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China A roundup of some of the biggest pharma and biotech news from China including the collaboration between Elektr and Sinopharm; Biocytogen’s partnership with Janssen and deal with Chipscreen Biosciences; China’s first personalised neoantigen-targeted cancer vaccine approval; the final green light for Sino Biopharm’s purchase of F-star, and AstraZeneca’s deal with…

UAE A roundup of the latest pharma news from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) including Julpher’s pursuit of its growth strategy with a new CEO, Global Pharma’s tech transfer deal with Egypt’s Nerhado and Pharma Solutions’ procurement of its first thalassemia generic.   AstraZeneca announces move to Dubai Science Park with…

Brazil Henrique Tada of ALANAC, the association that brings together Brazil’s domestic pharma companies, comments on the evolution of the Brazilian generics, biosimilars, and value-added medicines markets, local laboratories’ internationalisation efforts, and the policy reforms he hopes that the country’s new administration will roll out.   The pandemic has given us…

LatAm In a wide-ranging interview, AbbVie’s Flavio Devoto outlines some of the key access challenges and opportunities in the diverse Latin American pharma market, his approach to being a transformational leader while balancing demands from headquarters with realities on the ground, and the enduring importance of LatAm to the global group.…

Brazil The latest from Brazilian Pharma, including the controversial proposal to transform Brazil’s regulatory agency, ANVISA; Ease Labs’s canabidiol approval, Biolab’s international expansion ambitions and Eurofarma’s multiple myeloma deal.    ANVISA’s autonomy challenged by Congress (Regulatory Focus) After the swearing in Brazilian’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva earlier this year,…

Thailand The top ten companies in the USD 6.9 billion Thai pharma market for 2021 ranked by market share, compiled by Thai banking firm Krungsti. Three of the featured firms – Mega Lifesciences, Better Pharma, and Berlin Pharma – are locals, while multinationals of the likes of AstraZeneca, Pfizer, and Novartis…

Poland Poland’s largest pharmaceutical company and leading generics manufacturer, Polpharma, is looking to expand its presence outside of the country’s borders. With a recent acquisition bid for former Sanofi European generics unit, Zentiva, Polpharma is building on a growing international footprint beyond its CEE base.   Founded over 80 years ago,…

USA Global e-commerce giant and the world’s fifth largest company by market capitalisation, Amazon is continuing its expansion into the healthcare space with the launch of a five dollar monthly medicine subscription plan for Amazon Prime members in the US.   The plan, named ‘RxPass’ covers 60 generic medications used to…

LatAm Guilherme Marques, president of Siemens Healthineers LatAm, discusses the health tech giant’s regional strategy, covering how the firm rides out the region’s economic and political storms, its participation in disease screening campaigns, digitalisation uptake, oncology integration, and much more.   Despite the uncertainty of [LatAm] markets – due to inflation,…

Egypt Three country managers with a recent experience of bringing new products from their company’s global portfolio into Egypt – and with big plans for more launches in coming years – outline how the product launch process has improved and why government stakeholders are more receptive than ever to industry innovations.…

USA After Big Pharma lobby groups suffered a major drug pricing blow earlier this year with the passage of the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), pharma industry heavyweight AbbVie is withdrawing its membership to leading industry trade groups PhRMA and BIO.   AbbVie Bows Out AbbVie is leaving both of the…

Americas In 2019 the pharma industry financed some 700 clinical studies in Latin America with investments of more than USD one billion and according to FIFARMA, the leading association of innovators in the region, LatAm currently supports about 10 percent of the world’s clinical research. Local industry leaders discuss the advantages…