Tagged with region

Denmark Public Health Reimagined Denmark’s total health expenditure as a share of GDP has increased moderately over the past decade with the country spending 278 billion KKR (37.2 billion euros) in 2024, of which 83% was financed directly from government health schemes. Yet despite the country’s well-earned reputation for delivering high…

USA Rich Bendis, CEO and founder of BioHealth Innovation, discusses how the BioHealth Capital Region has grown into a leading US life sciences hub by connecting Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia through a regional, collaborative approach. From supporting early-stage companies with non-dilutive funding and strategic mentoring to helping international firms…

Denmark Helene Probst, Health Director, Danish Regions, outlines Denmark’s healthcare reform as a major shift from hospital-centric care to a primary care-focused system, driven by workforce shortages and an ageing population. Key changes include redistributing responsibilities to regions, creating health councils, and redefining the GP role to better serve local and…

Denmark Erik Jylling of the Danish Regions, the organisation charged with healthcare management for each of Denmark’s five regions, outlines the advantages and challenges which persist within Danish healthcare and sounds a clarion call for faster adaptation and greater collaboration with private industry.   The innovation power that private enterprises have…

Sweden Region Skåne is the county council responsible for healthcare, public transport, business development, culture, infrastructure, and environmental issues in Skåne, Sweden. We sit down with Carl Johan Sonesson, chairman of the Executive Committee, who highlights his plan to dramatically reduce the waiting times in the region’s healthcare system, the importance…

Sweden Region Stockholm is responsible for all publicly funded healthcare in the Stockholm region. Its chairman, Irene Svenonius, explains her agenda to transform and modernize the region’s healthcare system to improve its efficiency, enhance patient value and prepare it for the technological revolutions to come. A key part of her plan…

France Frank Margain, chairman of Paris Region Entreprises, the ‘Invest in Paris Region’ promotion agency, discusses the importance of the life sciences sector for the Paris Region (Ile-de-France in French) and shares how the region is going through a key developmental period in attractivity, digitalization, and infrastructure investment.   Previously, many…

UK With four out of the five NHS bodies, Leeds City Region is strongly anchored in the British life sciences ecosystem. Chair of Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership, Roger Marsh OBE, highlights what else makes the region special: its great talent, dedication to discovery and ability to build bridges between academia…

Pharma Following regulatory changes, CSL Behring is now able to offer plasma fractionation and purification services to Italy’s public healthcare sector for the first time. General manager Oliver Schmitt discusses the added value and savings CSL Behring can offer in this service segment and the benefits its newest generation of innovative…

Pharma The CEO of Medicen Paris Region, the biopharma cluster for the Paris region, discusses her vision to develop a world-class cluster and act as a catalyst for innovation; her international partnership strategy and how her diverse background in engineering, medicine and a variety of companies has equipped her to lead…

Pharma Puerto Rico is not only an important manufacturing hub, but is also positioning itself as a state-of-the-art center for R&D and clinical research. Iván Lugo, the executive director of the Industry University Research Center Inc. (INDUNIV), which brings together private sector, academia and government, discusses some of the island’s most…

Ferring The country manager of a research-driven, specialty biopharmaceutical group offering treatments for infertility outlines his firm’s approach for the socially conservative Algerian market. Your promotion as general manager of Ferring Algeria is quite recent. Can you tell us what were your priorities during the first year and how do you…