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Canada John Simmons, VP Sales & Marketing (Health Systems) at Philips Canada talks about the company’s commitment to delivering integrated health technology solutions that provide continuous care across the health continuum. Can you provide an overview of Philips operations in Canada? “Philips Canada is very active in our customer-oriented focus; we…

Canada At the 350th anniversary of the company, Gaby Murphy, EMD Serono’s managing director, gives an insight into the turning point for the affiliate in 2017 with three new Health Canada approvals. Over the last few months, we have witnessed significant changes within the Canadian pharmaceutical landscape, especially in terms of…

Canada Investissement Québec (IQ) contributed to the completion of 65 international projects in 2017 and hosts Pfizer, Sanofi, and Merck amongst over 160 IT companies, employing over 5,400 workers. Pierre Gabriel Côté, CEO of IQ, took the reins in January 2015 and intends to digitize the investment space using Artificial Intelligence…

Canada Imran Ali, senior manager of the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA) Office, the body that provides dedicated centralized support to the national negotiating process for drug prices, representing all 14 public drug plan jurisdictions in Canada, discusses the mandate of the pCPA, the main achievements so far, as well as the…

Canada Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (TPC), Japan, part of Otsuka Holdings, established its Canadian affiliate in 2017. Ross Glover, general manager for Taiho Pharma Canada, has spent the past year tackling the mammoth task of establishing the foundations for the operations, including preparing a new drug for market approval and navigating…

Canada At the company’s 40th anniversary, Biogen’s Canadian head Marina Vasiliou gives an insight into her priorities as new managing director, her approach to building relationships with all stakeholders in the healthcare system to ensure access to Biogen’s innovative treatments, and explains how the portfolio of the neuroscience leader is perfectly…

Canada Looking back on his first year as CEO of Organigram, Greg Engel proudly highlights the successful transition of the company from being a low-cost to a high-quality cannabis producer with premium products. He emphasizes Organigram’s close collaboration with both federal and provincial governments, on both the medical and recreational business,…

Canada Still in the process of integration, Mallinckrodt is preparing to build its launch structure in Canada. With several innovative products in the pipeline, Robin Hunter, general manager of Canadian operations, highlights the company’s ambition to be a top tier innovative specialty pharma company with a specific area of focus in…

Canada Boston Scientific’s vice president and general manager Ken Spears shares his thoughts about the potential for Canada to become an early adopter of innovation and to move towards an outcome-based healthcare model and the medtech solutions Boston Scientific is introducing in the Canadian market. You are yourself a vocal advocate…

Canada Hydropothecary is the leading medicinal cannabis producer in Quebec, founded in 2013 by two brothers-in-law, Sebastien St-Louis and Adam Miron. Terry Lake, former Minister of Health for British Colombia, discusses his new role as Vice President Corporate Social Responsibility, the stigma surrounding the cannabis plant and how to bring innovative…

Canada Upon opening an R&D center in Mississauga in 2017, Biolab Pharma Canada, headed by Paulo Wickbold Marques, became the first Brazilian pharmaceutical company to establish an affiliate in Canada. In this interview, Paulo describes Biolab’s bold leap from Latin America, the strengths of the Canadian pharmaceutical landscape and how the…

Canada Halo Pharma, a US-based one-stop-shop CDMO (Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization), operates out of a site in Mirabel, close to Montreal, that boasts 30 years of experience in developing and manufacturing medicine. Maryse Laliberté, Halo Pharma’s vice-president and general manager, highlights the company’s differentiation factors of quality delivery and flexibility,…