Tagged with Viatris

Switzerland Currently supplying high-quality medicines to approximately 1 billion patients around the world annually, few pharmaceutical companies straddle both scale and innovation as deliberately as Viatris. In Switzerland – a market perceived as small in scale, yet rich in complexity – the company is redefining its role, identifying where it can…

Global As healthcare systems grapple with rising costs and the need for broader access to treatment, off-patent medicines have taken on increasing importance. With budgets under pressure and blockbuster drugs losing exclusivity, the generics market is on track to reach USD 600 billion by 2033, with these five players leading the…

Mexico Valued at USD 7.28 billion, the Mexican pharma market stands out within Latin America, ranking second only to Brazil, and registering a solid compound annual growth rate of six percent according to a 2023 CANIFARMA and INEGI study. That makes it, on paper, appear a highly attractive sector for investment,…

Mexico Rogerio Peso outlines how Viatris leverages collaborations to address critical healthcare needs in Mexico, combining its strengths with other stakeholders to improve patient outcomes. With a mission to offer high-quality, affordable medicines, Peso also points out how Viatris aligns its portfolio with the healthcare needs of Latin America, addressing gaps…

Portugal Alberto Navia-Osorio Pascual enthusiastically describes how Viatris has established itself as the leading pharmaceutical company in Portugal, leveraging the strengths of its integrated portfolios. The company has focused on brand recognition, customer engagement, and maintaining a strong relationship with healthcare professionals and pharmacists through extensive training initiatives. Navia-Osorio Pascual also…

UAE Drawing on a quarter of a century of pharmaceutical industry experience, over 20 years of which has been spent in the UAE, Ayman Mokhtar today heads up Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia operations for Viatris. A global healthcare company with a broad range of products, Viatris is continually working…

Global Claudia Martínez, generic & biosimilar medicines programme manager at the Access to Medicine Foundation, draws from a recent AMF report to outline what more generics companies can be doing to ensure greater access to their essential products. Martinez argues that for people living in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), generic and…

LatAm A vibrant and diverse continent, home to over 650 million people and the highest life expectancy among developing regions, Latin America is now emerging as a globally relevant life sciences investment destination. LatAm has a robust heritage of scientific achievement – Bernardo Houssay (1947) and César Milstein (1984) of Argentina…

Global With the global market for generic drugs expected to reach USD 36.4 billion by 2027 and grow at a CAGR of 5.6 percent over the period 2020-2027, it is not surprising that a number of generics producers continue to rank among the world’s top pharma companies. A look at the…

Americas The Head of Viatris Latin America, Patrick Doyle, spoke to PharmaBoardroom about setting up the two-year old company’s Latam affiliate during the pandemic, the decision to focus on specific therapeutic areas—cardiovascular disease, central nervous system (CNS) disorders, and pain—in LatAm and Viatris’ aim to partner with local stakeholders and go…

Spain João Madeira, General Manager of Viatris Spain discusses the position of the Spanish affiliate and the challenges of a generous decentralised healthcare system. He also outlines some of Viatris’ successes in Spain, such as being the first company to launch an HIV selfdiagnostic test there. … price erosion is such…

Saudi Arabia Ali Yehia, Country Manager for Viatris KSA, speaks about the company’s global operations and its plans for KSA, notably to play an active role in the fight against non-communicable diseases. He tackles the evolving healthcare landscape and the opportunity for the country to expand its regional role.   Viatris was…