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Switzerland Lorenzo Ambrosini of the Agire Foundation introduces the major new innovation projects underway in the Italian-speaking Swiss canton of Ticino; the canton’s strong existing footprint in bioinformatics, AI, and computer modelling; and how it is looking to leverage its connections to the rest of Switzerland and to Italy.   A…

Europe On 25 November 2020, the European Commission adopted a Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe with the stated aim of ensuring that “patients have access to innovative and affordable medicines” and “to support the competitiveness, innovative capacity and sustainability of the EU’s pharmaceutical industry”.   This Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe is seen…

USA In a recent article for PharmaBoardroom, Objective Capital’s David Crean took a look at the state of US innovation today and its long term sustainability. See below for data on the share of US executives who see innovation as a top priority post-COVID, Global Public Equity Issuance for the Biopharmaceutical…

Switzerland Innosuisse CEO Annalise Eggimann presents the organisation’s renewed mandate as the main Swiss innovation promotion agency, how Innosuisse serves Switzerland’s vast array of SMEs, and why the country needs to guard against complacency to stay ahead of the competition on innovation.   A successful culture needs to guard against complacency.…

Global Merck Healthcare’s newly appointed Global Head of Business innovation, Renée C. Amundsen, highlights the numerous opportunities for change management that the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown up, why company-HCP interaction might never be the same again, and shares some pearls of wisdom for other women in pharma.   I see Merck’s…

Switzerland In a wide-ranging interview, Henrik Asmussen outlines his priorities for Amgen’s important Swiss affiliate, market access and pricing challenges, the company’s exciting pipeline, and what makes Amgen Switzerland a great place to work.   I was told when I came that Switzerland is a safe haven with easy access. What…

Switzerland Urs Vögeli, managing director for Janssen Switzerland, outlines the importance of the Swiss operations to Janssen, his interesting career journey, Janssen’s commitment to bringing transformational medical innovations to Swiss patients, as well as his perspectives on talent development within the industry.   Switzerland is very open to innovative products, and…

Switzerland scienceindustries’ Stephan Mumenthaler outlines the business-friendly regulation necessary to maintain Swiss life sciences’ competitive edge, how the country’s evolving relationship with the EU stands to impact the industry, and Switzerland’s progress on the road to full digitalisation and Pharma 2.0   What our members want is a good and stable…

Switzerland Axel Steiger, CEO and CFO for Bayer Switzerland, outlines the importance of the Swiss operations as one of the key global hubs for Bayer, his leadership and talent management philosophy, the investment and commitment Bayer is making towards becoming a global oncology player, as well as his perspectives on digital…

Switzerland Interpharma CEO Dr René P Buholzer outlines the holistic strategy that needs to be put in place to maintain Switzerland’s leading position in innovation, market access and reimbursement challenges for new medicines, and why an open, globalised Europe is key for security of supply.   The challenge for the future…

Opinion In his latest piece, Brendan Shaw casts his eye over why those drawing up health policies need to start incorporating issues of industrial policy into their long-term planning in order to secure investments into the right kinds of R&D and to help build a more open and collaborative innovation ecosystem.…

UK Jameel Zayed of Leyton, the UK’s leading innovation funding consultancy, highlights the British pharmaceutical industry’s rapid response to COVID-19 and the three ways in which the sector is driving national innovation forwards.   With the upheaval of recent months, businesses up and down the UK have been forced to adapt…