UK First published in the November 2025 edition of DIA’s Global Forum, this piece by Jane Morrin O’Rourke, Naho Yamazaki, Becky Purvis (HRA) and Mandy Budwal-Jagait, Jason Wakelin-Smith and Kingyin Lee (MHRA) dives into one of the UK’s most urgent research challenges: how to make clinical trials genuinely inclusive. The authors…

China This week’s China healthcare highlights from PharmaBoardroom content partner Selesta include Lilly’s US$345M AI-driven BsAb licensing deal with XtalPi, IVACTA’s RMB 100M fundraising for in vivo CAR-T therapies, Vigonvita’s HKD 5.873B IPO with 4,974x oversubscription, and Neurocrine’s US$881M global licensing of TransThera’s NLRP3 inhibitors. Clinical breakthroughs feature HighTide’s positive Phase…

France France’s minority government has forced through a Social Security & Healthcare Bill for 2026 containing EUR five billion in healthcare cuts. For the country’s beleaguered innovative pharma industry, this Bill represents yet another setback, with stakeholders warning of more access delays, listing withdrawals, and unnecessary patient suffering.   PLFSS 2026:…

China This week’s China healthcare roundup from PharmaBoardroom content partner Selesta highlights Qyuns Therapeutics’ US$1.07 billion licensing deal with Roche, Healthgen Biotech’s RMB 42 billion STAR Market IPO, and Immunofoco’s Series B+ funding for CAR-T therapies. Clinical updates include Bioheng’s CAR-T success in autoimmune diseases, Qyuns’ Phase III results for Crusekitug…

LatAm Vaccination remains the most powerful public health intervention ever devised, preventing an estimated 4.4 million deaths each year, according to the WHO. Yet with misinformation spreading faster than science, and routine immunisation disrupted by pandemic aftershocks, even long-protected regions are witnessing a resurgence in preventable diseases. In Latin America, where…

Germany The latest news from German pharma, including looming drug pricing reform, Boehringer Ingelheim’s EUR 640 million acquisition of a Kyowa Kirin autoimmune drug, and BioNTech’s updated revenue guidance. Also covered are Merck KGaA’s tie-up with JSR Life Sciences for its chromatography business, Bayer’s 12,000 layoffs, and STADA’s potential IPO.  …

China This week’s China healthcare roundup from PharmaBoardroom content partner Selesta highlights Innovent’s record-breaking US$11.4 billion BsAb and ADC partnership with Takeda, DualityBio’s plans for a STAR Market IPO after positive HER2 ADC Phase III data, Biokin’s US$250 million milestone payment from BMS and HKEX IPO approval, and Haixi Pharma’s 36%…

USA The latest updates from the US healthcare and life sciences scene. Eli Lilly partners with Nvidia to build a supercomputer for faster drug discovery; Trump secures “most-favored-nation” pricing deals with AstraZeneca and EMD Serono; former FDA vaccine chief Peter Marks joins Lilly to head infectious diseases; Organon CEO Kevin Ali…

China This week’s China healthcare roundup from PharmaBoardroom content partner Selesta highlights Kite Pharma’s US$1.64B in vivo CAR-T deal with Pregene, Xuanzhu Biopharma’s HKEX debut with a 172% grey market premium, Hansoh’s US$1.53B CDH17 ADC licensing to Roche, and Leads Biolabs’ US$1B autoimmune drug deal with Dianthus. Biokin secured a record…

Switzerland The first company to bring a treatment for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) to market, Madrigal Pharmaceuticals is redefining how the world tackles fatty liver disease. From its new European base in Zug, the firm is building an entirely new therapeutic category while spearheading one of the most ambitious global launches…

UK Originally published in the October 2025 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, this article — authored by Mandy Budwal-Jagait, Kingyin Lee, Maria Urdaneta-Abate, Hedwig Ganguly, Rachel Mead, and Louisa Obillo of the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), together with Catherine Blewett of the Health Research Authority (HRA)…

India As rare disease regulation moves from the margins to the mainstream of global health policy, India faces both a challenge and an opportunity: how to align with international best practices while designing solutions suited to its vast population and limited resources. This article — authored by experts from Power In…