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UK John Smith, chief executive of the PAGB, the UK’s consumer healthcare industry association, discusses the potential impacts of Brexit on the PAGB’s members, the importance of consumer healthcare to the overall UK economy, and why self-care remains a priority. A year after becoming chief executive of the PAGB, the UK…

Poland Łukasz Korybalski, regional manager of Becton Dickinson (BD) Central Eastern Europe, discusses the rising significance of the region as the company continues to grow and the strategic importance of Poland, being home to BD’s CEE regional commercial operations and a global shared service centre. Additionally, he highlights the steps they…

Canada Moving into the position of National Pharma & Life Sciences Leader, PwC’s Rami El-Cheikh announces the firm’s plan to introduce the comprehensive Pharma Advisory Services currently existing in the US into Canada, including enterprise and function-specific service expertise. He further identifies areas of potential growth in healthcare-related industries, putting forward…

Poland Despite the global R&D excitement around oncology, cardiovascular death still remains the world’s largest killer, and according to OECD data, accounts for roughly a third of all mortalities. This trend is no different in Poland. Nevertheless, the country is taking on the challenge head on, and is considered a leader…

Poland Mariusz Ignatowicz, PwC healthcare sector leader for CEE, discusses the funding of the Polish healthcare ecosystem and the need to find an alternative payer in the long-term Additionally, he highlights PwC’s services and the overall requirement for data to be taken into more consideration in Polish healthcare to ensure accurate…

Ecuador Miguel Pasquel, endocrinologist at Quito’s Metropolitano Hospital and former president of the Ecuadorian Endocrinology Society shares his point of view on the country’s healthcare system. He recognizes the good will of successive governments but regrets their inability to give Ecuadorians access to health across the country, highlighting the differences between…

UK In an exclusive interview at the BioPharma Ambition Conference 2016 in Dublin, Sir Andrew Dillon, founding CEO of the UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), shares his thoughts on the establishment of NICE in 1999, transparency and the evaluation of cost-effectiveness as the organization’s hallmarks, the dialogue…

Baltics Marina Truhanova, deputy head of National Health Service Latvia, discusses the responsibility that the Latvian National Health System (NHS) has in terms of allocating their financial resources wisely, the importance of public procurement of medicines with the other two Baltic states to purchase cheaper drugs and allow for more access…

Brazil The Top 20 pharma companies in Brazil for 2017, combining the data for both the retail and non-retail markets. Sanofi leads the way, followed by local player NC Farma and Hypermarcas.

Brazil The Latin American pharmaceutical market in comparison. Brazil is by far the largest market. GDP real growth in Latin America regional comparison. Top 20 pharma companies in Latin America. Sanofi leads the way followed by Novartis and GSK. Brazil GDP and pharmaceutical market growth between 2014 and 2017. The evolution…

Canada Looking back on his first year as CEO of Organigram, Greg Engel proudly highlights the successful transition of the company from being a low-cost to a high-quality cannabis producer with premium products. He emphasizes Organigram’s close collaboration with both federal and provincial governments, on both the medical and recreational business,…

UK Lord Philip Hunt, a former UK health minister during the Blair and Brown governments, shares his thoughts on procurement in healthcare, structural change and its impact, and how funds may present some solution to the problems the NHS is currently facing. In a career spanning over 30 years of service…