Egypt is ... appealing due to its size, healthcare reform, and the new National Health Insurance Program launch. Egypt has the largest population in the Arab…
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Greece is the only European country to have included the pharmaceutical industry within its RRF plan, which will allow the inflow of new funds into the…
Cristobal Thompson – Executive Director, Mexican Association of Pharmaceutical Research Industries (AMIIF)

We are on a permanent learning curve with the government and pushing forward as much as we can for new molecule approvals, so patients have access…
In a complex and fast-changing environment like LatAm, there are many roadblocks to execution depending on the country, geography, or political environment. We must therefore be…
Egypt as a country is moving at high speed, with lots of new projects and a high demand for innovation, which we need to match as…
Marianne Abou Elkheir – General Manager & Head of Human Pharma, Levant, Iraq, North-East Africa & Sub-Saharan Africa, Boehringer Ingelheim

Across all the countries under my leadership, I am aware of potential challenges that may stand in our way of achieving our goals. This is why…
There is a great deal of governmental support for this initiative [to decrease the number of patients born every year with thalassemia] both in verbal and…
Latin America is a critical region and part of the emerging markets that can contribute to business growth, but also offer talent and diversity.
Very few countries with populations of over 100 million have such an ambitious goal to bring the entire population under universal health coverage by 2030. We…
Real value comes from bringing stakeholders from the pharma, medtech, and technology industries together to create the health systems of the future
Brazil is now being considered as an end-to-end country in which to engage in clinical trials. An example I can give is the primary research we…
With a healthcare system transformation underway and an increasing governmental openness to change; there are many more opportunities for Novartis to partner here. The current healthcare…