Switzerland While once considered the land of milk and honey within Europe in terms of market access and reimbursement for innovative pharmaceuticals, Switzerland is increasingly tightening its belt on this front in line with its European neighbours. Indeed, this year two cost containment packages are under discussion in the Swiss parliament…
Switzerland Interpharma’s Dr René P. Buholzer highlights the key lessons that Switzerland’s innovative pharmaceutical industry has taken from the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenges inherent in the country’s two upcoming cost containment packages, and progress made on the circuitous journey towards a more standardised national health data ecosystem. Switzerland wants to…
Switzerland Biogen Switzerland’s Dr med Katharina Gasser outlines how her affiliate navigated the COVID-19 pandemic from an organisational and communication perspective, the increasing importance being given to mental health by the Swiss government, and the reimbursement and market challenges facing Biogen in 2021 and beyond. 2020 saw a lot of…
Switzerland This article forms part of Healthcare & Life Sciences Review: Switzerland February 2021, a comprehensive up-to-date country report on the Swiss pharma market, featuring data snapshots, feature articles, exclusive interviews and more. Click here to download. Long heralded as an innovation powerhouse able to hold its own against the…
Switzerland Although Switzerland is ahead of many of its competitors in Europe on levels of healthcare innovation, one potential stumbling block is access to and use of data. The country’s decentralised healthcare system means that many data sets are siloed and heterogeneous within regions, creating issues in terms of conducting research…
Switzerland A trained physician with several years of practice under her belt, Katharina Gasser then moved into clinical research as an investigator before joining the pharma industry in 2005. Now head of Biogen’s Swiss affiliate and chair of the executive committee of industry association Interpharma, Gasser cites her diverse background as…
Switzerland Biogen Switzerland’s Dr Katharina Gasser outlines how the company’s 100 percent commitment to neuroscience helps it to stand apart, why Switzerland will continue to play a vital role in Biogen’s global clinical research footprint, and some of the country’s market access and pricing challenges. Dr Gasser also highlights Biogen’s burgeoning…
Switzerland Switzerland, rightly regarded as one of the world’s most innovative nations, risks damaging its reputation if innovative new medicines continue to face significant delays and roadblocks in their introduction to the domestic Swiss market. Key stakeholders from pharma industry associations Interpharma and scienceindustries and local affiliate heads for multinationals Bayer…
Switzerland Interpharma CEO Dr René P Buholzer outlines the holistic strategy that needs to be put in place to maintain Switzerland’s leading position in innovation, market access and reimbursement challenges for new medicines, and why an open, globalised Europe is key for security of supply. The challenge for the future…
Switzerland Thomas Cueni of Interpharma, the Association of Pharmaceutical Research Companies of Switzerland, on the trend of major international companies developing significant operations in Switzerland; how 70 percent of employees at the top pharma companies are foreigners; and why the pharmaceutical industry is the exception to the rule when it comes…
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