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India Dr Santosh Indraksha serves as Deputy Drugs Controller (India) for the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) under the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. As a representative of India’s main regulatory body for pharmaceuticals, tasked with overseeing the organisation’s international cell, Dr Indraksha outlines the key upgrades in…

India Dr Arunish Chawla details the policy strategies underlying the explosive prospected growth of India’s pharmaceutical sector to USD 120-150 billion by 2030, including rigorous adherence to international quality standards. Highlighting regulatory reforms and India’s nuanced stance on intellectual property, Dr Chawla envisions India as a balanced player in healthcare across…

Greece Speaking exclusively to PharmaBoardroom Marios Themistocleous, secretary general of primary health care at the Greek Ministry of Health, introduces the transformation that primary healthcare in Greece has undergone since the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact that EU RRF funding stands to have. Themistocleous also touches on the administration’s approach to…

Spain Madrid’s Minister of Health, Enrique Ruiz Escudero, explains in detail how the Autonomous Community executed a different COVID-19 strategy from other Spanish regions, following a “basic health zones” model, why it might be too soon to speak about “flu-isation”, and their plan to boost home hospitalisation and telemedicine.   We…

Saudi Arabia Dr. Nada Abu-Shraie gives her insights into the evolving drug evaluation processes in Saudi Arabia, including the progress made on the path towards striking value-based agreements, where the country stands in terms of patient registries and epidemiological data, and Vision 2030’s potential impact on the medicine reimbursement landscape. We hope…

Saudi Arabia Prof. Ahmed Aljedai, assistant deputy minister of therapeutic affairs for support services at Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Health (MoH) outlines how the Saudi healthcare system is being restructured in line with the country’s Vision 2030 economic transformation programme and the three goals of improving access, improving quality, and improving value.…

Spain Teresa Chavarria Gimenez, director general of planning, research and training at the Ministry of Health of the Community of Madrid, highlights her role and the BioMad initiative as they look to position Madrid on the European and global biotech map.   We want to facilitate the collaboration of the public…

Malaysia Dr Dhesi Baha Raja, consultant in digital technologies at the Malaysian Ministry of Health, introduces the government’s plan to enter digital health through electronic medical records (EMR) and shares his insights regarding the use of blockchain technology and artificial intelligence in the Malaysian healthcare system.   I arrived at the…

Algeria Djaouad Braham Bourkaib, Director General of Social Security at the Algerian Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, outline recent regulatory reform in the North African nation and the future of Algeria’s healthcare system.   What can you tell us about the Algerian national policy of health expense reimbursement? We…

Baltics Andrejs Pantelejevs, head of bureau of the Ministry of Health of Latvia, discusses the importance of channeling the recent EUR 200 million healthcare financing to raising the wages of practitioners, reimbursing expensive innovative medicines in therapeutic areas such as oncology and cardiovascular diseases as well as strengthening e-health. Can you…

Lithuania Gintautas Barcys, director of the State Medicines Control Agency under the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania (SMCA), explains the increasingly significant role of the SMCA on a national and European level and highlights some of the most successful initiatives implemented by the institution over recent years. Can…

Ukraine Dr. Maxim Sokolov, chief external specialist of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine in cardiology, principal scientist of the Department of Interventional Cardiology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, and professor of the Department of Cardiology of Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, provides insights into…