Tagged with Rare Disease

Denmark Industry veteran Patrik Forsell oversees Takeda’s operations in Denmark. Here, Forsell talks through how sizeable shifts in the company’s global portfolio and focus over the past four years have played out at the Danish level, the increasingly challenging market access situation for rare disease treatments in the country, and how…

Saudi Arabia Rodrigo Rodriguez, general manager for Takeda’s Middle East cluster, discusses the company’s ambitions in the collective Saudi pharma market, which is expected to reach a size of USD 10 billion by 2025, the need for tailor-made programs for different countries in the Middle East, and how clinical trials and registry…

Global Bill Sibold, Executive Vice President and Head of Sanofi Genzyme, highlights the achievements of the company’s Rare Humanitarian Program over the last 30 years, bringing treatments to patients in developing countries with lysomal storage disorders who would otherwise not have access. Sibold outlines the persistent obstacles facing people with rare…

Turkey Takeda’s general manager for Turkey, Şeyda Atadan Memiş, reflects on the Japanese giant’s ambitions in Turkey at a pivotal moment when the Shire integration has been completed. Atadan discusses how the organization has seized on Takeda’s revamped portfolio, focusing on rare diseases, haematology, immunology, gastroenterology, and oncology, to move up…

Switzerland Biogen Switzerland’s Dr med Katharina Gasser outlines how her affiliate navigated the COVID-19 pandemic from an organisational and communication perspective, the increasing importance being given to mental health by the Swiss government, and the reimbursement and market challenges facing Biogen in 2021 and beyond.   2020 saw a lot of…

Canada Writing in the March edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Judith Glennie examines the findings of Health Canada’s consultation with Canadians on what a national strategy for high-cost rare disease drugs could look like.   On January 27, 2021, Health Canada launched a consultation on the development of a National…

China Kevin Rufang Huang, president and founder of the Chinese Organization for Rare Disorders (CORD), outlines the findings of the first ever analysis into rare disease public insurance coverage across key cities in China.   On May 30, 2020, the China Organization for Rare Disorders (CORD) and the management consulting team…

Switzerland Dipharma SA is a Swiss specialty pharmaceutical company, developing improved generics medicines for rare metabolic diseases. Founder & CEO Marc-Olivier Geinoz discusses why the company has chosen to compete in the largely unexplored rare diseases generics space, its direct presence in the German market, and the opportunities inherent in metabolic…

USA With Rare Disease Day coming up on February 28th, one of the leading organizations dedicated to serving affected patients in the US, the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), is making a push to put the spotlight on the limited access to diagnosis, treatment and care suffered by rare disease…

USA Following on from our profile on five of the most promising clinical-stage biotech companies developing orphan therapies in Europe, here we move to the world’s biggest biopharmaceutical market and R&D hub, shining the spotlight on five of the most important and innovative rare-disease start-ups in the USA.   The US…

Europe With Rare Disease Day falling on 28 February, PharmaBoardroom dedicates this month to exploring the global rare disease landscape, highlighting key trends and developments as well as profiling the most innovative global players in this space. We start the party off with five of the most promising clinical-stage biotech companies…

Switzerland A trained physician with several years of practice under her belt, Katharina Gasser then moved into clinical research as an investigator before joining the pharma industry in 2005. Now head of Biogen’s Swiss affiliate and chair of the executive committee of industry association Interpharma, Gasser cites her diverse background as…