Tagged with CNS

China Yoshitaka Koketsu explains Sumitomo Pharma Group’s positioning in the China market as a relatively recent market entrant with a six-product portfolio but with plentiful opportunities for further growth, particularly in combating infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Koketsu outlines how the company is well-aligned with China’s regulatory changes, and how…

Morocco Morocco is currently implementing the most ambitious, far-reaching, and comprehensive health system reorganizations in its history. “What sets this reform apart from all that has happened before is just how starkly it differs in spirit from previous incremental and piecemeal initiatives that have been attempted over the decades,” proudly asserts…

Morocco The Moroccan National Social Security Fund (CNSS) has taken on a transformational mandate in recent years, spearheading the highly ambitious national campaign to expand universal health insurance to the entire Moroccan population. In a wide-ranging and in-depth conversation, CNSS Director General Hassan Boubrik lays out the scope and scale of…

Americas The Head of Viatris Latin America, Patrick Doyle, spoke to PharmaBoardroom about setting up the two-year old company’s Latam affiliate during the pandemic, the decision to focus on specific therapeutic areas—cardiovascular disease, central nervous system (CNS) disorders, and pain—in LatAm and Viatris’ aim to partner with local stakeholders and go…

Canada Drs Neil Cashman and Larry Altstiel of ProMIS Neurosciences weigh in on recent progress towards an effective therapy for Alzheimer’s disease, potentially representing a break from three decades of scientific stagnation.   Are we there yet with Alzheimer’s immunotherapies? No. But we have a map, and it’s a good one.…

Italy Tiziana Mele, managing director of Lundbeck Italia, explains the impact of COVID on mental health care from the perspective of a company dedicated to brain health, outlines the Italian operation that includes both  commercial and production capacities and shares Lundbeck’s support of independent clinical trials in the country. The pandemic…

Spain Way before securing the CEO role at Esteve in 2018, Staffan Schüberg built a career that saw him rise through the ranks of Lundbeck, from commercial activities in Sweden to global chief commercial officer.   Schüberg got his first pharma job at Lundbeck in 1994 after serving in the Swedish…

Spain Esteve’s CEO outlines the transformation journey of the Spanish company after taking over in 2018, commenting on how the divestment of its generics business has helped the company lay the foundation of a specialty pharma player in CNS, oncology and ophthalmology. Staffan Schüberg, former EVP and Chief Commercial Officer at…

Spain The Pasqual Maragall Foundation is a Spanish non-profit research organization dedicated to the research of Alzheimer’s disease. Its director, Arcadi Navarro, takes from his decades-long scientific career in genomics to explain the main theories and discoveries shaping the push to find a next-generation treatment, or even possible cure, for Alzheimer’s.…

Spain Biogen’s managing director for Spain, Sergio Teixeira, reflects on the company’s key role in transforming multiple sclerosis and spinal muscular atrophy as examples of the American biotech giant commitment to transforming neuroscience. The Portuguese executive also analyzes what he describes as a “positive” momentum for biosimilars in Spain amongst his…

Spain Bial’s general manager for Spain and global director of its epilepsy franchise, Ana Álvarez, highlights the importance of the country for the organization – representing 25 percent of overall sales –, explains how she is managing the lifecycle of Bial’s CNS and cardiovascular portfolio, the importance of sustainability, and  the…

Spain Lilly’s Nabil Daoud highlights the evolution in the firm’s Spanish manufacturing and R&D footprint in recent years, discussed launch plans for its next-generation diabetes and obesity treatments, and outlines some of the key trends currently impacting healthcare in Spain.   Four years ago, a molecule discovered and designed by scientists…