Tagged with GE Healthcare

UAE The UAE is putting a greater emphasis on healthcare than ever before as part of its ‘Vision 2021’ model. With the aim of being “flexible in adopting new economic models and capitalizing on global economic partnerships,” the Emirates are seeing greater numbers of investments and partnerships in healthcare, many of…

Sweden With chromatography having been invented in Uppsala, Sweden, it makes sense for GE Healthcare’s Life Science business to have its largest global manufacturing and R&D operations there. GE Healthcare Nordics President and CEO Lotta Ljungqvist gives an overview of the firm’s global portfolio and highlights the importance of Swedish operations…

Egypt Amro Kandil, managing director Northeast Africa for GE Healthcare, outlines how his affiliate has grown to be the partner of choice for the Egyptian government as it seeks to improve the level of medical technology available in institutions throughout Egypt.    GE Healthcare has invested in the oncology team in…

Egypt Amro Kandil, managing director of Northeast Africa at GE Healthcare, emphasizes the company’s crucial role in improving healthcare in Egypt as part of a long-standing partnership with the Ministry of Health. He also explains why he has established education and after-sales services as two of his priorities leading the regional…

France Christophe Lala, general manager of western Europe for GE Healthcare offers an overview of the current dynamics impacting the French healthcare landscape – namely a shift in structure around care pathways and the hot trend of digitalization. Lala goes on to assess France’s willingness and capability to embrace this technology,…

Diversity Annually, PharmaBoardroom conducts hundreds of interviews with global CEO’s, country managers and industry leaders in the pharma industry. While we have crossed paths with many inspiring females in these positions, out of the top 50 pharma companies, only 3 are headed by women. That is a mere 6% — this…

Korea * This interview was conducted before GE’s announcement of its divestment of the GE Biopharma business Francis Van Parys, president & CEO of GE Healthcare Korea discusses their ambitions to roll out further AI-powered solutions to within the Korean market and their manufacturing footprint locally. Mr Van Parys also comments…

Turkey Bucking a global trend for increased focus on outpatient and preventative care, Turkey is doubling down on hospital investment.   Throughout many of the healthcare systems in North America and Europe, there is an increasing emphasis on outpatient and preventative care. In terms of health economics, governments see a great benefit in…

Algeria Mehdi Ferdjioui, GM for North West Africa at GE Healthcare explains the importance of his region to the global group and how GE’s innovative medtech solutions plug into helping solve some of Algeria’s most pressing healthcare needs.   Part of our success is due to the GE group’s deep-rooted ties…

Turkey Yelda Ulu Colin, general manager of GE Healthcare in Turkey, offers her insider take on the country’s city hospitals project, highlighting the strengths of the Turkish PPP model and ultimately offering her view on the state of the Turkish medical devices industry as a whole.   Turkey is an important…

Spain Luis Campo, CEO of GE Healthcare Spain & Portugal, discusses the opportunities and challenges inherent in the Spanish healthcare system and the ways in which GE is collaborating with authorities to bring innovative solutions to Spanish patients.   GE Healthcare is pioneering the concept of a hospital Command Centre, learning…

Canada Heather Chalmers, vice president and general manager of GE Healthcare Canada, shares the company’s increasing focus on incorporating applied intelligence and digital analytics in its portfolio of innovative solutions, and how these can have significant effects on patient outcomes as well as the whole healthcare system. She further highlights the…