Tagged with MedTech

Canada John Simmons, VP Sales & Marketing (Health Systems) at Philips Canada talks about the company’s commitment to delivering integrated health technology solutions that provide continuous care across the health continuum. Can you provide an overview of Philips operations in Canada? “Philips Canada is very active in our customer-oriented focus; we…

Baltics Victor Shatz, chairman, founder, and owner of Fanex Latvia, talks about the origins of Fanex and the development of his career. He also talks about Fanex’s market share within the Baltic region and the company’s strategy to reach success and spread risks. We understand Fanex was established in 1993 primarily…

India As the founder and chairman of Alves Group, a key Indian player in medical devices with an extensive portfolio, Randolph Alves shares the challenges India needs to overcome to remain a competitive exporter. With great ambitions for Alves, he further explains how critical the international stage – especially the African…

Canada Boston Scientific’s vice president and general manager Ken Spears shares his thoughts about the potential for Canada to become an early adopter of innovation and to move towards an outcome-based healthcare model and the medtech solutions Boston Scientific is introducing in the Canadian market. You are yourself a vocal advocate…

Canada Canadian medtech at a glance: market value, number of companies, number of employees,export markets, spinoffs.   Key areas of expenditure in Canadian medtech: diagnostic imaging stands as the single largest therapeutic area served.   Canadian medical device export destinations; the US is far and away the largest market for Canadian…

Poland Witold Włodarczyk, director general of Polmed (Polish chamber for medical devices), discusses the Polish medical device landscape and the policy surrounding the sector, especially the proposed 2016 reimbursement act. Furthermore, he highlights challenges the insured must overcome to promote the sector, the educational campaigns of the chamber, and his pleasant…

Lithuania Kestutis Liauba, managing director at B Braun in Lithuania, discusses the evolution of the medical devices sector in the country since the opening of the company’s affiliate back in 1996 and highlights the great work that it has done to provide its most modern equipment to healthcare professionals. Can you…

Serbia Gordana Zdravkovic has overseen the progression of BIOTEC International, Serbia through thick and thin. With over 25 years’ experience in the life sciences industry, she has put together a fantastic team of young professionals eager to take advantage of Serbia’s teeming pharmaceutical landscape. In this interview, Gordana sheds light on…

Brazil Armando Correa Lopes Jr, managing director of Siemens Healthineers Brazil, provides insights into the main trends and challenges at the core of Brazil’s healthcare discussion and documents the contribution of Siemens Healthineers in shaping a more cost-efficient, value-based, and data-oriented Brazilian model of healthcare. Leveraging your long-standing experience of Brazil’s…

Brazil Prof. Dr. Luiz Calistro Balestrassi, founder and president of NEUROTEC® – Biomedical Research & Development Company from Itajubá-MG, Brazil, and his daughter Esperança Balestrassi, Neurotec´s executive director, discuss the past, present, and future challenges of this pioneering medical device company that started in 1985. In this interview, Dr. Balestrassi –…

Brazil Poul Sorensen, director of Geistlich Pharma in Brazil, details the importance of educational activities for Geistlich’s business, the affiliate’s desire to bring new segments of Geistlich’s portfolio to Brazil and the necessity of adapting the business strategy to each region in Brazil according to their price sensitivity. Could you introduce…

Brazil Roberto Godoy, GM of Guerbet Brazil and marketing director of Guerbet Latin America, a leading French-based contrast media company present in Brazil for the past 40 years, explains his role in turning around the Brazilian affiliate following the acquisition of Mallinckrodt’s contrast media and delivery system’s imaging division. He also…