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India Anay Shukla leads the pharmaceutical, life sciences, med-tech and healthcare practice at Nishith Desai Associates, a leading Indian law firm. In this article, he examines the benefit of the recent policy changes to price controls for innovative drugs in India.  Unlike many other countries, India controls prices of all drugs…

Malaysia After 61 years of single-party rule, the May 2018 electoral victory of the populist Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition sent shockwaves through the Malaysian political landscape. This has been keenly felt within the healthcare sphere, where industry players are broadly supportive of PH’s plans to increase low-income Malaysians’ access to treatments…

India Dilip Shah, the Secretary-General of the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance advocates for a stronger and more empowered regulator in India if the country is to build public confidence in its pharma output and drug inspectors.    Improving the image of drug inspectors- will require investments in “infrastructure”. The key elements of this…

Egypt Egypt continues to struggle with fake drugs reaching the hands of patients as the suppliers of counterfeit medicines become more sophisticated by adding company logos to packaging.   The Egyptian police have launched large-scale surveillance campaigns aimed at “Bir Al-Salam factories” which are known for manufacturing these drugs that include multiple unknown…

Generics Over the last ten years, generic medicines have increased access to medicines by over 100% in 7 key therapeutic areas and have provided massive savings for healthcare systems in Europe. In this exclusive interview with Adrian van den Hoven, director general of Medicines for Europe, we discuss the importance of…

France Jean-Luc Belingard, president of FEFIS (Fédération Française des Industries de Santé – French Federation of the Health Industry), explains his role following up on the implementation of the CSIS (Conseil stratégique des industries de santé – Strategic council of the healthcare industry) and speaks out about the competitiveness of the…

Turkey The Minister of Health of the Republic of Turkey, Dr Fahrettin Koca, provides an overview of the current state of the Turkish healthcare ecosystem, highlighting its opportunities and challenges. He emphasises Turkey’s ambition to become a global leader in medical manufacturing as well as a popular target for health tourism.…

France ANSM – Agence Nationale de Sécurité des Médicaments et des Produits de Santé (National Agency for the Safety of Drugs and Health Products)   Key People: Dominique Martin, CEO The National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) was created by the government in 2011 for strengthening the safety of…

France DSS Direction de la Sécurité (Department of Social Security)   Key People: Director General Mathilde Lignot-Leloup The Directorate of Social Security (DSS) supervises all social security organizations: general scheme funds, basic scheme funds of independent professions other than agricultural, or special schemes funds. It also participates in the supervision of complementary…

France Commission des Affaires Sociales de l’Assemblée Nationale (Commission of Social Affairs, National Assembly)   Key People: Brigitte Bourguignon, Chairwoman Olivier Véran, General Reporter The Social Affairs Committee of the National Assembly is one of the eight standing committees of the French National Assembly. The areas of competence of the Social Affairs Committee are…

USA Chester “Chip” Davis, Jr, the President and CEO of the Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM) discusses the Creating and Restoring Equal Access to Equivalent Samples Act (CREATES) and how it will improve access to medicines and restore healthy competition to the market.    American taxpayers, along with millions of patients, will benefit…

Spain After a recent course of political shifts, Spain now finds itself with a new minister of health; the third since this past June.  Maria Luisa Carcedo, who was named as the Spanish minister of health by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on September 11, has replaced Carmen Monton, who resigned after…