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Pharma Tania Zulu Holt, Associate Principal at McKinsey & Company elaborates on the current pressures on the South African healthcare system, discusses the importance of innovation and emphasizes the need for a hybrid model between the public and private sector to meet the healthcare needs of the country’s population. Can you…

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Pharma A leading consultant to IMS and Professor at Paris Dauphine University reveals how the French healthcare system is moving in two main strategic directions: increasingly relying on private funding through complementary health insurance, and breaking with the egalitarian principle that everybody should be reimbursed to the same extent irrespective of…

Pharma Philippe Luscan reveals how Sanofi contributes almost USD 6.35 billion net to the French economy; how their five new global business units will drive future growth, and why they are now accelerating their investment in biologics. As the national champion in the healthcare sector, what is the importance of Sanofi…

Pharma Christian Deleuze reveals the impact of the acquisition by Sanofi in 2011; explains the profitability and global reach of the bio manufacturing facility in Lyon; and tells us that the current system does not capture the benefits that the next generation of gene therapy products deliver over time, transforming chronic diseases into…

Pharma Prof. Walter Ricciardi has just been appointed as the new president for the Italian National Institute of Health (ISS). He explains his priorities since taking office, the crucial role the ISS plays in the NHS and his vision for the future of the Italian National Healthcare System. Prof. Ricciardi, can…

pharma   The Thai pharmaceutical market is growing due to an aging, wealthier local population and a large medical tourism sector. International companies must however adapt their strategies to suit the Thai market; as must domestic concerns. With an estimated value of USD 4.5 billion, Thailand is Southeast Asia’s second largest…

Pharma Enrico Allievi, President of the Italian OTC (Over The Counter) association, Assosalute, talks about the state of the OTC market in Italy, as well as the association’s role in creating value for its members and his outlook for the next five years. Enrico, to start off, could you explain Assosalute’s…

Pharma Mr Truelle, the CEO of CDM Lavoisier, a company specialized in the pharmaceutical manufacturing of injectable solutions, reveals that one third of the French population could receive one of the company’s products each year, talks about their extremely promising partnership with the Danish company Coloplast, and why partners from beyond…

Pharma The Italian Medicines Agency, AIFA, sits at a crossroads. Its Director-General Prof. Luca Pani discusses the apparent contradiction in the agency’s mission at a time of constricting budgets and expensive medicines, how the agency’s role is evolving in response and in which ways the agency can collaborate with the industry.…

pharma The President of Pfizer France reveals how the biggest challenge the French pharma industry faces is to gain credit for its contribution to improve people´s quality of life; why France is and will always be important for any large pharma company, despite some particular challenges; and how France´s unique strength…

Pharma Manfred Rüdiger (MR), Robbert Van Heekeren (RVH) and Jeroen Rovers (JR), respectively CEO, CFO and CMO of Kiadis Pharma, a Dutch biopharmaceutical company focused on cell-based immunotherapy products for the treatment of blood cancers and inherited blood disorders, discuss how the company’s recent IPO will allow them to move forward…