Tagged with manufacturing

Germany A roundup of some of the biggest recent stories from German pharma, including the latest on beleaguered Bayer CEO Werner Baumann, Merck KGaA’s latest investments in France and Germany, and STADA securing the first authorized treatment in Europe for the rare kidney disease immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN).   Bayer’s hunt…

Egypt Pfizer’s general manager for Egypt, Ahmed El-Shazly, comments on his return to Egypt after 19 years away, the significant opportunities ahead for the affiliate as it looks to find its place within the country’s healthcare transformation, and the noteworthy MoU signed with the government to potentially localise the production of…

Egypt Mohamed Ali Abd El Azim gives several insights into GSK’s sizeable production footprint in Egypt, how the organisation’s aims dovetail with Egypt’s healthcare transformation, and what makes him proud to work in pharma manufacturing.   Our country is improving and reshaping the healthcare industry and we as GSK have the…

Egypt Bayer’s Hatem Ismail introduces the company’s important work to help Egypt meet its ambitious Vision 2030 transformation goals; its significant footprint in the country across innovative pharmaceuticals, OTC drugs, and crop science products; and his bold ambitions for the affiliate’s future growth.   Bayer Egypt probably has one of the…

Italy Collectively representing almost 400 companies operating in Italy, Farmindustria, Egualia (formerly Assogenerici) and Assobiotec respectively promote the interests of innovative pharmaceutical companies—both foreign and Italian-owned— the generics, biosimilars and value-added medicines sector, and biotech. Massimo Scaccabarozzi, former President of Farmindustria; Michele Uda, director general of Egualia, and Leonardo Vingiani, managing…

India As one of the world’s a leading pharma manufacturers, India supplies about 20 percent of the global pharmaceuticals demand in terms of volume, yet the industry remains plagued with quality compliance issues. After Sun Pharma, Aurobindo and Zydus found themselves on the FDA’s radar earlier this year, two more Indian…

LatAm A roundup of some of the latest from Latin American pharma, including India’s interest in the South American market, Bayer’s USD 361 million investment in Mexico, the EU’s partnership to boost investment in vaccines and drug production in the region, Panama’s cannabis strategy, and Brazil’s manufacturing attractiveness.   Indian pharma…

Korea SK Bioscience’s announcement that the first batch of its domestically developed COVID vaccine has been shipped may mark a significant milestone in South Korea’s journey towards greater vaccine self-sufficiency.   Back in October 2021, PharmaBoardroom ran through the leading Korean companies in the race to develop a homegrown vaccine against…

Egypt Egypt’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturer by units, EIPICO, plans to diversify its production capacity by building the country’s first biological & biosimilar production plant. Not only that, the company is leading the change towards localization and local production of APIs. Founded in 1980, EIPICO is currently the number one company in…

Egypt The chairman of EIPICO – Egypt’s largest pharma company by units –, Dr Ahmed Kelani, outlines the company’s ambitious growth strategy, which includes the construction of the first biological & biosimilar production plant in Egypt. The plant is expected to commence production at the end of 2023 and would become…

South Korea South Korea has carved a place for itself as a dominant player in the global pharma and med-tech manufacturing industry with national companies Samsung Biologics and Celltrion leading the way. In 2019, the South Korean government announced a USD 1.7 billion five-year plan to fund biotech-related projects with the intention…

Africa David Mukanga of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gives an overview of the latest developments on the long road towards the creation of an African Medicines Agency and the push to establish vaccine manufacturing facilities on the continent.   Since the minimum number of 15 ratifications by African Union…