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Belgium Speaking exclusively to PharmaBoardroom, Pedro Facon outlines the scope and aims of the new medicines roadmap that NIHDI has recently presented to the Belgian Ministry of Health following extensive stakeholder discussions in 2022. In a wide-ranging and in-depth conversation, Facon describes his hopes for tackling the growing number and length…

UAE An overview of the evolution of healthcare infrastructure, professionals, and spending in Dubai. Taken from the Dubai Health Authority’s Investment Guide 2023, the below charts show the rapid growth of the healthcare ecosystem in the Emirate and hint at its future prospects for further development.   made with Visme Infographic…

Belgium An Van Gerven took the reins of Pfizer’s BeLux affiliate just 9 months ago after a diverse range of roles at the company over the course of 12 years. She highlights some of her key priorities and explains Belgium’s strategic importance for Pfizer – a country where it has its…

Europe As part of a wide-ranging conversation with PharmaBoardroom published earlier this month, European Medicines Agency (EMA) Executive Director Emer Cooke laid out four of the Agency’s core focus areas for the coming year, including the lessons to be taken from the pandemic response, why antimicrobial resistance must not be neglected,…

LatAm A vibrant and diverse continent, home to over 650 million people and the highest life expectancy among developing regions, Latin America is now emerging as a globally relevant life sciences investment destination. LatAm has a robust heritage of scientific achievement – Bernardo Houssay (1947) and César Milstein (1984) of Argentina…

India Top stories from Indian pharma including Sanofi India’s plans to demerge its healthcare businesses; Junshi Biosciences and Dr. Reddy’s anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody partnership; Venus Remedies’ new oncology approvals; CORONA and Ferring’s maternal health agreement and Ipca Laboratories and Sun Pharma’s quality issues.   Zydus Lifesciences reports smallest profit in 14…

USA Sanskriti Thakur of decentralised clinical trial platform provider Medable, writing in the May 2023 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, argues for an urgent rethink of clinical research to better include a more diverse patient population and protect women, mothers, families, and society at large.   This Mother’s Day, women…

Belgium Gábor Sztaniszláv talks through the global relevance of Belux to Amgen’s operations, some of the challenging market access conditions at play – especially for orphan drugs -, and how the company’s biosimilar portfolio has the potential to contribute to significant savings for the healthcare system.   Improving the evaluation process…

Greece Managing Director of MSD Greece, Cyprus & Malta Agata Jakoncic, who also serves as president of Greece’s PhRMA Innovation Forum (PIF), draws on her three decades of industry experience to outline some of the key challenges in the Greek pharma market today which threaten its sustainability and the ability of…

Greece Yvoni Papastelatou outlines Sanofi’s commitment to Greece, where the multinational firm has a strong and diverse team, a burgeoning clinical trial footprint, and is rolling out the global ‘play to win’ strategy, with a common ambition to leverage science and innovation. She also touches on the access challenges in the…

China China has made major healthcare strides over the past decade with regulatory reforms, infrastructure improvements, and the advancement of universal healthcare. While the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the need for further reform, the country continues to pursue the healthcare transformation goals established in its Health China 2030 program. These aspirations are…

Belgium Eli Lilly Belgium’s Frederic Clais discusses the potential impact of upcoming reform of the country’s access and reimbursement system, the country’s enduring relevance to the company as home to its European Clinical Trial Services (ELECTS) division, and his aim to reach 200,000 patients in Belgium with Lilly treatments before the…