Tagged with reform

Morocco Aligned with the country’s 2021 development plan and the national project to extend health insurance to all of its citizens, Morocco has embarked on a sweeping healthcare reform. After a draft framework for an overhaul of the Moroccan healthcare system was brought forward last year, the plan has been backed…

Greece Speaking exclusively to PharmaBoardroom Marios Themistocleous, secretary general of primary health care at the Greek Ministry of Health, introduces the transformation that primary healthcare in Greece has undergone since the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact that EU RRF funding stands to have. Themistocleous also touches on the administration’s approach to…

USA As debate rages over where to lay the blame for the USA’s drug affordability crisis, Katie Payne, senior vice president for strategic communications for the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) sets out a defence of the country’s pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry. Payne instead raises concerns with big drug companies’…

China Song Ruilin, chairman of the China Pharmaceutical Innovation and Research Development Association (PhIRDA), picks out the key learnings from recent legislation to improve China’s drug regulatory capacity and why it potentially marks a new era for the country’s innovative pharma industry.   On April 27, 2021, the General Office of…

Italy In recent months, a profound transformation has been occurring right at the core of the Italian pharmaceutical industry as the most significant reforms to market access within two decades start to take shape. While Mario Draghi’s energetic government has been dominating the headlines primarily for other reasons – namely sweeping…

Opinion Song Ruilin, chairman of the China Pharmaceutical Innovation and Research Development Association (PhIRDA) highlights the leaps and bounds with which the Chinese pharmaceutical industry has developed in recent years, the country’s increasingly important role in the global innovation landscape, and why cross-border collaboration is more crucial than ever in the…

Mexico Earlier in 2020, PharmaBoardroom sat down with several key stakeholders in the Mexican healthcare and life sciences industry, from the leaders of multinational affiliates, start-up entrepreneurs, association heads, and key opinion leaders. Here, we round up three of their most talked about topics.   Government  One of the most talked-about…

Belgium Belgian Former Minister of Social Affairs, Public Health and Asylum & Migration Maggie de Block outlines some of the key reforms her Ministry has rolled out since she took office in 2014 and the urgent changes to Belgian healthcare that still need to take place.   Along with the Netherlands,…

Romania Dan Zaharescu, executive director of the Romanian Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (ARPIM), shares his insights on market access, the need to reform pricing methodologies, the debate around the claw-back tax, his expectations for the newly appointed minister of health and prime minister, as well as his objectives for 2020.  …

Chile Against a backdrop of protests against Chile’s market-dominant socio-economic model, President Sebastián Piñera has announced a wave of reforms to address inequalities and improve treatment within the country’s healthcare system. However, there are no guarantees that these motions will pass in their entirety, or that they will quell public dissatisfaction…

Cyprus Healthcare and life science industry advisory services head at KPMG Cyprus, Iacovos Ghalanos, discusses the challenge of implementing the National Health Insurance Scheme, pricing pressures and how their innovative services help companies manage this crucial trend. Ghalanos also touches on the need for greater collaboration between the public and private…

Algeria Reform is under way in Algeria, and professor Mohamed L’Hadj presents the main themes of hospital reform encompassing the roll out of homecare, international collaboration and better training for better outcomes.   What main objectives and priorities are you pursuing today? Our objectives are geared towards our ambition to provide…