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India Terumo India’s Shishir Agarwal outlines the company’s strategic roadmap and growth trajectory in India, highlighting the organization’s focus on understanding the healthcare landscape, enhancing organizational capabilities, and diversifying the product portfolio. This approach has enabled Terumo to navigate the competitive landscape successfully and achieve substantial market share, even amidst challenges…

India The State of Gujarat is one of India’s most culturally diverse, the birthplace of ‘Father of the Nation’ Mahatma Gandhi, and the only place in the world where Asiatic lions can be found in their natural habitat. It is also an economic powerhouse, with key Gujarati industries including dairy, cement,…

India Mohal Sarabhai, managing director of Ambalal Sarabhai Enterprises Limited (ASE) on transforming his family’s failing century-old business and creating new companies beneath the ASE Holdings umbrella, including a joint venture with Co-Diagnostics, CoSara Diagnostics, that span areas from diagnostics to APIs. He highlights CoSara Diagnostics’ tuberculosis (TB) and human papillomavirus…

India Dr Basant Garg explains the role and impact of the National Health Authority (NHA) in India, including its pivotal role in executing the Ayushman Bharat universal health coverage initiative. Dr Garg touches on the scale and scope of this enormous undertaking, and some of the implementation challenges of ensuring access…

India Dr Arunish Chawla details the policy strategies underlying the explosive prospected growth of India’s pharmaceutical sector to USD 120-150 billion by 2030, including rigorous adherence to international quality standards. Highlighting regulatory reforms and India’s nuanced stance on intellectual property, Dr Chawla envisions India as a balanced player in healthcare across…

India At a transformational moment for Indian pharma, OPPI’s Anil Matai outlines how the country’s government is more receptive to innovation and action-oriented than ever before, how the industry is increasingly aligning with global standards to foster an innovation transition, and the importance of always bearing patiennt accessibility in mind in…

India Solid dosage forms like capsules and tablets make up over 70 percent of all medicines prescribed globally. In the view of Ajit Singh, chairman of Indian solid dosage form pioneer ACG, these products continue to be the “backbone” of the pharmaceutical industry and hold particular relevance given ongoing global debates…

India Pharmexcil’s Ravi Uday Bhaskar discusses how Indian pharma is rebuilding global confidence in its exports via a focus on quality, expanding into high-potential new markets like those in Latin America, and adapting to global trends like the US Inflation Reduction Act and changing European regulations.   Despite global economic challenges,…

Portugal Dr João Filipe Raposo outlines the importance of a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach to diabetes care management, an approach embodied by the APDP – Diabetes Portugal. He also touches on the APDP’s unique patient-centric model and the digital future of diabetes care.   I am optimistic that diabetes care will improve.…

Portugal APDP is the association for people living with diabetes in Portugal, and the oldest such institution in the world. Deputy Clinical Director Dr Carolina Neves emphasises the APDP’s patient-centred approach to integrated diabetes care, its role in advocating for greater accessibility to treatments, why obesity treatment should be built into…

Portugal A staunch advocate for diversity and inclusion, Helena Freitas today leads the Portuguese affiliate of Sanofi, consistently ranked among the leading pharmaceutical firms in the country. With a focus on growth in the hospital setting as well as addressing the high incidence of diabetes in Portugal, Freitas is confident of…

India Vikrant Shrotiya outlines how Novo Nordisk’s phenomenal recent global performance in obesity and diabetes has played out in India and the relevance of India to the global group. He also examines some of the key affordability and access challenges in the Indian market and how the company is engaging in…