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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,…

Belgium A roundup of some of the biggest pharma news from Belgium including Neuraxpharm’s new Belgian affiliate, Novalis Biotech’s investment in Rarity Bioscience, Catalent’s plasmid DNA manufacturing site and a recent study on the country’s clinical trial footprint.   Neuraxpharm completes its presence in Benelux by opening an affiliate in Brussels…

China A roundup of some of the biggest pharma and biotech news from China including the approval of two domestically developed COVID treatments; Daewoong’s idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis licensing deal, Roche’s gastric cancer partnership with CARsgen; Sino Biopharm’s continued attempt to buyout of F-star Therapeutics and Takeda’s deal with Hutchmed for a…

CEE Some of the most important stories emanating from the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region’s pharma industry, including Polpharma’s bid for Zentiva, Richter’s acquisition of OC Distributors and MDD approval in the US, Hungary’s windfall tax on pharma, Presage’s collaboration with Pure Biologics and Lithuania’s biotech ambitions.   Polpharma working…

UK A roundup of the latest UK healthcare, pharma and biotech news including AbbVie and Lilly’s departure from the country’s voluntary medicines pricing agreement, Moderna’s expanded footprint, UK biotech’s 2022 funding downturn and Gilead’s Yescarta approval from NICE.   Northern Ireland Medicines supply still ‘problematic and inefficient’ (BBC News) According to…

Saudi Arabia The latest news from the Saudi healthcare and life science industry, including how the implementation of COVID-19 measures have helped reduce the prevalence of MERS-CoV in the country, regulatory approval for Alvotech and Bioventure’s Humira biosimilar, and Open Medical’s new partnership with Tamer Group around digital transformation solutions.   As…

India The latest news from the Indian pharma industry, including WHO’s recommendation not to use cough syrup from Marion Biotech after further deaths, Indegene’s expanded presence in Europe, Sun Pharma’s FDA warning and the lab partnership between Sai Life Sciences and Schrödinger.   WHO recommends not using Marion Biotech cough syrups…

China A roundup of some of the biggest healthcare and pharma news from China including the exclusion of Pfizer’s Paxlovid from the country’s national insurance coverage, CanSino’s promising mRNA booster trial results, WuXi Biologics and GSK’s T-cell engager deal, Biocytogen and Hansoh’s antibody collaboration …   Pfizer CEO rules out generic…

France The latest news from French pharma, including fears of medicine shortages and suspension of online sales of paracetamol, CARMAT’s artificial heart product entering a study in France, Sanofi’s expanded deal with Innate Pharma and new funding for cell and gene therapy biotech Cellectis.   France suspends internet sales of paracetamol …

China A roundup of some of the biggest healthcare and pharma news from China, including the country’s struggle with a rampant COVID-19 outbreak and the external concern that surrounds it, China Meheco’s Paxlovid contract, Boston Scientific’s majority stake in Chinese medtech Acotec, Gracell Biotechnologies’ CAR-T therapy phase I trial 100 percent…

Asia-Pacific The biggest pharma stories from Southeast Asia, including GSK’s new HPF manufacturing investment, license suspensions for Samco Farma and Ciubros Farma after Indonesia’s acute kidney injury crisis, Kalbe’s Aventis share purchase, China-based MGI Tech’s participation in Thailand’s genomics initiative and Boston Scientific’s expanded operations in Malaysia.   GSK invests SGD…

Taiwan The latest pharma news from Taiwan, including Gongwin-KY’s lung cancer drug approval in China, Anxo Pharmaceutical/Genovior Biotech alliance, Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and Metagone Biotech’s glaucoma and macular degeneration drug development, and Ever Supreme Bio Technology’s cell therapy progress.   New Gongwin-KY lung cancer drug cleared for marketing…