Tagged with PAH

LatAm Vaccination remains the most powerful public health intervention ever devised, preventing an estimated 4.4 million deaths each year, according to the WHO. Yet with misinformation spreading faster than science, and routine immunisation disrupted by pandemic aftershocks, even long-protected regions are witnessing a resurgence in preventable diseases. In Latin America, where…

LatAm Dr Jarbas Barbosa, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), discusses the organisation’s evolution from pandemic response to comprehensive health system transformation, regional production capabilities, and the imperative for multilateral cooperation in an increasingly fragmented global landscape.   The Americas, in their extraordinary diversity, are a living laboratory Could…

LatAm Some of the top recent stories out of Latin America’s dynamic pharmaceutical and healthcare market. In Mexico, President Claudia Sheinbaum announced new investments from four leading Mexican pharmas totalling USD 560 million; a worrying new report from the Pan-American Health Organisation showing that measles cases are up 29-fold in the…

LatAm As the COVID-19 pandemic showed, vaccines are humanity’s best weapon in the fight against infectious diseases. Nowhere is this more evident than Latin America, where specific climatic, geographic, and social conditions combine to create a propensity for the spread of diseases like dengue and chagas.   With most countries in…

Sweden Johan Wäborg, General Manager Nordic countries at Actelion, shares the importance of Sweden for the group due to its world-class healthcare system and community of experts as well as its national quality and health registries which make the country an ideal environment for early launches and follow-up of treatment outcomes.…

Switzerland Jane Griffiths, global head of Actelion – acquired in 2017 by Johnson & Johnson – discusses her priorities heading up an iconic rare disease-focused biotech and gives her take on a wide range of hot-button industry issues; from the future of M&As to patient-centricity, women in leadership and digital disruption.…

Pharma Han Brouwer, General Manager for Actelion in the Netherlands, explains how Opsumit’s successful market launch has strengthened Actelion’s leadership position in the pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) field. He calls for a more comprehensive approach to the disease life cycle and for more transparency during market access procedures while the Dutch…