical group Bluepharma consists of ten companies that represent different parts of the medicine value chain. The success of Bluepharma during Portugal’s crisis was due to a strong focus on overseas exports and diversification of risk. Paulo Barradas and Sérgio Simões explain how they created that success.   Bluepharma…