Medicine shortages are a European-wide issue. In 2016, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) formed a task force to investigate availability issues, including medicines that are…
France is home to the highest rates of vaccine mistrust in Europe, with a third of French people disagreeing that vaccines are safe, according to the Wellcome Global Monitor survey.…
As anti-vaccination sentiments resurface globally, so have once-eradicated diseases. This situation is especially prevalent in Romania and has become a severe economic, social, and health threat. Romania’s Struggle with…
PharmaBoardroom takes a look at the careers of five pharma executives who we spoke to as Romania country managers back in 2015. At the end of 2019, all of them…
After years of planning and collaboration with various stakeholders, in 2017 the Hungarian government launched the Electronic Health Service Area (EESZT): a centralized database of patient records and health interventions…
Here we highlight five of the most important women working in healthcare and the life sciences in Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) today. From regulators to pharma affiliate heads with…
As the only one of Hungary’s four historical pharmaceutical manufactures to have resisted international acquisition, Gedeon Richter stands alone as the country’s national champion. However, the company does not exist…
Established in Hungary in 1913, Egis is a traditional Central Eastern European pharmaceutical company with an international footprint across the globe. As one of the four largest historical pharma companies…
Belying its small size, the Nordic nation of Sweden punches well above its weight in scientific innovation. Despite boasting a population of just 10 million and a marginal position on…
Russia is facing a drug shortage crisis which is having a particular impact on patients with life-threatening conditions. A combination of geopolitical and bureaucratic issues are restricting the flow of…
The Czech Republic’s Minister of Health, Adam Vojtěch, is the youngest in the country’s history and has set out an ambitious reform programme to improve the state of the Czech…
Sweden is fast staking a claim as one of Europe’s premier biotech hotspots thanks to a holistic approach to research projects, a strong institutional ecosystem, and increasingly easy access to…
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