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Global Speaking to PharmaBoardroom in the context of our upcoming InFocus special report on HIV, Access to Medicine Foundation CEO Jayasree Iyer looks back on pharma’s successes and failures in access to HIV treatment and prevention. Iyer highlights the impact of voluntary licensing of drugs via the Medicines Patent Pool and…

Saudi Arabia Abdul Latif Jameel is one of Saudi Arabia’s most storied distributors, with a history dating back to 1945. Although present in the healthcare space since 1995 via its philanthropic activities, it has only recently moved to set up a dedicated healthcare arm, known as Jameel Health. Led by Big Pharma…

USA Since its establishment in 2003, the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has saved over 25 million lives and drastically reduced HIV infection rates through antiretroviral treatments. Now well established as the leading global funder of HIV prevention efforts, PEPFAR is supporting high HIV burden countries to meet…

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…

Saudi Arabia With over 40 years of history in Saudi Arabia, in 2021 Eli Lilly moved to establish a regional headquarters in the country, underscoring its dedication to the country and region. Now led by Brazilian national Felipe Borges dos Reis, Lilly aims to tackle the pressing health concerns of diabetes and…

USA As healthcare costs are set to be a key issue for voters in the upcoming US presidential election, PhRMA’s Robert Zirkelbach lays out why policymakers must abandon partisan solutions that do not address underlying access and affordability issues. Instead, Zirkelbach urges for greater protection of the USA’s world-leading biopharmaceutical R&D…

India J&J India’s Jayashri Kulkarni lays out her approach to comprehensive leadership, drawing on her diverse career history across various sectors; her mandate to leverage innovative assets to transform disease management in India; and the importance of actively championing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within the company, building a future-fit organization…

Portugal Marco Dietrich highlights some of the key challenges in Portugal’s healthcare system, Bayer Portugal’s continuing focus on introducing new products – particularly in diabetes, where Portugal has the highest prevalence in Europe –, and how he has led the strategic transformation of the affiliate focusing on agility and cost-effectiveness.  …

Portugal Pfizer holds a prominent position in Portugal’s pharmaceutical landscape, especially in the hospital business and for COVID-19-related products, with the emphasis now on sustainable growth post-COVID. Paulo Teixeira, a 26-year pharma industry veteran, lays out his strategy for the affiliate and highlights some of the key challenges in Portugal’s healthcare…

Portugal Sérgio Alves describes the personal and professional factors that drove his return to Portugal, where he draws on enriching experiences gained from working in various European markets. He also discusses how AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine served as a jumping-off point for more wide-ranging discussions with governmental stakeholders, and the affiliate’s positive…

Portugal Speaking from Servier’s new open-plan office in Lisbon, a space aimed at promoting cross-functional integration and “collective intelligence,” experienced industry executive Frédéric Bengold looks back on three successful years at the helm of Servier Portugal and outlines his goals for the future. With a refreshed global visual identity and corporate…

Morocco Sanofi’s Adrien Delamare-Deboutteville describes the access to innovation landscape in Morocco today, how Sanofi is aiming to bolster access in line with the country’s universal healthcare transformation, and the lessons he took from his last position managing the company’s Ukraine operations as war broke out.   We want to be…