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Serbia Predrag Lukic, general manager of Amicus, a new and exciting bridging service for MNCs looking to expand into Serbia and the Balkans, reveals the keys to accessing the region and how best to take advantage of the professional talent pool in Serbia. Through careful study of the market and by…

Switzerland Kurt Reichen, VP Technical Operations at PaxVax, an American-headquartered fully integrated specialty vaccine company focused on infectious diseases, discusses the establishment of the company’s only site outside of the US in Bern, Switzerland, following the 2014 acquisition of a former Crucell manufacturing site from J&J. The establishment of your Swiss…

Austria Albin Egger, country representative of UCB Pharma Austria, discusses the strong performance of the Austrian affiliate within the global group, organizational restructuring, and the receptiveness of Austria to UCB’s innovative products. Globally, UCB registered nine percent growth for the first nine months of 2017. How would you describe the contribution…

Austria Joy Ladurner, co-director of the NKSE (National Coordination Center for Rare Diseases) in Austria, discusses the rationale behind Austria’s prioritization of rare diseases and its leading role in the field. Austria launched a national action plan for rare diseases, the NAP.se in 2015. NKSE has played an instrumental role in…

Austria Alexander Biach, chairman of the Main Association of Austrian Social Security Institutions, discusses handling the responsibility for Austria’s Europe-leading social security coverage, current inefficiencies that need to be ironed out, and his blueprint for creating a faster, less complicated, more cost-effective, and equitable social insurance system. Last May, you were…

Brazil Luis Eduardo Caroli, CEO of BioZeus, is contributing to the pre-commercial development of Brazilian-born innovations. In this interview he explains how he set up the company and documents the company’s unique model of collaboration between local project managers and highly experienced senior international executives to develop academic science, as well…

Tunisia Tunisia’s GDP percentage change year on year. After suffering a major slump in 2011, the economy is now on the road to recovery.   In terms of ease of doing business, Tunisia lags behind the UAE and Morocco but fares better than Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon. Public spending accounts for…

Canada Greig Estabrooks, general manager of Valneva, talks partnership opportunities for the French-Austrian pure-play vaccine company in Canada, its exciting pipeline, and how he encourages his global R&D colleagues to consider conducting clinical trials for their pipeline products in Canada in order to leverage the country’s great infrastructure and significant human…

Ukraine Healthcare expenditure as a share of GDP has shrunk dramatically in Ukraine since 2013. Hospitals bear the brunt of primary care in Ukraine. WHO standards require a far greater role for family doctors within the overall healthcare system. Life expectancy in Ukraine lags behind that of its neighbors and peers.…

Brazil Nelson Mussolini, executive president of the syndicate of the pharmaceutical industry in the State of Sao Paulo (Sindusfarma), which represents around 95 percent of all pharmaceutical marketing in the country and gathers together over 312 associate members overall, documents the exceptional growth of the pharmaceutical industry in Brazil despite the…

Austria Gerhard Hirczi of the Vienna Business Agency and Peter Halwachs of LISAvienna describe Vienna’s impressive footprint in the life sciences, its positioning as the start-up hub for Central and Eastern Europe, and the potential ramifications of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) relocating to the city. Could you please start by…

Colombia Colombia macroeconomic snapshot. Colombia GDP 1996-2016. GDP growth in South Americabetween 2015 and 2018. Colombia stands out for economic reliability in a region of uncertainty. Per capita healthcare expenditure in Latin America; Colombia stood in 9th place in 2014. Colombia healthcare snapshot. Healthcare expenditure in Colombia up until 2021. Pharma…