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Morocco Looking back on 11 years of business experience in Morocco, Jean-Charles Damblin of the country’s French Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) is more optimistic than ever about the business opportunities that Morocco presents. Although the USA recently overtook France as Morocco’s largest foreign investor, Damblin suggests that there are…

Morocco Women’s health specialist Versalya enjoyed a resurgent 2022 in Morocco under the leadership of Sofia Lahlou. She explains some of the key trends in the Moroccan women’s health space, how the company is supporting the healthcare transformation underway in the country, and her approach to talent attraction and retention.  …

Morocco As North Africa cluster lead Pfizer veteran Diego Forero heads up Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, and Algeria in addition to being the country manager for Morocco. He describes the company’s 57-year presence and its local manufacturing site that produces almost 70 percent of Pfizer’s medicines marketed in Morocco as well as…

Morocco CEO Mia Lahlou-Filali walks us through Pharma 5’s commitment to “Made in Morocco” generics, an approach that has led the company to represent one third of the country’s generics market. She also explains the family-owned firm’s expansion efforts outside of Morocco that include a factory in the Ivory Coast, a…

Morocco Driss Chaoui outlines recent milestones in Afric-Phar’s over 50-year history, including the launch of its first in-house developed generic, and discusses the firm’s unique focus on orphan and rare diseases and the challenges facing the field in Morocco. He also reviews the opportunities presented by the transformation of Morocco’s regulatory…

Morocco Three years on from his last PharmaBoardroom interview, Karim Lahlou highlights the evolution of Moroccan pharma manufacturer Iberma as it expands its activities from solely in-licensing to developing and selling its own products, growing its global partnership base, and looking to penetrate international markets while leveraging the growing reputation of…

Morocco Merck Morocco’s Ahmad ALMWAKEH feels that the winds of change are blowing in the right direction across Moroccan healthcare, with a well-defined national strategy in place to expand coverage to more of the population than ever before. Merck is well-placed to support this transition as the market leader in therapeutic…

Morocco Camilia Benani, recently promoted to partner at DLA Piper’s Casablanca office, explains why the Moroccan healthcare sector has become a lightning rod for M&A activity in recent years. Drawing on her experience advising many of the organisations involved in these deals, Benani touches on the evolution of deal structuring in…

Morocco DHL’s Tina Manoukian lays out how the global logistics giant helped ensure the safe and timely distribution of medicines and vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic, outlines the scope and scale of DHL operations in Morocco, and explains why the country is well positioned to become a distribution and logistics hub…

Morocco Wafaa Farhat Agoumi serves as DG of the Health Engineering and Project Management Graduate School (ESISMP) in Casablanca, Morocco, as well as president of the African Association for Clinical Research (AARC). Agoumi gives an overview of her current work areas of focus, the evolution of clinical research in Morocco and…

Morocco With a generational universal healthcare reform underway in Morocco, the country’s Minister of Health and Social Protection Khalid Aït Taleb outlines why the ongoing updates to his country’s healthcare system far outweigh what has gone before in terms of scale and scope. Minister Aït Taleb also touches on digitalisation and…

Morocco Recently rebranded from its former name, AMIP, the Moroccan Federation of Pharmaceutical Industry and Innovation (FMIIP) represents the local manufacturers operating in Morocco, which hold a domestic market share of 75 percent. Executive Director Layla Laassel Sentissi highlights some of the key trends in the Moroccan pharma market today, how…