Tagged with partnerships

Algeria Adlane Soudani, general manager of Ipsen’s Algerian affiliate, lifts the lid on Ipsen’s ambitions for the local market, and the company’s parallel strategies to ramp up local production while simultaneously delivering tech transfer to local partners.   Our rather distinctive approach is to deploy parallel strategies: we will maintain our…

Turkey Bucking a global trend for increased focus on outpatient and preventative care, Turkey is doubling down on hospital investment.   Throughout many of the healthcare systems in North America and Europe, there is an increasing emphasis on outpatient and preventative care. In terms of health economics, governments see a great benefit in…

Spain Javier Alvarado, general manager of Mundipharma Spain, discusses his current priorities and the innovation the company is bringing to the market through a diversified portfolio. Furthermore, he points out the importance of long-term strategic partnerships for the company´s success and his future aspirations for the affiliate.   Of course, none…

Algeria Moncef Meklati, Merck’s general manager for North West Africa, discusses the company’s ambitions in the region, the key to successful joint ventures and evolving attitudes to chronic diseases in Algeria.   From the first day I started working for Merck, I’ve been impressed by the strong commitment of my team…

Algeria Nadia Oka-Bousbia of bioMérieux Algeria discusses the affiliate’s important role within Algeria’s fight against infectious diseases and the training of health managers, difficulties surrounding import restrictions, and the company’s constantly-evolving strategy for the future.   These are exciting times for bioMérieux locally. We understand that earlier this year, your global…

UK Christine (Chris) Fox, VP and general manager UK and Ireland at Amgen, two months into her first country manager position and first time in a role outside of North America, discusses the creation of new, innovative partnership models with stakeholders across the healthcare spectrum, how Amgen is leveraging its biologic…

UK Having just announced a major investment into a new UK Discovery Centre in London that is set to open in 2020, MSD is committed to leverage on the UK’s potential in driving forward early stage discovery. Louise Houson, Managing Director for the UK and Ireland explains the reasons for that…

UK As all eyes are on Takeda these days after its announced acquisition of Shire, Jon Neal, managing director of the UK and Ireland operations of the Japanese player, looks back on the company’s internationalisation path. He further highlights the extremely collaborative approach Takeda engages in with NICE and gives tips…

UK A British success story, Clinigen Group provides companies with services in portfolio and product lifecycle management on a global basis. Its CEO, Shaun Chilton, talks to us about the value proposition of Clinigen, what makes it unique and why competition is more flattering than threatening.   Clinigen’s value proposition is…

Pharma Digital health startups raised over USD six billion in equity financing in 2016, representing a five-year compound annual growth rate of 32 percent and the fledgling industry segment already boasts at least eight unicorns with a combined value exceeding USD 15 billion. Most interesting of all, however, is the constellation…

UK Recently appointed CEO of Health Innovation Manchester, Ben Bridgewater explains the organization’s goal of improving the lives of the people of Greater Manchester by ensuring a constant pipeline of innovation, working along health and social dynamics, industry and academic collaboration. He also shares his thoughts on how data, technology and…

India Mohal Sarabhai, a serial entrepreneur and grandson of the illustrious scientist and industrialist Vikram Sarabhai, provides insights into the eye-catching group of companies he has been developing over the past 15 years, ranging from the effervescent products specialist Vovantis to the fermentation-focused API manufacturer Synbiotics. He also documents his two-fold…