Tagged with Luxembourg

Belgium Christos Andriopoulos, managing director of Merck, speaks about his experience transitioning from global operations to leading a country subsidiary. Andriopoulos goes on to explain the company’s unique positioning as an innovative specialty pharma player balancing a core business with an increasing focus on specialty areas. He also offers insights on…

Belgium Javier Aracil, country manager of Allergan in Belgium and Luxembourg, introduces the priorities and objectives as he set as he entered his first country manager position coming from holding key international positions in commercial, pricing, and market access within the company. As a newcomer to Belgium, Aracil highlights the particularities…

Belgium Isabelle De Walsche, managing director of Gedeon Richter in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg gives an update on the affiliate’s development since its establishment in 2012. De Waslche goes on to speak about the unique cluster dynamic which comes with managing the three markets and also highlights her priorities to…

Belgium Luxembourg Brecht Vanneste, associate VP and managing director of MSD in Belgium and Luxembourg, highlights the strategic significance of the affiliate as an important location for early-stage clinical trials and home to the company’s Heist-op-den-Berg production facility, a key manufacturing site for the global group. Vanneste delivers a strong message about…

Belgium Frank Swaelens, general manager of IQVIA in Belgium and Luxembourg, offers insights into the healthcare and life science ecosystem of Belgium and highlights the opportunities that exist for the country in innovation and digitalization. Swaelens goes on to describe the collaborative role that IQVIA can play as a human data…

Luxembourg Luxembourg is steadily increasing its social security coverage to include a broader percentage of its population. Luxembourg has one of the highest health expenditures per capita in the world; second only to the USA. A whopping 44.5% of those working in Luxembourg are non-nationals; a percentage way ahead of anywhere else…

Luxembourg Despite its miniscule size, Luxembourg has managed to specialize in three key areas and now has a strong claim to be a global leader in personalized healthcare, e-health and data security, and pharma logistics and air freight. “In championing personalized health, the Luxembourg authorities are indicating that they are both…

Luxembourg Sound infrastructure, a prime location in the heart of Europe, government support, and an unwavering focus on quality are all helping make the tiny principality of Luxembourg a serious player in global healthcare logistics. “Some high ranked senior logistics executives from pharma companies have commented that [the Luxair Cargo Healthcare &…

Luxembourg Novartis’ newest Head for the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg provides a fascinating insight into the Luxembourg market and reveals how this small nation has found itself in pole position for future pharmaceutical innovation. After over a decade with GSK, you joined Novartis one and half years ago. What made you join…

Luxembourg Miriam Steimer, as employee number one of the Fast-track diagnostics success story, provides a thorough analysis into the company’s global footprint, the scope of operations in Luxembourg with both manufacturing and R&D activities, and the significance of the “made in Luxembourg” label. Finally, Ms Steimer shares FTD’s remarkably high levels…

Luxembourg Philippe Sollie reveals the inspirations behind Flen Pharma and how approaching dermatology from a pharmaceutical background has proved beneficial in building an innovative and competitive enterprise.  When you founded Flen Pharma 16 years ago, the company was based in Belgium and was headquartered there until 2012 when you decided to…

Luxembourg Laurent Jossart of Luxair Cargo reveals his firm’s resolute philosophy and determination to provide operational excellence and using Luxembourg’s unique selling points to offer clients a continuously improving product. You became Executive Vice President of the Cargo arm of the Luxair Group nearly 3 years ago now, in January 2014,…