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Global Over the past 12 months, PharmaBoardroom has spoken to the heads of several key regulatory bodies across the world. While the approval processes for COVID-19 vaccines have evidently been top of their priority lists, other key topics discussed included the potential of data and AI to change the drug approval…

Denmark In a wide-ranging interview, incoming director general of the Danish Medicines Agency Lars Bo Nielsen discusses the challenges that personalised medicine presents to regulators, building a stronger international presence for the Agency, and better leveraging the country’s world-class data infrastructure while respecting the EU’s data protection regulation.   Within Europe,…

Denmark Healthcare DENMARK is a non-profit organization and public-private partnership representing Danish healthcare stakeholders internationally. Jakob Skaarup Nielsen, its CEO, highlights the Nordic country’s “treasure trove” of health data, the efforts to digitalize even further and the population’s open mind when it comes to participating in clinical trials. Moreover, he outlines…

Denmark Ida Sofie Jensen introduces the strong fundamentals underpinning the Danish innovative life sciences industry, including governmental support for early access to medicines, a collaborative approach to pricing and reimbursement, a highly centralised hospital system, and excellent digitalised patient records. Jensen highlights that thanks to these fundamentals, Denmark is home to…

Denmark Novo Nordisk, Lundbeck, and LEO Pharma are the major players in the Danish pharmaceutical industry, all with significant R&D and manufacturing operations in the country. Made with Visme Infographic Maker Made with Visme Infographic Maker   Moreover, Denmark is the Nordics’ leading exporter of pharmaceuticals, as the below charts show. Made with Visme…

Denmark On April 16, the Danish government unveiled, to great anticipation and fanfare, a brand-new National Life Science Strategy which seeks to chart the course for the next three years of an industry sector that has become increasingly influential for the country’s economy. Indeed, Denmark’s healthcare and life sciences segment now…

Europe A selection of data on the Nordic pharma markets (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden), including market value, R&D spend, production, exports and imports, employment, generics penetration, and healthcare spending based on 2020 data from the EFPIA.    Sweden is the largest pharma market in the region, boasting a market…

UK Taking the conversation beyond Brexit, His Excellency Lars Thuesen, ambassador of Denmark to the UK, highlights the solid ties that have linked both countries since the Danes invaded the island 1,000 years ago. Today, the relationship revolves more around digitalisation and life sciences.  The relationship between the UK and Denmark…

Denmark “The Nordic region—the ‘quiet North’ as it could have been called—counterbalances the turbulence in Southern Europe,” says Zinta Krumins, managing director Nordics, Boehringer Ingelheim, when asked about the relevance of the Nordics to the company. “The Nordics is a very stable region, with small but reasonable growth prospects, very good…