Tagged with Africa

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…

France The Head of the Department of Medicine at the Faculty of Health Science at the University of Cape Town reveals how their role is not only in training people to be technically competent, but to produce the next generation of thinkers, researchers and innovators, how The Lancet report, produced by…

pharma The managing director of Adcock Ingram’s prescription business, Ashley Pearce highlights the division’s strategic placement within the group’s overall activities, and how he plans on leveraging partnerships with various multinationals, expand into biosimilars and grow the generics business into a market leading position. Adcock Ingram has undergone several strategic changes…

pharma The general manager of Ferring South Africa, Mercia Van Zyl discusses the company’s ambitious plans for the future under the slogan ‘People come first’, the placement of fertility under the nation’s therapeutic priorities, and how the company is contributing to an overall better healthcare system in the country. Could you…

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 The director of MRA Regulatory Consultants, Henriette Vienings reveals the important role they play in helping pharmaceutical companies navigate South Africa’s regulatory environment, as well as the importance of the technological advancements in the sector. She also illustrates the various success factors that have allowed MRA Regulatory Consultants to remain…

pharma The country president for South Africa & Sub-Saharan Africa at AstraZeneca reveals why AstraZeneca sees Africa as the next frontier within the pharmaceutical industry, how their Research Trust looks to contribute to academic advancement on the continent, with a focus on non-communicable diseases, and how their Healthy Heart Africa program…

Pharma The head of pharma for Bayer Southern Africa reveals how South Africa plays a key role in Bayer’s African strategy, with more than 60 percent of the continent’s total sales, how South Africa is increasingly becoming responsible for neighboring countries, acting as the gateway to Africa and how in time…

Pharma The CEO of Pharma Dynamics explains why the company was the perfect match for Lupin, as the fastest growing, and largest independently owned acquirable pharmaceutical business in South Africa, why a strong focus on marketing and sales has been key to their success and reveals how the use of generics…

Pharma The chairman of PHARMISA reveals how pharmaceuticals has been designated as one of eight priority sectors of South African Government’s Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP), how South African life expectancy has increased by around eight years over the last decade, placing further strain on the public healthcare system, and why…

Pharma The CEO of Pierre Fabre for South Africa reveals how his focus has been on marketing the company brand locally, why the goal of the company is to develop business in English speaking Africa, with South Africa acting as the hub, and talks about the Pierre Fabre Foundation, a government-recognized…

Pharma The EO of SAMED discusses recent regulations surrounding the medical device industry in South Africa, why South Africa remains the hub and the major gateway to Africa for medical devices and In Vitro Diagnostics and talks about recent focus by government on supporting local manufacturing What have been the main…