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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.…

Global Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), or the resistance of pathogens to antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals and antiparasitics has been declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the top 10 global public health threats and was associated with the death of some 5 million people in 2019. The latest WHO report…

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…

Germany Home to Europe’s largest pharma market, a host of industry giants, a thriving biotech scene, and a public healthcare system undergoing significant reform, Germany is indisputably one of the world’s most important life science nations.   An overview of the pharma industry in Germany. Made with Visme Infographic Maker   The…

Portugal Part of PharmaBoardroom’s new country-focused series on market access and health technology assessment (HTA), this piece gives the lowdown on post-market approval processes and regulations in Portugal. Buy The Pharma Legal Handbook: Market Access & HTA – Portugal here for £359.   What are the pricing principles and processes in your…

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 …

Germany In response to a looming deficit of EUR 17 billion, Germany’s new Financial Stabilization of Statutory Health Insurance System Act (GKV-Finanzstabilisierungsgesetz, or GKV-FinStG) is aimed at containing costs in the country’s health insurance system by distributing the financial burden amongst all healthcare stakeholders, yet biopharma companies stand to be hit…

Egypt Egypt country managers tend not to stay in their roles for more than a few years, instead moving on to different pastures when new opportunities arise. However, those that do stay put – such as Roche’s Mohamed Swilam, now approaching his ninth year as general manager for Egypt – can…

USA David H. Crean, Managing Partner for Cardiff Advisory, discusses the economic impact of the signing and implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on the biopharmaceutical industry and innovation.   America’s biopharmaceutical research companies are researching and developing new medicines to meet unmet needs and continuing research and development even…

Middle East & Africa General manager of MEA, Khaled Elrefae, explains how Ipsen has strengthened its footprint in the region over the past two years – starting in the UAE and expanding into Saudi Arabia – and in so doing turned MEA into one of its growth centres. As the company plans to increase…

Global Insights from US President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, Anthony Fauci, who served on the White House Coronavirus Task Force at the height of the pandemic, on the end of COVID-19, the danger of China’s recent surge in cases, preparedness for future pandemics, and the misinformation in the US that…

Global Over the past year, PharmaBoardroom has spoken to pharma executives the world over, collecting unique perspectives from all sides of the industry. Here are the ten most-read interviews of 2022 that range from conversations with one of Korea’s top CDMOs to the American generics association and the Italian regulatory agency,…