Tagged with Distribution

Saudi Arabia As the Saudi pharma market – worth approximately USD 8.2 billion – continues to grow, so does the need for pharma companies to efficiently distribute their medicines inside the Kingdom. Here, we present four of the main trends at play in the Saudi distribution landscape, from market consolidation to centralised…

Saudi Arabia Khaled Harb, general manager of Saudi distributor Abdulrehman Algosaibi, highlights the changing distribution landscape in Saudi Arabia, the importance of offering comprehensive solutions that go beyond traditional services, what the updated role of procurement body NUPCO means for the industry, and shares his perspective on the Vision 2030 transformation.  …

Turkey Turkish Cargo, the global air cargo arm of Turkish Airlines, has the world’s largest direct cargo flight network excluding express carriers which has enabled them to deliver 320 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to more than 55 countries around the world. Turhan Özen, its chief cargo officer, explains their services for…

Saudi Arabia Recently appointed CEO of Saudi Chemical Company Holding’s Pharma Sector, Ismail Shehada is today drawing on 20+ years of Big Pharma experience to drive SCCH’s growing life sciences footprint in alignment with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 healthcare transformation. Shehada explains how SCCH is moving into third-party logistics…

Saudi Arabia Kamel Ghammachi and Karim Smaira are the co-founders of Genpharm, an entrepreneurial success story that now provides market access and marketing solutions for rare disease products across the MENA region. They discuss the impact of COVID-19 on their business; the evolving dynamics of the Saudi pharma market; and the crucial…

Saudi Arabia Dr Fayad Al Dandashi, CEO of Tamer HealthCare, a leading Saudi healthcare company, discusses how the group aims to benefit from Saudi Arabia’s healthcare transformation through digitalization, changing their product-oriented business model to a holistic service-driven business model. After years of entrepreneurial and public sector experience, he explains the changes…

Saudi Arabia Aymen Tamer, chairman and managing partner of historic Saudi healthcare firm Tamer Group, outlines how, informed by Saudi’s Vision 2030, the company is adapting to better meet the needs of the rapidly evolving domestic pharma market. Tamer also touches on the challenges of succession planning, why a deep and long-term…

Asia-Pacific UPS APAC’s Bee Lim describes how the logistics giant responded to the unprecedented challenges thrown up by the COVID-19 pandemic, the trends that the pandemic has accelerated in the region, and the talent profiles that UPS is looking for to ensure future success.   The capabilities that we have built…

Global The vital importance of robust supply chains and distribution networks has been foregrounded over the past year as the world struggled to ensure supply of PPE, medicines, diagnostics, and vaccines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. With logistics and distribution now at the forefront of the global pharma conversation, key players…

Singapore Leonora Lim, DHL’s Asia-Pacific VP for Life Sciences and Healthcare, Customer Solutions & Innovation, dives into the industry’s challenges during the pandemic, the continuing importance of Singapore as a regional hub, DHL’s multi-billion-dollar investment in digitalization, and why she believes that the industry will never go back to the way…

Singapore Changi Airport Group’s Ching Kiat LIM reflects on a challenging 2020 for the airline industry, Changi’s longstanding excellence in pharmaceutical distribution, and how COVID-19 has pushed a greater embrace of cutting-edge digital tools.   We see ourselves as the conductor of an orchestra, where all the instruments must play in…

Switzerland Eric ten Kate, VP for Global Life Science at logistics and distribution firm Agility, highlights how the company responded to the unprecedented challenges thrown up by the COVID-19 pandemic and why it may prove to be a turning point, both for uptake of new digital solutions and for the role…