Tagged with EALTH

Health The chart below illustrates the potential for a shift in healthcare provision towards home care in France; a country with a rapidly increasing over 60 population, an expensive nursing home system, and a culture of living at home into old age. Click here to download the latest free pharma report on…

Healthcare In light of the recently released OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Mexico 2016, Roberto Martinez, general director of the OECD Mexico Center for Latin America, reveals the OECD’s key findings and strategic priorities for fostering inclusive growth and better health outcomes in Mexico, while the Center keeps on strengthening its…

Pharma The expansion of universal healthcare coverage and significant growth in the use and acceptance of generics across the Philippines pose a significant challenge to the innovative medicines industry but also offers a wealth of opportunities for both international and domestic players. The Philippines now utilizes low-cost generics more than any…

Pharma The following chart shows the number of clinical trials in Italy per year. Peaking in 2008 and slumping slightly shortly after, the numbers have returned to robust levels with 550+ trials in total in 2013 and 250+ important Phase I and II trials. Click here to read more articles and…

Health Gabriel O’Shea, National Commissioner of Seguro Popular, on how the institute generates more efficient and transparent resource allocation across Mexico as the country prepares to implement medical service exchange among the various social security institutes. Beside this step towards universal health care in Mexico, he also reveals how Seguro Popular…

Pharma Francisco González, CEO of ProMéxico, the Mexican investment agency, describes the strengths of Mexico’s research and industrial base, untapped business opportunities in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors, and new export horizons in Africa and Asia. Mexico currently displays a very interesting business context: the economy is back to robust growth…

Healthcare Orange Healthcare CEO Elie Lobel discusses the importance of digitalization to the healthcare industry, major challenges, and the tremendous work that has already been done in the e-health regulatory field both in France and internationally. Could you give us a brief introduction to Orange Healthcare? What are the milestones and achievements…

PPP Known as “Ireland’s university of Enterprise,” Dublin City University’s research and educational philosophy is very much informed by the institution’s strong partnerships and collaborations with the private sector. Professor Brian MacCraith discusses the institutions’ unique approach to academic-private collaborations and some of the initiatives currently underway in the life science…

Health For Cristóbal Thompson, Executive Director of AMIIF, health is a formidable measure of productivity and competitiveness that Mexico can no longer overlook if it is to sustain robust economic growth. He details how the organization has been able to assemble a growing number of powerful allies behind this cause, and points…

Health Tackling both obesity and diabetes is a primary objective of the National Academy of Medicine of Mexico and requires a holistic, multidisciplinary approach, according to Dr. Graue Wiechers, president of the National Academy of Medicine and rector at UNAM (National Autonomous University of Mexico), the largest university in Latin America.…

Healthcare Senator Salvador Brito, President of the Health Commission at the Mexican Senate, talks about increasing access to quality healthcare services among the most vulnerable groups in Mexican society, improving and developing life-changing prevention policies, tackling corruption, and investing in health to ensure the country doesn’t compromise its growth perspective. What…

Health In the year of Gen Suisse’s 25th anniversary, CEO Daniela Suter talks supporting dialogue between scientists and politicians on life sciences in Switzerland, educating the general population, the attractiveness of the Swiss community for scientists, and her goals for the future. Could you give our international viewers an overview of…