Pharma Abbvie GM for South Africa Christo Kruger highlights the various types of projects that the Public Health Enhancement Fund (PHEF) is pursuing to help alleviate the country’s currently overburdened healthcare system. He also describes AbbVie’s role in this industry collective, and also depicts the company’s developing foothold within the South…
Pharma Stem cell therapy holds the promise to treat diseases for which there are currently no or only limited therapeutic options. Christine Mummery, Professor of Developmental Biology and Chair of the Department of Anatomy and Embryology at the Leiden University Medical Center, discusses how academia and industry can work together to…
Pharma Gerard van Harten highlights the key role of the chemical industry in bringing innovation to the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors. He discusses how Top Sector Chemistry has developed the Chemistry of Life roadmap and is promoting inter-sectoral chemical-pharmaceutical collaboration in order to foster innovation that will impact healthcare around the…
Pharma The managing director of MC Pharma Group, Henk Krebs illustrates how MC Pharma’s new operating structure enables the group to better service its clients, and also highlights the role of strategic partnerships in fueling the company’s growth ambitions both domestically and internationally. He also shares his insights on the South…
Pharma Muhammad Bodhania, Managing Director of Medreich South Africa discusses potential strategic implications of the recent acquisition of Medreich by Meiji and the importance of local partnerships for global success. Can you please give an overview of Medreich’s activites in South Africa, and how the Meiji acquisition has affected the company’s strategic outlook? The…
Pharma Eduardo Negrón-Navas, attorney-at-law, for the Puerto Rican law firm Fiddler, González & Rodríguez, discusses the firm’s long-standing service to the pharmaceutical industry and the need for both government and industry to reinvent a business model better defined for the new realities of the 21st century. What is your evaluation of…
Pharma The managing director of Trinity Pharma, Gaby Simaan (Jnr) depicts Trinity’s evolution from a regulatory consultancy into a fully commercialized pharmaceutical company, and how their unique position in the private label space has allowed the company to significantly expand its pipeline of products and presence in the market. To begin,…
Pharma The managing director of Galderma South Africa, Jenny Wright reveals the importance of the dermatology sector within the country’s healthcare system, as well as the role Galderma is playing in bringing dermatological solutions to the market and raising awareness of skin diseases. She also illustrates the factors that have truly…
Pharma The Vice-Chairman of the Public Health Enhancement Fund talks about how the shortage of medical doctors and the fight against TB, HIV and AIDS in South Africa led the health Minister and the private health sector to create a public health enhancement fund and how the private sector is pulling resources…
pharma Hans Schikan offers insights into the flourishing Dutch life sciences sector and the attractiveness of the local eco-system, citing a combination of the right science and the right attitude of people as the key formula for success. In 2014/2015, three Dutch biotechs (UniQure, ProQR, Galapagos) went public on Nasdaq, and…
Pharma The CEO of IPASA reveals how over the last ten months the priority has been to reach out to different stakeholders, rebuilding trust with the department of health, with patients and physicians; why a National Health Insurance scheme should be established to act as a true merger between the public and private…
Pharma Tugce Gozacan (pictured) and Okan Gozacan, Owner and Chairman of Marmara Ecza respectively, discuss what qualities are crucial for suppliers in the pharmaceutical industry, their process for forming partnerships and attracting clients, and their vision for a future with Iran as a major player. As an introduction for our readers,…
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