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Puerto Rico Isla Frio provides state-of-the-art temperature-controlled storage solutions for pharma, among other industries. Founder Geoffrey Parrillo discusses the company’s efforts to adapt to the demands of the pharma industry, offering solutions such as FDA-approved validated rooms. He also outlines Isla Frio’s unique real-time tracking technology, weighs in on the steps Puerto Rico…

Europe With the proposed Biotech Act, the European Commission (EC) is aiming to boost the EU biotech industry’s competitivity in the face of major rivals like the US and China. Tackling the EU bloc’s regulatory complexity and its barriers to funding is not an easy task, but biotech stakeholders eye the…

APAC This week’s Asia healthcare and pharma roundup from PharmaBoardroom content partner Selesta covers China’s USD 36.2bn in outbound licensing agreements, Henlius & EssexBio meeting Phase III endpoints, Organon acquiring US rights of tocilizumab biosimilar from Biogen, GE Healthcare’s acquisition of Japan’s Nihon Medi-Physics, Wuxi Biologics’ disposal of vaccine facility to…

Puerto Rico The industry’s growing reliance on outsourcing and flexible service models means that the consulting business, including ours, will continue to thrive. There is a strong market demand for specialised support, and as companies look to streamline operations, services like ours are well-positioned to meet that need. ProQuality Network, founded by…

Sweden Even though the development of these treatments takes time, there are many capable people continuing to push the field forward. I believe that lecanemab, BioArctic, and others dedicated to this area will keep innovating, learning, and improving—ultimately leading to better outcomes for patients with Alzheimer’s. Lars Lannfelt, co-founder and board…

Italy A roundup of some of the biggest pharma and healthcare stories coming out of Italy, including the country’s ever-falling birth rate; Chiesi’s new manufacturing investment; Doc Generici’s rebrand to DOC Pharma; Menarini’s oncology partnership with Insilico Medicine, and Angelini’s brain health deal with Cureverse.   Italian drug maker Recordati boosts…

Saudi Arabia Rare diseases, by definition, only affect small patient populations. However, when the more than 7,000 known rare conditions are taken together, their impact on health, societies, and economies is enormous. Moreover, over 90 percent of rare diseases have no known treatment, and rare disease patients often face delayed diagnoses and…

APAC This week’s Asia healthcare and pharma roundup from PharmaBoardroom content partner Selesta covers the AACR 2025 ADC pipeline list from China, Puhe out-licensing global rights of a PRMT5 inhibitor to Bayer, AbbVie accusing Genmab of ADC trade secret theft on ADC technology used by ProfoundBio, and Singapore’s A*STAR investing in…

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia is rapidly emerging as a leader in digital healthcare, where AI, cloud computing, and data-driven solutions are reshaping the industry. Mohammed Saleh, Health Director Part of Microsoft EMEA, shares how Microsoft is driving this transformation – enhancing patient care, streamlining operations, and enabling AI-powered clinical advancements. With a…

Singapore Thanks to its strategic location and pro-business environment, Singapore has established itself as a major pharma manufacturing hub in the Asia-Pacific region. Five Big Pharma companies have stepped up their investments there as of late and either expanded existing manufacturing capabilities, or chosen the city-state as the location for a…

Saudi Arabia With a presence in the region spanning over six decades, Boehringer Ingelheim is entering a new chapter – one defined by deeper partnerships, accelerated innovation, and a broader role in shaping healthcare systems. At the center of this evolution is Abdallah Hamed, leading operations across Saudi Arabia, Gulf, and East…

USA The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) operates in the critical niche of translational research, attempting to bridge the “Valley of Death” between discovery and commercialisation using a venture philanthropy model that reinvests returns into new science. CEO Mark Roithmayr explains how the ADDF has helped launch major diagnostic tools for…