AREES – Lazhar Bounafa, Director General – Algeria
The Director General for the newly created National Agency for Healthcare Equipment and Management of Health…
AREES
Last updated: 12.01.2015
The National Agency for Healthcare Equipment and Management of Health Infrastructures (AREES) is Delegate project manager to manage, on behalf of the state, transactions or services contributing to the realization of health sector investment projects, and secondly, to supervise provision of health equipment based on a list established by the Ministry of Health.
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Hakan Koçak, CEO–general manager of Koçak Farma, a company with 47 years in the pharmaceutical industry and the…
David Atkins – CEO, Congenica, UK
Offering genomic sequencing and analysis, Congenica operates in the exciting world of genomic diagnosis, with a…
Bristol-Myers Squibb to Acquire Celgene to Expand its Cancer Portfolio
Last week, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under…
Turkey’s Localisation Policy: From Consumption to Production
In 2016 the Turkish Medicine and Medical Devices Agency (TiTCK) implemented a localisation policy to reduce…
Kang Wei – Managing Director, RDPAC, China
Kang Wei, managing director for the R&D-based Pharmaceutical Association Committee (RDPAC) under the China…
Catherine Bourrienne-Bautista – Delegate General, GEMME, France
Catherine Bourrienne-Bautista, Déléguée générale of the GEMME (L’association Genérique Même Medicament,…
Rana Afzar – Vice-President & General Manager, Novo Nordisk Korea
Rana Afzar, vice-president & general manager of Novo Nordisk Korea offers his impressions of the Korean market…
Ruth Vera – President, SEOM, Spain
Ruth Vera highlights how the Spanish Society of Medical Oncology (SEOM) works to be the premier partner in the…
Interview: Hee-sun Lee – General Manager, Merck Pharmaceuticals Hong Kong
Merck Hong Kong’s Hee-sun Lee gives her first impressions of the Hong Kong market, her main priorities, upcoming…
Hassan Yaakob – Founder, Healwell, Malaysia
Dr Hassan Yaakob of Healwell Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., discusses the company’s rejuvenating and anti-ageing…
Mohamed L’Hadj – Director General of Health Services and Hospital…
Reform is under way in Algeria, and professor Mohamed L’Hadj presents the main themes of hospital reform…
People You Should Know in Canadian Pharma
PharmaBoardroom’s list of personalities whose voices, opinions and decisions matter in Canadian pharma’s…
Sanofi growth returns thanks to Dupixent and revitalised vaccine sales
Oliver Brandicourt, Sanofi’s CEO has kept his promise to steer the company back on the path to growth. This…
5 Tips for Success in Chinese Pharma
This is the first in a series of articles examining what it takes to be a country manager of a multinational pharma…
How Can Pharma Progress the Sustainable Development Goals?
Richard Saynor, Senior Vice President, Classic and Established Products at GSK urges big pharma to weigh in on…
UK charities: The funding giants of medical research
One notable quirk of the British life sciences ecosystem is the importance of its not-for-profit sector. Indeed, in…
Medical Use of Cannabis in Portugal: Current Status and Perspectives
Lawyer Joana Silveira Botelho provides regular legal assistance to pharmaceutical companies and other entities of…
High Costs and Disparity in Healthcare Today
Karim Babay is Chairman & CEO of HealthSapiens, a nationwide healthcare provider that delivers on-demand access…
Dukgeun Ahn – Associate Dean, Graduate School of International Studies,…
Professor Dukgeun Ahn of Seoul National University, trade policy advisor to the Ministry of Health offers his…
Iacovos Ghalanos – Life Sciences Head, KPMG Cyprus
Healthcare and life science industry advisory services head at KPMG Cyprus, Iacovos Ghalanos, discusses the…
Healthcare Politics in 2019
Aditya Bhattacharji manages Eurasia Group‘s healthcare analysis. In this article, he gives his predictions for…
Hasan Ulusoy – Chairman, Nobel, Turkey
Hasan Ulusoy, chairman of Nobel Ilac, elaborates on his company’s tremendous successes in Turkey and how they…
US opioid crisis: Purdue Pharma in the spotlight
It has been reported that in 2017 around 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, many from opiates. The company…
French Parliamentary Bodies
Commission des Affaires Sociales de l’Assemblée Nationale (Commission of Social Affairs, National Assembly)…
The EC’s concerns for the future of European health
At last week’s European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG), the theme surrounded the United Nations Sustainable…
Şekib Avdagiç – President, Istanbul Chamber of Commerce; President,…
Şekib Avdagiç, president of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce and Istanbul Convention and Visitors Bureau (ICVB)…
Egypt’s Hep C ‘Tour n’ Cure’ – Friend or Foe?
Egypt has found a way to profit from the country’s access to cheap Hep C drugs by offering package holidays…
Brian Mi – President, IQVIA Greater China
Brian Mi, president of IQVIA Greater China, shares IQVIA’s leadership position in China in both the commercial…
David Meek – CEO, Ipsen, France
Ipsen global CEO David Meek provides a fascinating look into the French pharmaceutical ecosystem, Ipsen’s bold…
Daniel Thurley, GM, Roche Hong Kong & Macau
Dr. Daniel Thurley, general manager of Roche Hong Kong and Macau, shares his first impressions of the affiliate,…
Ece Kaşıkçı – General Manager, Bristol-Myers Squibb Turkey
Ece Kaşıkçı, General Manager, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) Turkey, outlines how BMS’ groundbreaking…
Spain’s Top Three Regional Healthcare Systems
One of the unique aspects of the system is the fragmentation linked to the country’s 17 autonomous regions…
Pierre-Claude Fumoleau – General Manager, AbbVie France
Abbvie France’s Pierre-Claude Fumoleau outlines his strategic priorities for the affiliate, AbbVie’s unique…
People You Should Know in French Pharma
PharmaBoardroom’s list of personalities whose voices, opinions and decisions matter in French pharma’s…
Steven Lynch – Managing Director, British Chamber of Commerce in China
Steven Lynch, managing director of the British Chamber of Commerce in China, introduces the Chamber’s activities…
High Hopes for Spain’s New Minister of Health
After a recent course of political shifts, Spain now finds itself with a new minister of health; the third since…
California cannabis company launches opioid alternative
The opioid epidemic has reached new heights of late, claiming an estimated 40,000 American lives every year. The…
Korea to Strengthen Support for Rare Disease Patients
This week, the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced that it would enhance drug safety management and…
Egypt: Tackling Hep C
With the highest rate of Hepatitis C on the planet, Egypt is now making great efforts to eradicate the disease in…
Kshitij Panse – Director, Servier Malaysia
Kshitij Panse, director of Servier Malaysia discusses the company’s planned move into oncology, as well as their…
The UK to Incentivise Big Pharma Firms to Develop New Antibiotics
In recent years, apocalyptic conversations around superbugs caused by antimicrobial resistance (AMR) have been on…
10 Global CEOs PharmaBoardroom Interviewed in 2018
Geoffrey Guy, David Meek, Tae Han Kim, Pierre Moustial, Vivek Sharma, Antonio Portela and many other remarkable…
Billy Urudra – President, MOPI, Malaysia
Billy Urudra, president of the Malaysian Organisation of Pharmaceutical Industries, highlights the major trends and…
Paolo Cionini – Vice President Europe South and Country Manager Spain and…
LEO Pharma’s Paolo Cionini discusses recent structural changes in the dermatology specialist’s Europe South…
Mexico’s Commitment to Prevention & Primary Care
Cristobal Thompson is the Executive Director at AMIIF (Asociacion Mexicana de Industrias de Investigacion…
Julien Borowczyk – Secretary of the Social Affairs Commission, Assemblée…
Dr. Julien Borowczyk, Secretary of the Social Affairs Commission at the French Assemblée Nationale, offers his…
Kyoung-June Lee – CEO, JW CreaGene, South Korea
Kyoung-June Lee, CEO of JW CreaGene, lifts the lid on their novel technology of developing an immuno-oncology…
Takeda: Japan’s Outlier
Takeda’s proposed acquisition of Shire may have come as a surprise to many commentators, but the appointment of…
Korea’s Moon Care: Boon or Burden?
South Korea’s proposed Moon Jae-In Care has been subject to both praise and protest this year. President Moon…
Real-World Evidence – A Game Changer for Pharma
Nawal Roy is founder and CEO of Holmusk, a company dedicated to building one of the world’s largest real-world…
Nawel Baba Hamed – General Director, Pierre Fabre Algeria
Nawel Baba Hamed, general director of Pierre Fabre Algeria, outlines the French company’s product portfolio in…
Guy Maugis – President, Franco-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry…
Guy Maugis, president of the Franco-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, explains the impact of the Macron…
Ana Fernández – Country Manager, Laboratoires Théa Spain
Ana Fernández of Théa Spain discusses the strategic importance of the Spanish affiliate – the group’s oldest,…
Erdal Bozdoğan, GM, Takeda, Turkey
Dr. Erdal Bozdoğan, the recently appointed general manager of Takeda Turkey, leverages his 20 years of experience…
Uloff Münster – General Manager, Merck Biopharma Korea
Uloff Münster, general manager of Merck Biopharma Korea provides his insights into the Korean healthcare system.…
Stéphane Roques – CEO, Medicen, France
Stéphane Roques, CEO of Medicen, the health care cluster for the Paris region, discusses his vision for Medicen…
Precision Medicine Needs Global Genetic Data
Axel Schumacher, co-founder and chief scientific officer of Shivom, a data-driven next generation…