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Canada At the company’s 40th anniversary, Biogen’s Canadian head Marina Vasiliou gives an insight into her priorities as new managing director, her approach to building relationships with all stakeholders in the healthcare system to ensure access to Biogen’s innovative treatments, and explains how the portfolio of the neuroscience leader is perfectly…

Lithuania Aki Kasvi and Mindaugas Plieskis of Janssen Baltics discuss their strategic priorities, acting as a strategic partner within the region, and ensuring that patients can access their innovative latest-generation therapies Mr Kasvi, you were nominated to head up Janssen’s Lithuanian office back in November 2017. What was the strategic mission…

Canada Still in the process of integration, Mallinckrodt is preparing to build its launch structure in Canada. With several innovative products in the pipeline, Robin Hunter, general manager of Canadian operations, highlights the company’s ambition to be a top tier innovative specialty pharma company with a specific area of focus in…

Poland Joanna Drewla, general manager of Servier Poland, discusses Polish healthcare challenges and looks at areas for improvement to create a sustainable balance for market access of innovative treatments. Furthermore, she highlights the strategic importance of Servier in Poland, with the International Center for CEE clinical research and the company’s fifth…

Canada Boston Scientific’s vice president and general manager Ken Spears shares his thoughts about the potential for Canada to become an early adopter of innovation and to move towards an outcome-based healthcare model and the medtech solutions Boston Scientific is introducing in the Canadian market. You are yourself a vocal advocate…

Latvia A social partner for Latvia! This is how Kristine Juckovica, executive director and Karlis Urbans, head of business development describe Rigvir Holding, the Latvian enterprise behind the homonymous virus-based cancer treatment produced by the ECHO-7 virus Can you kick off by introducing the structure of the company to our international…

Poland Stefan Jaworski-Martycz, country manager Poland and CEE Cluster Lead of Théa, a leading French ophthalmology company, discusses the intricacies of the Polish ophthalmology environment and the key steps for the Polish government to better value eyecare innovation. Additionally, he highlights the key growth drivers for the affiliate and the close…

Baltics Evija Buksa, general manager at Merck in Latvia, explains the strong history of Merck in the country as well as its key role in participating in the discussions to shape the Latvian healthcare system. Could you please start by introducing Merck in Latvia and the strategic significance of the local…

UK Much of the new inward investment in the UK from international pharmaceutical companies is from those that wish their discovery science to be in close adjacency to the most successful basic science programmes in biomedicinein the world. The co-location of pharmaceutical discovery sciences adjacent to the best universities (AstraZeneca in Cambridge, Novo Nordisk…

Poland Dorota Hryniewiecka-Firlej, president of Pfizer Poland, discusses the current state of the Polish innovation landscape and importance of a tight-knit relationship between the innovative pharmaceutical market and the government for better patient outcomes. Furthermore, she highlights the strong R&D footprint of Pfizer Poland and their role in facilitating a domestic…

Baltics SIFFA’s Valters Bolēvics discusses Latvia’s competitiveness in embracing medical innovations, current healthcare reforms, and the country’s enduring potential as a pharmaceutical investment destination. The Association of International Research-based Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (SIFFA) was initially founded in 1996 to act as a united voice for five multinationals that had penetrated the local…

Poland Maciej Wieczorek, president of Celon Pharma, discusses the award-winning success of the 2016 IPO on the Warsaw stock exchange and the opportunities this has opened up, as well as investment strategy to assure the company’s impressive growth. Furthermore, he surveys the Polish R&D landscape and discusses the importance of a…