Tagged with reproductive health

USA Pharma companies have become vocal about social issues in recent years, championing access and affordability and launching initiatives to address diversity, but in the weeks since the United States’ Supreme Court’s overturn of the Roe v. Wade ruling on abortion the industry’s reaction has been far from consistent. While certain…

Italy GeneraLife, an in vitro fertilisation (IVF) clinic group with 14 clinics in Italy as well as in a number of other countries. The group’s Director of the Scientific Executive Committee, Dr Filippo Maria Ubaldi, spoke to us about the evolution of reproductive health, Italy’s alarmingly low birth rate and the…

Italy Merck Italia’s Managing Director & President, Jan Kirsten explains the importance of the Italian affiliate within the global organisation, Merck’s aim to strengthen its position in oncology and the challenges of fertility in a country with one of the lowest birthrates in the world. [In Italy] we have the full…

Italy Over the past decade, the birth rate in Italy has consistently decreased, making it one of the countries with the lowest birth rates in the world but also one of the top reproductive medicine markets in Europe. According to Italy’s national statistics office, births in Italy between 2020-2021 hit their…

USA Brent Ragans of Ferring Pharmaceuticals US discusses the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the company’s operations, their footprint in reproductive health and Crohn’s Disease, virtual product launches and digitalisation, and the battle for talent in the competitive US market.   US physicians have learned that, out of necessity, they…

Ukraine Roman Gladkyi, general manager of Ferring Ukraine, describes the current opportunities and areas for improvement he identifies within Ukraine’s pharmaceutical market and the country’s evolving heath system, with a special focus on Ferring’s key areas of expertise such as reproductive health and obstetric products. You have been heading Ferring Ukraine…

Pharma Veronika Ferencz, Sales and Marketing Director for Exeltis Hungary, discusses the evolving and expanding footprint of the company in Hungary, the challenges strict regulations on food supplements are causing, as well as the need for better recognition of women’s health as a therapeutic area. She also reflects on her own…

pharma The general manager of Ferring South Africa, Mercia Van Zyl discusses the company’s ambitious plans for the future under the slogan ‘People come first’, the placement of fertility under the nation’s therapeutic priorities, and how the company is contributing to an overall better healthcare system in the country. Could you…