Tagged with Mental Health

Global Dr Catherine Duggan, CEO of the International Pharmaceutical Federation, lays out how mental health systems must shift from reactive crisis intervention to proactive, patient-centered approaches; why traditional care models need reimagined funding that prioritises community mental health services and incentivises innovation; and the vital role that pharmacists, as accessible healthcare…

Saudi Arabia Mostafa Nagib outlines Lundbeck’s strategy and growth in Saudi Arabia, emphasizing their dedication to neuroscience and expanded access to innovative treatments. He discusses the challenges in mental health awareness and stigma as well as the journey of transforming Lundbeck Saudi to adapt to the Kingdom’s rapid development, fostering an environment…

Portugal Country manager at Lundbeck Portugal, Sara Barros, came to the Danish company after a number of management positions at larger pharma companies and took on the leadership of its local affiliate about three years ago. She comments on the shift in societal attitudes towards mental health, discusses Portugal’s psychiatric care…

Italy Tiziana Mele, managing director of Lundbeck Italia, explains the impact of COVID on mental health care from the perspective of a company dedicated to brain health, outlines the Italian operation that includes both  commercial and production capacities and shares Lundbeck’s support of independent clinical trials in the country. At Lundbeck,…

Italy Speaking exclusively to PharmaBoardroom, Pierluigi Antonelli outlines Angelini Pharma’s progress in transforming from a traditional, Italy-focused, and family-owned firm into a true European innovator. Antonelli outlines the potential impact of Angelini’s USD 960 million Arvelle acquisition, why he is optimistic about success in the challenging brain health space, and how…

Spain Bial’s general manager for Spain and global director of its epilepsy franchise, Ana Álvarez, highlights the importance of the country for the organization – representing 25 percent of overall sales –, explains how she is managing the lifecycle of Bial’s CNS and cardiovascular portfolio, the importance of sustainability, and  the…

Switzerland Mental health is a global crisis. 25 percent of the world’s population struggle with mental illness; and mental, neurological, and substance use disorders account for 11 percent of the total global disease burden according to data from the Healthy Brains Global Initiative (HBGI). Global mental healthcare costs are expected to…

Switzerland Biogen Switzerland’s Dr med Katharina Gasser outlines how her affiliate navigated the COVID-19 pandemic from an organisational and communication perspective, the increasing importance being given to mental health by the Swiss government, and the reimbursement and market challenges facing Biogen in 2021 and beyond.   2020 saw a lot of…

Singapore Singapore’s Institute of Mental Health offers a comprehensive range of psychiatric, rehabilitative, and psychotherapy services for the country’s population. CEO Associate Professor Daniel Fung discusses their work to transform mental illness treatments, why telemedicine will succeed, and how it plans to address population health by moving upstream to identify the…

Singapore Nawal Roy of global digital health platform Holmusk which aims to establish data as a core utility to the treatment of behavioural health disorders explains the challenges of working in behavioural health, why continuing inflows of talent and capital to the space are so important, and the benefits of basing…

Global COVID-19 has drawn global attention to the sorry state of funding and R&D investment in vaccine development and pandemic prevention, but other previously neglected areas of health research are also now entering the spotlight. One of these underfunded areas is mental health and neurological disorders, leading a global group of…

Mexico Sara Montero, managing director of Lundbeck Mexico, Central America and Andean countries since January 2020, explains her key priorities and the importance of the region for Lundbeck, highlights the current situation for mental illness in Latin America (LatAm) and outlines her objective to bring innovative treatments to Mexican patients.  …