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Pharma In an exclusive interview at the eyeforpharma Barcelona Summit 2016, Janssen EMEA’s Jane Griffiths speaks out about patient-centricity, sustainability and the dawning of a new world of healthcare. What’s been keeping you most busy in recent months? We have, for the third consecutive year, topped IDEA Pharma’s Productive Innovation Index (PII), which…

Pharma The AIFP’s Jakub Dvořáček explains the recently launched tool for information disclosure between pharmaceutical companies and doctors, highlighting the significance it holds for industry and country. Furthermore, he reviews the Czech Republic’s attractiveness as a location for pharma companies. When we met you in 2012, you named re-exporting and a…

Italy The president of Chiesi explains how innovation and a strong focus on quality have led to outstanding growth and have established the Italian family-run business as a significant pharma player around the world. He furthermore elaborates on Chiesi’s strategy to maintain growth abroad and reviews the challenge of attracting and…

Pharma While South Africa faces a distinct set of challenges in effectively managing its healthcare sector, the ecosystem for innovation, particularly in the world of biotechnology remains fruitful. Bioentrepreneur Nick Duneas has taken the initiative to create his own startup and introduce the world’s first regenerating injectable bone-graph substitute into the…

Pharma Family-owned Laboratori Baldacci is something of a rare breed in an industry dominated by multinational players. The senior research manager discusses the history of the company as well as how it plans to leverage its portfolio of innovative products and internationalization to drive growth in future. Could you please provide…

Pharma As CEO of the newly formed government agency Business France, Muriel Pénicaud is passionate about championing French innovation and creativity, particularly in life sciences. She tells us about her organization’s key objectives, ongoing efforts to change perceptions about France’s business environment, and her ‘bilingualism’ in the worlds of business and…

Pharma Jan Pelle Mariëtte van der Velden-Roesink Jan Pelle (JP) and Mariëtte van der Velden-Roesink (MDR) of the Brabant Development Agency (BOM) explain how they strive to offer “red-carpet treatment” to foreign investors and local companies to ultimately strengthen a life sciences eco-system based on open innovation and interdisciplinarity. As an…

Pharma Despite lacking a national champion to bolster its innovative eco-system since the 2007 acquisition of Organon by Schering Plough, the Netherlands nevertheless still sits in fourth position on the 2015 Global Innovation Index. For the healthcare sector, the country’s innovation is notably propelled by a myriad of local success-stories, and…

Pharma In keeping with its reputation as a forerunner, the Dutch healthcare eco-system is currently reinventing itself to ensure it remains ahead of the game in terms of both innovation and excellence. Market and patient access, transparency, cost-effectiveness and process innovation all feature prominently as industry and government alike band together…

Pharma Mr. Aldo Braca discusses the competitive CDMO landscape in Italy, the importance of nurturing a community of employees, and the optimistic growth trend for the company powered by investment and innovation. This year, BSP celebrated its ten-year anniversary, congratulations! What were the key objectives that you have accomplished since the…

Pharma Carlos Jaime, Head of Samsung’s Health & Medical Equipment Division, France, explains why the future of healthcare is in mobile technology and communications, and how Samsung’s expertise in “digital transformations” position the company as a catalyst for change in the industry. The mobile health solution industry is clearly a major…

Pharma Laurent Levy, CEO at Nanobiotix, is leading the way in nanomedicine with new market-disruptive developments, establishing a growing presence in European and global research labs and pushing back the frontiers in healthcare, for the industry and for patients. What is the main focus of your work at Nanobiotix, a company you co-founded 12 years ago,…