Pharmacy Meghann Chilcott, Chief Technology/Marketing Officer at Benzer Pharmacy looks at current pharmaceutical service trends that aim to create a more perfect union among technology, medication delivery and patient care for independent pharmacists. The move toward automation is reducing the complexity faced by medical coders, with software acting as the go-between, providing…
Opinion Chester “Chip” Davis, Jr, the President and CEO of the Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM) in the US urges Congress to avoid restricting out-of-court drug patent settlements and to move away from anti-competitive practices that work to restrict patients access to generics and biosimilars. Recent legislation introduced in the US Senate would…
Opinion Our contributor at large, David Crean, Managing Director for Objective Capital Partners, attended J.P. Morgan’s 2019 Health Care Investor Conference, one of the biggest events in the life sciences calendar and a fantastic indicator of what is to come in healthcare for the year ahead. Here, Crean gives us the inside scoop. …
Samsung Biologics It was less than a decade ago (2011) that Samsung Biologics was a new kid on the block amongst Korea’s booming biotech conglomerates. Since then the company has snowballed, building a series of progressively larger, more advanced facilities, culminating in its 180,000L “Dream Plant.” This facility, the largest single plant…
Korea Examining what it takes to be a country manager of a multinational pharma company in some of the world’s most challenging markets. Here, Eugene Kim, Seoul office leader of executive search firm Egon Zehnder outlines the new profile he looks for in potential candidates for country manager positions in South…
Opinion Nawal Roy is founder and CEO of Holmusk, a company dedicated to building one of the world’s largest real-world evidence platforms for neurosciences. Here, Nawal Roy discusses the potential for real-world evidence to optimise drug life-cycle management. Use of real-world evidence (RWE) can modernize the process of drug research, development and delivery. The…
Turkey Seizing the cost competitiveness of the Turkish market and the government’s nurturing of local manufacturing, Turkish companies are looking to harness their geographic positioning and export to developed and developing markets alike. We did not shy away from entering the most advanced healthcare ecosystems. Barış Özyurtlu, General Manageger, Berko Ilac.…
China China is set to become the second largest market for Mundipharma’s OxyContin behind the US. It comes as no surprise that sales of opioids such as OxyContin have plummeted in the US following the media storm around the opioid crisis that sees the loss of thousands of American lives…
Spain Against an alluring backdrop, big-name pharma brands are now starting to spend heavily on in-country manufacturing, development and shared service facilities in Spain. Spain has exceedingly high youth unemployment. However, the country simultaneously possesses some of the best business universities, technical schools and hospitals. This means that it is…
Korea As the 3rd largest pharma region in Asia, Korea’s booming pharma industry owes much to its mass of family-run conglomerates known as Chaebol. It comes as no surprise to find tech giants Samsung and LG in this list who have transitioned seamlessly into the life-sciences sector. Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical …
UK An unusual characteristic of the UK’s healthcare landscape is that charities fund the vast majority of medical research. According to the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC), in 2017, 8 million people donated to medical research charities which funded £1.6bn in research and accounted for 47% of all publicly-funded medical research in…
Opinion Carla Smith is a healthcare thought leader with nearly 30 years’ experience. She champions transformational strategy, governance, and policy in the health sector, particularly in the areas of digital health and health IT. In this article, Ms Smith discusses the massive potential of digital therapeutics in helping patients manage their…
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