Tagged with Vienna

Interview: Gerhard Hirczi – Managing Director, Vienna Business Agency; Peter Halwachs – Managing Director, LISAvienna

Austria Interview: Gerhard Hirczi – Managing Director, Vienna Business Agency; Peter Halwachs – Managing Director, LISAvienna

Austria Gerhard Hirczi of the Vienna Business Agency and Peter Halwachs of LISAvienna describe Vienna’s impressive footprint in the life sciences, its positioning as the start-up hub for Central and Eastern Europe, and the potential ramifications of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) relocating to the city. Could you please start by…

Interview: Jan Oliver Huber – Secretary General, Association of the Austrian Pharmaceutical Industry (PHARMIG)

Austria Interview: Jan Oliver Huber – Secretary General, Association of the Austrian Pharmaceutical Industry (PHARMIG)

Austria Dr. Jan Oliver Huber, secretary general of the Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry in Austria, or PHARMIG, which represents 120 member companies and 95 percent of the medicinal product market in Austria, discusses the changing dynamics of the Austrian healthcare sector and its price referencing system. He also gives his…

Interview: Manuel Reiberg – President, Forum of the Research-Based Pharmaceutical Industry (FOPI), Austria

Austria Interview: Manuel Reiberg – President, Forum of the Research-Based Pharmaceutical Industry (FOPI), Austria

Austria Manuel Reiberg, president of the Forum of the Research-Based Pharmaceutical Industry in Austria (FOPI), which represents the 27 leading pharmaceutical innovators in Austria focused on pharmaceutical innovation, discusses the struggles facing drug innovation under the new reimbursement system, as well as the steps that must be taken to bolster the…

Interview: Harald Isemann – Chairman, Vienna Biocenter (VBC) & Managing Director, Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Austria

Austria Interview: Harald Isemann – Chairman, Vienna Biocenter (VBC) & Managing Director, Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Austria

Austria Harald Isemann, chairman of the Vienna Biocenter (VBC) – one of the leading life science hubs in Europe – and Managing Director of the Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), a VBC member, provides insights into the main tasks of the VBC, the organization of the IMP and the challenges it…

Interview: Christa Wirthumer-Hoche – Head, Austrian Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (AGES); Chairwoman, EMA Management Board, Austria

Austria Interview: Christa Wirthumer-Hoche – Head, Austrian Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (AGES); Chairwoman, EMA Management Board, Austria

Austria Christa Wirthumer-Hoche, head of the Austrian Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (AGES) and chair of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) management board, discusses the role of AGES within Austria, similarities with other countries’ regulatory agencies, Austria’s potential as an innovation hub, and the possible relocation of the EMA to Vienna…

LISAvienna Interview with Johannes Sarx, Managing Director, LISAvienna

LISAvienna LISAvienna celebrated its tenth anniversary in September. Could you briefly describe the core activities and organizational structure that has developed over the last decade? Austria has historically been quite strong in medicine and medical research. Pharmaceutical companies like Boehringer and Baxter invested substantially into research in the 1980s and 1990s.…