Tagged with Denmark

Denmark Speaking after the recent completion of a three-year strategic transformation plan, ALK President and CEO Carsten Hellmann outlines the progress made by the Danish allergy giant under his stewardship, including deeper penetration of the US market, shifting from injections to tablets, and driving digitalisation and efficiency.   To put our…

Denmark Denmark’s four largest pharma companies – Novo Nordisk, Lundbeck, LEO Pharma, and ALK – are all at least partly owned by independent foundations, which means that their profits are divided between their shareholders and the foundations themselves, with funds then channelled into academia and biotech start-ups. Here, a variety of…

Denmark GN Hearing CEO Gitte Aabo highlights the significant unmet needs of hearing impairment patients, the role of private companies like GN in fighting against stigmas surrounding hearing aids, the digital innovations occurring in the space, and her leadership strategy moving forward.   It takes an average of seven years for…

Denmark Denmark has long been at the vanguard of digitalisation, most notably in the form of comprehensive national health registries. This well-established footprint gave the Nordic nation a headstart in battling the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and beyond and can be accredited with Denmark’s relatively successful identification, testing, and vaccination processes.…

Denmark Lars Georg Rust outlines Olympus’ transition into fully-fledged MedTech company, the relevance of the Nordics and Netherlands to the global group, and some areas for improvement within the Danish hospital procurement process.   This region, and especially Denmark, is a beacon to the rest of the group for upcoming trends…

Denmark Although Zealand Pharma has been around for 23 years, it has made rapid progress since French national Emmanuel Dulac took the helm as president and CEO in April 2019, with a first new drug application (NDA) and approval, a first in-licensing, and two acquisitions.   Dulac – a veteran of…

Denmark Trial Nation is a non-profit public-private partnership organisation consisting of all five Danish regions, the Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs, the Ministry of Health, the umbrella organisations for patient organisations and physicians respectively, and several life science companies dedicated to running clinical trials in Denmark. CEO Marianne Pilgaard…

Denmark Henrik Jespersen introduces software and systems provider Systematic’s work in the healthcare space, where the Danish firm looks to help provide a continuum of care across the entire system. Jespersen outlines why it makes sense for Systematic to work alongside other solution providers if requested by its clients, how the…

Denmark Henrik Schimmell outlines the critical importance of blood gas testing – a field in which Radiometer has long been a pioneer – and how the company’s portfolio of diagnostic tools has evolved over time. Schimmel also touches on what makes Radiometer a great place to work, how it interacts with…

Denmark In a wide-ranging and candid conversation, Siemens Healthineers’ Tisha Boatman discusses uprooting from the US to Denmark, how Danish hospital tendering needs to evolve beyond price considerations alone, the challenges and opportunities of the Varian integration in her region, and shares some advice for other female executives in the medtech…

Denmark Kenneth Mikkelsen & Jeroen ter Borg describe the work of IQVIA – the world’s biggest CRO and life science data services provider – in Denmark, which has served as a testbed for the rollout of the firm’s healthcare business. Mikkelsen and ter Borg also highlight some of the key market…

Denmark Servier’s Estève Speranza outlines the rationale behind the French group’s reorganisation in the Nordic countries, how the global shift towards oncology is playing out in his region, and the Nordics’ relevance to Servier as an innovation hub and home to its antibody centre of excellence.   Servier is actively looking…