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LatAm Sarah Aiosa oversees the entire Latin America region for MSD, where the global giant is looking to build on its 100-year legacy by better addressing the continent’s health inequities and unmet medical needs. Aiosa describes the myriad public-private partnerships that the firm has struck in LatAm across areas including cancer…

Africa As part of a special focus on drug development and clinical research in Africa in February 2023’s DIA Global Forum magazine, Lisa Ursella Collins of Innomas Clinical Research, Leslie Sam from Leslie Sam and Associates, Jayesh Pandit, a Patient Safety Advocate from Kenya, Helen Ndagije of the Uganda National Drug…

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…

Greece Ipsen’s George Carystinos explains what brought him back to Greece for a first country manager position after a succession of global roles, how the company’s global specialty care transformation is playing out in the Greek market, and why he is optimistic about the impact that Ipsen’s portfolio can have in…

USA Initial public offerings (IPOs) —a vital source of cash for up-and-coming biotechs— saw a huge decline in 2022 with respect to the previous year. After 2021’s record of more than 100 biotech IPOs that raised almost USD 15 billion in funds, 2022 saw a mere 17 biotechnology companies launch IPOs…

Africa Speaking exclusively to PharmaBoardroom, Medicines for Africa’s Lenias Hwenda gives a comprehensive overview of the African Medicines Agency, why such a regulatory body was needed, how it differs from the European Medicines Agency, and its progress thus far. Hwenda also examines how the AMA stands to impact Africa’s clinical trial…

Egypt Building on a stellar career in pharma and medtech both in Egypt and internationally, Ahmed Ezz El-Din now serves as CEO of Cleopatra Hospitals Group, Egypt’s largest private hospital provider. Dr Ezz El-Din explains why implementing an organisational and management structure based on that of the pharma industry helps Cleopatra…

China Writing in the special December 2022 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine – which focuses exclusively on decentralised clinical trials – on behalf of the DIA China Digital Health Community (DHC), Takeda’s Alicia He and Pfizer’s Mia Sun examine the progress made on decentralised and digitalised trials in China.  …

Egypt While universal health insurance is the talk of the town in Egypt today, private healthcare groups – serving up to 40 percent of the population in both the insurance and out-of-pocket markets – still have an important role to play. This role covers both providing high quality care to their…

USA Clinical trial diversity not only allows for a better understanding of the safety and efficacy of new therapies in population subgroups but also plays a significant role in reducing health inequities. In conversation with PharmaBoardroom, outgoing president and global chief executive of the Drug Information Association (DIA) Barbara Lopez Kunz,…

USA Reflecting on a transformational decade at the helm of the Drug Information Association (DIA), Barbara Lopez Kunz highlights some of the key achievements and most significant trends that have emerged during her tenure. Lopez Kunz points to the DIA’s evolution into a truly global knowledge-sharing platform, the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact…

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…