Tagged with Digitalization

Pharma PharmaBoardroom’s readers were polled on what they felt was the most disruptive force in the pharmaceutical industry today. Possible answers were big data and digitalization, patient-centricity, economic austerity, and advancements in supply chain management. Big Data and Digitalization Overall, most respondents chose big data and digitalization (34 percent) and economic…

Algeria In June 2017, PharmaBoardroom hosted an exclusive round table discussion with key players in Algerian healthcare on the role of health economics and patient data in health policy decision making. The participants were Dr Djaouad Brahim Bourkaib, Director General of Social Security in the Ministry of Labor, Jean-Paul Digy, Vice President for…

Indonesia Honesti Basyir, president director at Kimia Farma, explains the transition towards digitalization in the healthcare industry and his plans to take Kimia Farma from the top six to the top three in the Indonesian pharmaceutical industry by 2019. Mr. Honesti, you were appointed president director of Kimia Farma in April…

Indonesia Jonathan Sudharta, member of the the Board of Directors at Mensa Group, shares insights on the vertical integration strategy of Mensa to offer an end-to-end solution as well as shows how the new investment in Halodoc – a disruptive healthcare mobile application – will help the group to be closer…

Colombia Mariella Soto, QuintilesIMS’ country manager for Colombia, has been working in the pharmaceutical-related industry for over 25 years. She explains how her previous experience as a pharmaceutical executive is helping her to develop customer-focused services with QuintilesIMS and the company’s latest innovations in data mining and analysis. You have a…

Taiwan Deputy Minister for Science and Technology on Taiwan Fong Chin Su gives his insights on innovation, cybersecurity, and the current state of one of the world’s most exciting biotech industries.   Taiwan’s history with biotech only shows 10 years of focused development. The government is committed to an innovative economy…

Mexico An ambassador for Philips’ global vision of spearheading innovation, business leader of Philips Personal Health Mexico, Eduardo Gutierrez, shares his insights on the key growth drivers in the segment, digitalization, connectivity, and his personal motivations in the role. To begin, can you introduce the main facets of your role at…

Taiwan Philips Healthcare Taiwan general manager, Jan Poon, talks about the innovative approach that Philips aims to implement in the local market; spanning from establishing a digital platform to working with government when ensuring the sustainability of Taiwan’s healthcare system. You have recently become GM for Philips Taiwan. What have been…

Taiwan Jacob Lee, co-founder and CEO of DTCO, a Taiwan-based company focused on industrial blockchain services, documents the disruptive impact that the development of the blockchain technology in the healthcare and life sciences sectors could entail for both patients and healthcare providers. He also provides insights into the in-house development of…

Japan Eric Delarge, general manager and representative director of Servier Japan, recently became the first member of the international pharma industry to join bioIPSeeds, an innovative tool aiming to foster early stage collaboration between academia and the global industry, which also stands as the first application of the blockchain technology in…

Taiwan Carol Cheng, COO of the Taiwan Research-based Biopharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (TRPMA), the association gathering 28 Taiwan-based, R&D-driven biopharmaceutical companies, highlights the association’s eye-catching initiative to boost international collaboration between academia and the global industry, thanks to the recent set up of the BioIPSeeds® platform, which proudly stands as the first…

Indonesia Dr. Agus Prabowo, chairman at LKPP (the Indonesian National Public Procurement Agency) explains the importance of embracing technology to gain efficiency and effectiveness in the public procurement process of healthcare products as well as the outcomes from e-catalogue implementation in Indonesia. Could you please introduce the main activities of LKPP…