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Turkey After an international career spanning 25 years, Demet Russ returned to her native Turkey to lead the Janssen affiliate during a tumultuous time and is aiming to give back to her country by improving patients’ access to life-saving therapies.   For Russ, what began as a consultant role at McKinsey…

Saudi Arabia Dr Fayad Al Dandashi, CEO of Tamer HealthCare, a leading Saudi healthcare company, discusses how the group aims to benefit from Saudi Arabia’s healthcare transformation through digitalization, changing their product-oriented business model to a holistic service-driven business model. After years of entrepreneurial and public sector experience, he explains the changes…

Saudi Arabia Hussein El Hakim, managing director for Bayer Saudi Arabia and general manager for its pharmaceuticals division in the country, discusses the affiliate’s rapid expansion after years of double-digit growth. El Hakim explains how the German Life Science company is approaching the transformation of the Saudi healthcare market, with changes in…

Turkey Avinash Potnis of Novartis Turkey discusses potential solutions to the country’s access and pricing dilemma which has raised concerns of system sustainability. Potnis also highlights the strengths of Turkey’s healthcare infrastructure, workforce, and the country’s prospects as a globally competitive innovation hub.   Turkey has a unique value proposition, bringing…

Saudi Arabia Aymen Tamer, chairman and managing partner of historic Saudi healthcare firm Tamer Group, outlines how, informed by Saudi’s Vision 2030, the company is adapting to better meet the needs of the rapidly evolving domestic pharma market. Tamer also touches on the challenges of succession planning, why a deep and long-term…

Turkey Ingrid Drechsel, head of Bayer’s pharma operations in Turkey and Iran, discusses the complexity of managing two countries under economic pressure and the advantages of Bayer’s longstanding relationship in both markets with a track record of six decades. In addition, Drechsel explains how the German company has moved from fifth…

Saudi Arabia Mohamed Fawzy highlights how Pfizer’s work in Saudi Arabia dovetails with the country’s ambitious ‘Vision 2030’ transformation strategy, the Saudi market’s increasing relevance to the company, and how Pfizer is working for the benefit of the Saudi people on COVID-19 vaccine access and beyond.   In simple terms, Vision 2030…

Turkey Menarini’s general manager for Turkey, the Middle East and Africa Uğur Bingöl discusses the Italian company’s restructuring in the region and its desire to replicate its success in Turkey across MEA. Moreover, he comments on the future of antibiotics as the scientific community warns about antimicrobial resistance, the pandemic’s impact…

Turkey The secretary general for Turkey’s Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (IEIS), Savaş Malkoç, highlights their objective of increasing R&D expenditure and Turkey’s big opportunity ahead in biosimilars production. In addition, Malkoç discusses the persisting issues within the country’s pricing and reimbursement system and why localization policies have been a net gain for…

China MSD, which has had a presence in China since 1990, recently appointed Belgian national Anna van Acker to lead its strategically important China business. van Acker takes the helm against the backdrop of change at MSD, with a new global CEO and the abandonment of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine projects.…

Saudi Arabia Ashraf Daoud, General Manager for AbbVie in Saudi Arabia, highlights how the affiliate has harnessed Allergan’s portfolio to become a top five company in the market with the objective of becoming the biopharma leader by 2022. In addition, Daoud discusses the impact that an internal Saudization strategy has had, the…

Turkey Janssen’s Managing Director for Turkey, Demet Russ, discusses her return to the country after 25 years abroad, having worked for Johnson & Johnson in different local, regional and global roles in Germany, Belgium, France and the US. She explains how Janssen Turkey’s vision “We are here for the better” is…