Tagged with HEalth

Pharma The Director-General of the Gustave Roussy Institute, a top cancer institute in Europe, talks about the revamping of their clinical research infrastructure to adapt to the rising new field of translational research and his ambitious plans for the next five years, in particular, his vision for Cancer Core Europe, positioned…

Pharma The pharmaceutical industry needs to work harder to demonstrate the value that it delivers to society and to the greater economy by advancing public health outcomes, delegates at the 14th annual eyeforpharma conference in Barcelona have been told. Addressing over a thousand industry stakeholders at Barcelona’s Centre Convencions Internacional, senior…

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 In part II of an exclusive interview at the eyeforpharma Barcelona Summit 2016, IMS Health’s Chief Digital Officer Richie Etwaru lifts the lid on the concept of Orchestrated Customer Engagement (OCE) and explains how it can demonstrably advance the ideals of patient centrality, inter-stakeholder trust and industry-wide operability. You have been pioneering…

Pharma In an exclusive discussion with Focus Reports, Egyptian Minister of Health, Dr. Ahmed El Din Rady sets out his blueprint for improving the nation’s welfare and securing positive public health outcomes with a 4-point plan based on human capital development, accessibility, countering hepatitis C, and large-scale infrastructural intervention. My foremost…

Pharma In an exclusive interview at the eyeforpharma Barcelona Summit 2016, GSK’s Danie Du Plessis speaks out about patient-centricity and the growing role of medical affairs in the pharma industry. In your speech today, you mentioned that the concept of patient-centrality has not changed, but that expectations around it have; could you…

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,…

Pharma Manlio Florenzano discusses Sandoz’s engagement in Italy and the role of generics firms in contributing to a more affordable and sustainable Italian healthcare system. Can you please start by introducing Sandoz’s historic engagement with the Italian market? Sandoz began marketing in Italy back in 2000. My own background, meanwhile, was…

Pharma Boasting a more than 14 percent growth rate in 2015, AbbVie has cemented its status as a top 20 pharmaceutical company in France. Sharing the unique relationship the company has with France, general manager Jerome Bouyer offers an optimistic view of how the French healthcare sector can best be structured…

Pharma Former Egyptian Minister of Health Adel Adawy discusses the reforms needed in the Egyptian healthcare system and the progress made in the fight against HCV over the last two years. What structural changes need to be made in the Egyptian healthcare system? First of all, Egypt needs to have three…

Pharma Pharmaceuticals Giuseppe Martini, President at the National Technological Cluster: Advanced Life Sciences in Italy (ALISEI) discusses the founding of the ALISEI cluster, its main missions and how it helps Italy to promote itself as a research destination on a pan-European level. Mr. Martini, can you give our readers a brief overview…

Pharma Jean-Luc Bélingard, chairman of bioMérieux, reveals how the medical community in France has a unique profile, combining both clinical and technological experience, leading to what he describes as the best healthcare system in the world from a pure patient perspective; why diagnostics is the bedrock of an efficient healthcare system;…