When it comes to knowledge of the Middle East and Africa region’s pharmaceutical industry, few executives have the experience of Dr Alaa Gamal. After more than 27 years of experience with Pfizer and GSK, he discusses how companies are helping governments transform the regulatory hurdles, the increasing talent pool available in Saudi Arabia and why NUPCO’s centralized procurement might not be such bad news for multinational innovators.
Making medicines available to patients is the name of the game because, in the past, the region had to wait years to get medications from Europe or the United States
