Tagged with EALTH

USA US healthcare is often seen as a fragmented system of contrasts. The country has the highest healthcare expenditures as a percentage of GDP and the highest drug prices in the OECD, supporting the largest and most innovative healthcare market globally. However, it also has shockingly subpar healthcare outcomes compared to…

Belgium Sabena Solomon, general manager of GSK Benelux, speaks about her first impressions of the Belgium market, having come from GSK Finland, and her initial priorities for leading the affiliate. Solomon goes on to explain GSK’s continued commitment to ensuring patients have access to innovative medicines, the role the company plays…

Belgium Francis Arickx, country coordinator of Belgium for the Beneluxa Initiative, introduces the project and its mission to help shape a unified healthcare policy approach between its member countries through activities such as horizon scanning and health technology assessments.   Beneluxa is a first collaborative step towards more balance in the…

Belgium Luc Van Gorp of the Christian Mutuality Health Insurance Fund, Belgium’s largest health insurance fund, explains the organisation’s role within the Belgian healthcare system, how increased consolidation in recent years has affected its work, the current healthcare paradigm in Belgium, and why inter-stakeholder solidarity is essential to solve the healthcare…

USA Dan Leonard is president & CEO of the National Pharmaceutical Council, which sponsors and participates in research on the appropriate use of pharmaceuticals and the clinical and economic value of pharmaceutical innovation. Leonard outlines the activities of the Council – which celebrated its 65th anniversary in 2018 – his priorities…

UAE One year after King’s College Hospital’s establishment in the UAE, CEO Christian Schuhmacher discusses the hospital’s unique approach of combining the best of British healthcare with UAE’s superior services. He discusses why Dubai is an attractive destination for medical tourism, the benefits of patient pathway guidelines and where he hopes…

Romania According to a 2015 United Nations International Migration Report, since Romania joined the European Union in 2007, around 3.4 million Romanians have left the country in search of a better quality of life and economic opportunity.   In 2019, the number of babies born in Romania was approximately 182,000, making…

Mexico Sara Montero, managing director of Lundbeck Mexico, Central America and Andean countries since January 2020, explains her key priorities and the importance of the region for Lundbeck, highlights the current situation for mental illness in Latin America (LatAm) and outlines her objective to bring innovative treatments to Mexican patients.  …

Belgium Jean Nève and Fabrice Peters, president and general coordinator of the Belgian Superior Health Council (SHC), introduce the organization, elaborate on its role in helping guide the country’s healthcare policy, and highlight its current ongoing projects.   It is more complicated to attract and hire young generations for these kinds…

Medtech Key stakeholders within the Czech medtech industry highlight how medical devices can improve efficiency and quality of care across the country’s healthcare landscape, why greater levels of collaboration are of vital importance to achieving this, and how the Czech Republic stands out in the CEE region for its uptake of…

Coronavirus Shawview Consulting’s Brendan Shaw makes a compelling case for why the ongoing coronavirus pandemic should lead to a rethinking of how healthcare works across the globe.   Global crises can trigger major reform and Covid19 should trigger a reform of our health systems.   9/11 and the GFC When two…

Mexico Arturo Prida Romero, the president of the current National Council of the Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD) – one of the main political parties in Mexico – shares the background of PRD’s agenda, focusing on education, public security and healthcare as the three pillars of public service; the importance…