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Morocco Mohamed El Bouhmadi, president and CEO of Zenith Pharma, walks us through the company’s evolution since we last met in 2015. He shares his strategy to position the company as the Moroccan champion in Africa through in-house product development and production as well as implementing an export strategy in close…

Morocco In 2020, PharmaBoardroom has met with stakeholders from across the Moroccan healthcare and life sciences industries. These interviewees range from general managers overseeing several countries in the region from a base in Morocco to association heads and key opinion leaders from the worlds of academia and policymaking. Several recurring themes…

MEA Pierre Fabre’s recently appointed head for Africa, the Middle East and Turkey, Mouloud Boukhachab, outlines his career trajectory, having worked and managed in geographies as diverse as BeNeLux and Morocco. Boukhachab also states his priorities for his new position and his strategy for navigating the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and lockdown…

Coronavirus With the global coronavirus pandemic still ongoing and teleworking having become the new normal, pharma executives from across the world are giving us their insights into how they are managing in the age of confinement to ensure continued employee welfare and the safe supply of medications to the patients and…

Morocco Taher Hassen, GM for Morocco and Tunisia at Merck, gives insights into navigating market access in the complex Moroccan pharma market, outlines, the challenge of introducing biosimilars, and the enduring importance of North Africa for Merck.   Morocco is a very attractive country in terms of investment, given its stable…

Morocco Salim El Guermai, CEO & head pharmacist of Galenica, a leading generics company in Morocco, presents the original mission of the company to provide high-quality affordable medicines to Moroccan patients by developing and manufacturing its own portfolio as an alternative to expensive imported drugs. El Guermai also shares his ambitions…

Morocco Ali Besri, Pfizer Morocco GM and North Africa Lead reveals the importance of Morocco’s stability and assets allowing the country to be recognized internationally for its manufacturing investments and capabilities and highlights how Pfizer has capitalized on this with a footprint in the country for over half a century. Looking…

Morocco Pierre Behnam, general manager of Pierre Fabre in Morocco, breaks down the strong and long-standing footprint of the group in the country in the medical and dermo-cosmetic fields. On the medical side, he talks about the amazing progress Morocco has made in the prevention and treatment of cancer, and his…

Janssen Myriem Tamimy gives an overview of the ongoing situation for Janssen and pharma multinationals more generally in Morocco, discusses the next steps in the authorities’ pharma strategy and the role that multinationals will have in the process, and highlights the challenges related to managing in a time of COVID-19.  …

Morocco Saad Kanbris, who has been heading Novartis operations in Morocco, Tunisia & Libya since January 2018, discusses the importance of ‘the context’ and temporality while analyzing the improvement and the next steps for the Moroccan market and the region he manages.   It makes no sense to grow if there…

Morocco Alain Barry, managing director of MSD in Morocco, shares how the organization is partnering with the Moroccan healthcare community to ensure that patients have access to innovative therapies and vaccines.   Morocco has been a pioneer in the region in the field of immunization by introducing innovative vaccines in the…

Morocco Sanaa Sayagh of Roche Morocco shares her commitment to bringing the latest immunotherapies to Moroccan patients through partnerships with health authorities and the Lalla Salma Foundation on creative access programs. Sayagh also touches on how Roche is attempting to make personalised healthcare a reality in Morocco.   Despite the lack…