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UAE AHK UAE CEO Oliver Oehms gives an overview of German healthcare investment in the Emirates, how the Chamber assists German firms in adjusting to the rapid pace of reform in the UAE, and his hopes for the future of German-Emirati economic cooperation more broadly.   We are confident that the…

Greece Managing Director of MSD Greece, Cyprus & Malta Agata Jakoncic, who also serves as president of Greece’s PhRMA Innovation Forum (PIF), draws on her three decades of industry experience to outline some of the key challenges in the Greek pharma market today which threaten its sustainability and the ability of…

Belgium Novartis is one of Belgian pharma’s biggest investors across manufacturing and R&D, contributing EUR 598.9 million to GDP in 2022, creating 4,403 direct and indirect jobs, and reaching 5,349,628 million patients via its locally available portfolio. 18 months into his role as Country President for BeLux, Federico Mambretti expands on…

Greece EY Greece’s George Mitropoulos outlines some of the key challenges and opportunities for both local manufacturers and multinational innovators in Greece, how EY is uniquely positioned to assist them, and the fundamentals that give him cause for optimism for both the Greek economy and its healthcare sector.   We believe…

China The latest news from the Chinese healthcare and life sciences industry, including the first public comments from Astellas CEO Naoki Okamura following an employee’s arrest on espionage charges in China, how the country’s drug pricing policy is impinging biotech profits, and the ways in which COVID-19 exposed the weaknesses in…

Greece Spyridon Gkikas outlines how GE HealthCare’s global transformation is playing out in Greece as well as the opportunities and challenges of bringing cutting-edge medical technology into the Greek healthcare system.   EU Recovery and Resilience Funding (RRF) is coming online, creating an opportunity for Greece to improve its healthcare system,…

Greece Longstanding J&J Greece Managing Director Theodore Liakopoulos looks back on the progress that Greek healthcare has made in the past four years, thanks in no small part to the commitment of the multinational medtech industry. Liakopoulos highlights the importance of establishing a centralised procurement authority for the sustainability of Greek…

Greece Since 2020, IQVIA has established health economics, technology, and market research hubs in Greece, leveraging the country’s talent pool to serve a range of EMEA markets. Nikos Kostaras outlines what else Greece has to offer to IQVIA, as well as the key services that the firm brings to its Greek…

China In light of ongoing geopolitical tension, a globally unfavourable macroeconomic environment and new drug-pricing legislation in the US, at the recent BIO CEO and Investor Conference industry stakeholders evaluated the risks and the opportunities for cross-border deal-making between US and China and found a number of reasons to be optimistic.…

France Despite an uncertain macro-economic environment, the French health technology sector continues its growth trajectory, demonstrating both entrepreneurial dynamism and maturity, according to the new edition of the France Biotech study encompassing French startups in biotech, medtech and digital health.   France Biotech, the French association for innovation in healthcare, has…

Belgium While only Europe’s 34th biggest country by landmass and 13th by population, Belgium punches well above its weight in terms of key life sciences industry indicators, notably placing in the Top Five European countries for pharma R&D spending, pharma exports, and pharma imports. Made with Visme Infographic Maker   Made…

LatAm Sarah Aiosa oversees the entire Latin America region for MSD, where the global giant is looking to build on its 100-year legacy by better addressing the continent’s health inequities and unmet medical needs. Aiosa describes the myriad public-private partnerships that the firm has struck in LatAm across areas including cancer…