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Switzerland As the spotlight turns towards optimising supply and delivery chains in pharma logistics, Swiss Post has distinguished itself as one of the early movers in trialling autonomous drone logistics for commercial purposes. In March 2017, the company and its partner, Matternet, received clearance from the Swiss aviation authority to fly…

Lithuania Zydrune Visiockene, head of Vilnius University’s Center of Endocrinology and a key opinion leader on the topic of diabetes in the Baltics, casts his expert eye over the disease’s prevalence in Lithuania as well as the private and public sector initiatives currently underway to counter this important public health threat.…

Lithuania Martynas Jocys, Baltics marketing director and Lithuania general manager at AstraZeneca, talks about the role that innovation has played in the company’s strategy, the need for increased patient access in Lithuania and the other Baltic countries as well as the launch of new products for oncology, biologics, severe asthma, diabetes,…

Lithuania Kestutis Liauba, managing director at B Braun in Lithuania, discusses the evolution of the medical devices sector in the country since the opening of the company’s affiliate back in 1996 and highlights the great work that it has done to provide its most modern equipment to healthcare professionals. Can you…

Switzerland Alexander Bauer, chairman and co-founder of 4PL Central Station, introduces his company’s unique logistics service offering, and the role of fourth party logistics in the future of the pharmaceutical industry. You founded 4PL Central Station here in Basel back in 2000, alongside your son Olivier, with the idea of providing…

Serbia Ana Grujovic, executive director of the Swiss-Serbian Chamber of Commerce (SSCC) who has been overseeing Swiss-Serbian business relations since 2014, explains the successful progression of the Chamber since its establishment, the traits that characterize the Serbian market, and the positive indicators for investors looking to explore operations along the Danube.…

Lithuania Janis Kalejs, country manager Baltics at Mylan, discloses the strategies he has used to successfully lead his affiliate through corporate changes and explains how Mylan aims to continue providing affordable as well as high-quality treatments to patients in the region. What is the history of Mylan in the Baltics? “The…

Brazil Armando Correa Lopes Jr, managing director of Siemens Healthineers Brazil, provides insights into the main trends and challenges at the core of Brazil’s healthcare discussion and documents the contribution of Siemens Healthineers in shaping a more cost-efficient, value-based, and data-oriented Brazilian model of healthcare. Leveraging your long-standing experience of Brazil’s…

Lithuania Raimundas Voishka, country manager Lithuania and Belarus at Pfizer, highlights the increasing openness of the Baltic region towards innovation and stresses the commitment of Pfizer to bringing innovative as well as added-value medicines to the region. You have more than 20 years of experience in the Lithuanian pharmaceutical industry. What…

Switzerland With two billion people globally – predominantly in low and middle-income countries – having little or no access to medicine, a select group of service providers have emerged to try and further dialogue between pharmaceutical companies, regulators, healthcare professionals and patients on the issue of expanding access to medicines. At…

Poland Paweł Przewięźlikowski, CEO of Selvita, the largest biotech company between Germany and India, discusses the first-in-class and pioneer Polish molecule, SEL24, and the future game changing molecule, SEL120 – the first ever CDK8 inhibitor for acute myeloid leukaemia with great opportunities for further indications and development. Furthermore, he highlights the…

Lithuania Marius Giedraitis, director and founder of Balux, explains the company’s commitment to shipping high-value temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals with quality goals of 99.5 percent of deliveries without any deviation by 2019. Could you please introduce the main activities and operations of Balux to our international audience? “Our niche strategy helps us to…