Preliminary Program Swiss Study Tour, HCM 601

(subject to change, Version Nov. 17)

Sunday, Nov. 28 8:00am: Arrival Zurich Airport, Transfer to Horgen

Check in Hotel Meierhof, Horgen

http://www.hotelmeierhof.ch/

12:00: Meet in Hotel Lobby for Group Picture

Afternoon at your leisure

6:00pm: Meet in Hotel Lobby

Departure for Welcome Dinner: http://www.halbinselau.ch/

Monday, Nov. 29 Breakfast

8:00am: Meet in Hotel Lobby

10:00 – 12:00am
Visit of Rega Emergency-Center at Zurich-Airport
Speaker: Dr. med. Olivier Seiler

Schweizerische Rettungsflugwacht (Rega)

Rega-Center, CH-8058 Zürich-Flughafen
http://www.rega.ch

13:00pm: Group Lunch, Restaurant Imperiale, Horgen

Monday, Nov. 29 2:10 – 4:00pm

Hearing: Intro Swiss Healthcare System
Speaker: Dr. Kurt R. Mueller, PhD

4:15 – 5:00pm
Hearing: Pharmaceutical Marketing
Speaker: Dr. Peter Freimueller, MD

5:00-5:30pm
Welcome from the Lorange Institute
Speaker: Dr., Dr. h.c. (mult.) Peter Lorange, President

Lorange Institute of Business, Horgen

6:00pm Group Dinner, Restaurant Imperiale, Horgen

Tuesday, Nov. 30 Breakfast

7:00am: Meet in Hotel Lobby

9:15 – 4:30pm
Roche Diagnostics Ltd. in Rotkreuz, www.roche.com

09:15 – 09:45 Presentation Site Rotkreuz, Juerg Erismann, CEO

09:45 – 10:15 Q&A with Juerg Erismann
10:15 – 11:00 Presentation Roche Professional Diagnostics, Christoph
Pedain
11:00 – 11:45 Presentation Medical Affairs, James Creeden, Head of
Medical Affairs
11:45 – 12:30 Presentation Medical Marketing, Kay Brunner, Head of
Medical Marketing

12:30 – 1:30 Lunch

1:30 – 2:.15 Presentation EMEA-LATAM, Jens Wöhler, Regional

Project Management
2:15 – 3:00 Presentation RMD,
3:00 – 4:30 Manufacture Tour

Evening at your leisure

Wednesday, Dec. 1st Breakfast

9:15am: Meet in Hotel Lobby

12:00 – 2:00pm
Galexis Ltd., Industriestrasse 2, CH-4704 Niederbipp
www.galexis.com

Speaker: Stephan Beck, Logistic manager

- Presentation of Galenica Group
- Presentation of Galexis
- Plant visit
- Q&A

Lunch on the go

Wednesday, Dec. 1st 4:30 – 6:00pm

The role of drugs and pharmacies in the Swiss Health system

Speaker: Pierre-André Jud, Apotheker FPH, MBA

Au Premier, Bahnhofplatz 15, Zurich

 6:00 – 7:30pm: Guided Tour Zurich

7:30pm: Group Dinner: Restaurant zum Kropf, Zurich

http://www.zumkropf.ch/en/index.html

Thursday, Dec. 2nd Breakfast

7:00am: Meet in Hotel Lobby

11:00 – 3:00pm: Medtronic, Ltd. Route de Molliau 31, 1131

Tolochena. www.medtronic.com

Speaker: Dr. Heiko Visarius, Director, One Medtronic Office Head

- Presentation Medtronic
- R&D activities
- Plant visit
- Q&A

Friday, Dec. 3rd Breakfast

7:10am: Meet in Hotel Lobby

8:00 – 3:00pm: University Hospital Balgrist, Zurich, http://balgrist.ch/

8:00 – 8:15: Welcome, Dr. Serge Altmann, CEO

8:15 – 9:45: Hospital management, Dr. Serge Altmann, CEO/ Céline

Aubry, Business Development/ Alexander Schwab, Controlling

10:00 – 10:30: Prof. Christian Gerber, Chief Medical Operations

10:30 – 12:00: Discussion about working conditions in Swiss hospitals

with Dr. Norman Espinosa or PD Dr. Bernhard Jost, Chief Surgery and
Dr. Dominique Rothenfluh, Head Orthopedic Surgery

12:00 – 2:00pm: Lunch in Hospital with crew

Friday, Dec. 3rd 3:00 – 5:00pm

Hearing: M&A in the Pharmaceutical Market

Speaker: Hans Rudolf Sägesser, CEO

Schaerer Medical AG, www.schaerermedical.ch

Lorange Institute of Business, Horgen

Group Dinner: Restaurant Imperiale, Horgen

Saturday, Dec. 4th Breakfast

8:00am: Meet in Hotel Lobby

9:00 – 5:00pm
Tour Lucerne / Weather permitting, train to Rigi

Fare-well dinner, place TBA

Sunday, Dec. 5th Check-out Hotel Meierhof and Transfer to Zurich Airport

End of Tour!

We are on a tight schedule so I kindly ask you to be at the designated place ON TIME! You may miss
the bus if you arrive late.