Tom Vanmolkot, Belgian National, has worked abroad in supply chain and healthcare most of his 20 years carrier and has spent the last 15 years working for Zuellig Pharma in Vietnam, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore. In his latest capacity as Area Director North Asia and Regional Director Medical Devices, covering more mature markets such as Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong, he has launched a few service initiatives – together with customers - to improve efficiencies and transparency in highly competitive markets, both for Pharma and Medical Devices.

Established in 1922, Zuellig Pharma is the leading healthcare services provider in Asia with operations in 14 countries. The company provides innovative solutions including logistics and distribution of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and clinical trial materials, sales and marketing outsourcing, patient-centered programs, payor solutions (third party administration services) and a full range of retail pharmacy and hospital services. Privately held with corporate offices in Hong Kong and Singapore, Zuellig Pharma employs 10,000 people and serves over 350,000 doctors, hospitals, pharmacies and clinics across Asia.

Synopsis
Hospital supply chain challenges: How can a Distributor help mitigate expenses and complexity increases while improving patient care?

With an increased pressure on costs and complexity, Hospitals of all segments are rethinking their operating models, and Distributors do have their role to play in supporting those changes. We will be looking at initiatives where Zuellig Pharma, with its extensive Hospital network and it wide range of products and services can help create a collaborative environment to improve supply chain but also provide services that can help outsource some non-core activities while improving adherence, efficiency and safety.