Germany Dr Gertrud Demmler of SBK, one of Germany’s largest statutory health insurance funds, describe the EUR 18 billion funding gap facing the country’s health system, what the July 2026 GKV Contribution Rate Stabilisation Act does and doesn’t fix, why consolidation among health insurance funds is set to continue, and the…
Germany Stephan Pilsinger, Member of the German Bundestag (CSU) and Deputy Chair of the Health Committee, has publicly criticised the government’s savings package over cuts to organ-donation counselling — even as he defends the broader austerity drive as necessary. In this conversation, the practicing GP and CDU/CSU lead rapporteur on pharmaceutical…
Germany Serdar Yüksel spent two decades as a nurse before 15 years in North Rhine-Westphalia’s state parliament, and now represents the SPD on the Bundestag’s Health Committee. He discusses the jump from state to federal politics, the SPD’s push to stabilise health insurance contributions fairly across government, insurers, providers, industry and…
Global Five conferences, five continents’ worth of anxiety, one unmistakable pattern: the global pharma industry is being reshaped faster than it can keep up. From Philadelphia to Geneva, Istanbul to Chicago to London, the Shawview Consulting team found the same threads running through every panel and corridor conversation — AI and…
Europe The goal is not only to generate scientific breakthroughs, but to ensure that these breakthroughs reach patients faster and more reliably Professor Gerd Geisslinger serves as Chair of Clinical Pharmacology at Goethe University Hospital and as Executive Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology (ITMP), which is…
Korea But Korea is genuinely active, with strong resources – scientifically sound, capable, and very motivated Kyong Hwa Park, Professor of Medical Oncology at Korea University College of Medicine, reflects on Korea’s transformation into a global oncology research hub, highlighting the impact of the K-MASTER precision medicine initiative, advances in cancer…
Taiwan Contemporary Taiwan finds itself navigating unprecedented healthcare challenges, having transitioned into a super-aged society with unexpected speed, compounded by one of the lowest birth rates globally. In 2024, to secure the nation’s future, President Lai Ching-te launched his flagship ‘Healthy Taiwan’ initiative. This comprehensive blueprint strives to shift the public…
Taiwan Over the past three decades, Taiwan’s elderly population – defined as individuals aged 65 and older – has expanded by a staggering 152 percent. This demographic shift has introduced complex public health challenges, most notably a sharp rise in cancer incidence. “The epidemiological picture is quite sobering,” notes John Chang,…
Global Across the Global South, hundreds of millions of people live without reliable access to basic healthcare. Too few doctors, too little data, and systems too fragile to scale. However, as Capria Ventures’ Francis Perelman outlines, a new wave of AI-native startups is building for precisely those conditions, deploying tools that…
Europe Few European pharmaceutical companies have undergone a transformation as striking as STADA’s. From its roots as a German generics business, the group has evolved into a diversified healthcare player with growing strength across Generics, Consumer Healthcare, and Specialty Pharmaceuticals, underpinned by an entrepreneurial culture and an increasingly important presence across…
Germany New legislation is putting Germany’s status as Europe’s most innovation-friendly pharma market under severe threat. Germany has long led Europe in terms of both the number of new medicines available and the speed with which they are launched. German patients were able to enjoy a full 93 percent of…
China After six years leading the French Healthcare Alliance China, Olivier Dessajan has watched the Franco-Chinese healthcare relationship transform beyond recognition; from a one-way flow of products and partnerships into something far more reciprocal. In conversation at the Asia Summit on Global Health 2026 in Hong Kong, Dessajan reflects on what…
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