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Pharma Eduardo Negrón-Navas, attorney-at-law, for the Puerto Rican law firm Fiddler, González & Rodríguez, discusses the firm’s long-standing service to the pharmaceutical industry and the need for both government and industry to reinvent a business model better defined for the new realities of the 21st century. What is your evaluation of…

Pharma The managing director of Trinity Pharma, Gaby Simaan (Jnr) depicts Trinity’s evolution from a regulatory consultancy into a fully commercialized pharmaceutical company, and how their unique position in the private label space has allowed the company to significantly expand its pipeline of products and presence in the market. To begin,…

Pharma The managing director of Galderma South Africa, Jenny Wright reveals the importance of the dermatology sector within the country’s healthcare system, as well as the role Galderma is playing in bringing dermatological solutions to the market and raising awareness of skin diseases. She also illustrates the factors that have truly…

pharma The Vice President of Health and Medicine at Pierre and Marie Curie University (UPMC) and Director of the University’s Institute of Oncology reveals how the French social security system needs to look at how to evaluate real needs, why the patient has to become more involved in the decisionmaking process,…

Pharma The Vice-Chairman of the Public Health Enhancement Fund talks about how the shortage of medical doctors and the fight against TB, HIV and AIDS in South Africa led the health Minister and the private health sector to create a public health enhancement fund and how the private sector is pulling resources…

France The Head of the Department of Medicine at the Faculty of Health Science at the University of Cape Town reveals how their role is not only in training people to be technically competent, but to produce the next generation of thinkers, researchers and innovators, how The Lancet report, produced by…

pharma The Netherlands provides a flourishing environment for biotech to grow. The vice president for European operations at Kite Pharma discusses how biotech start-ups can find their path to success and how Kite Pharma is looking at new innovative therapies for cancer treatment. Before joining T-Cell Factory, later acquired by Kite…

pharma Hans Schikan offers insights into the flourishing Dutch life sciences sector and the attractiveness of the local eco-system, citing a combination of the right science and the right attitude of people as the key formula for success. In 2014/2015, three Dutch biotechs (UniQure, ProQR, Galapagos) went public on Nasdaq, and…

Pharma The CEO of IPASA reveals how over the last ten months the priority has been to reach out to different stakeholders, rebuilding trust with the department of health, with patients and physicians; why a National Health Insurance scheme should be established to act as a true merger between the public and private…

Pharma The Head of Corporate & Institutional Banking of the Mauritius Commercial Bank explains why the diversification of the Mauritian economy into the healthcare and life sciences sector is necessary and why it will be successful. Furthermore, he specifies the factors that make Mauritius one of the best FDI (Foreign Direct…

Pharma Tugce Gozacan (pictured) and Okan Gozacan, Owner and Chairman of Marmara Ecza respectively, discuss what qualities are crucial for suppliers in the pharmaceutical industry, their process for forming partnerships and attracting clients, and their vision for a future with Iran as a major player. As an introduction for our readers,…

Pharma The general manager of Drogsan, Ersan Kuçuk elaborates on the company’s efforts in shifting towards more value-added pharmaceutical products, specifically within the realm of biosimilars, while highlighting his ambitions in expanding the company’s presence within OTC. He also illustrates the decision to move Drogsan’s R&D department to the Gazi University…