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Global The top 20 pharmaceutical companies in the world for the past year, according to Pharmaceutical Executive’s latest annual rankings. Pfizer holds sway at the top of the leaderboard, with its BioNTech-partnered COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty still generating an incredible USD 37.8 billion in 2022 and its COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid adding a…

UAE 16-year Gilead veteran, Vítor Papão, recently left Europe to take on a new role within the company as general manager of the vast Middle East & Russia cluster. He discusses the particularities of the region, and the partnerships and initiatives Gilead is actively pursuing with local stakeholders.   We have…

Belgium Despite the thriving life sciences ecosystem that has made Belgium one of the top European destinations for clinical trials, the country continues to grapple with considerable access challenges and remains behind many of its European counterparts. In a recent roadmap, the minister of health set out to improve the country’s…

Global The UHC2030 Private Sector Constituency (UHC2030 PSC), which is hosted by the World Bank Group, has released a statement on the private sector commitments toward universal health coverage (UHC), ahead of Multi-stakeholder Hearings on UHC that will take place in New York on 9th May 2023. The IFPMA’s Thomas Cueni…

Global In 2023, we face a new digital relations landscape where a customer and a brand more and more rely on personal data exchange and unique communication channels. In this new reality, marketing means are shifting towards direct communication and personalization, and generic campaigns are making way for communications that target…

Belgium Novartis is one of Belgian pharma’s biggest investors across manufacturing and R&D, contributing EUR 598.9 million to GDP in 2022, creating 4,403 direct and indirect jobs, and reaching 5,349,628 million patients via its locally available portfolio. 18 months into his role as Country President for BeLux, Federico Mambretti expands on…

LatAm Axios International has been designing and implementing access to healthcare solutions in collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry and other healthcare players across Latin America (LatAm), Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia for over 25 years. Managing Partner Roshel Jayasundera outlines some of the key access challenges in LatAm today,…

Thailand The top ten companies in the USD 6.9 billion Thai pharma market for 2021 ranked by market share, compiled by Thai banking firm Krungsti. Three of the featured firms – Mega Lifesciences, Better Pharma, and Berlin Pharma – are locals, while multinationals of the likes of AstraZeneca, Pfizer, and Novartis…

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…

LatAm Latin America is a crucial region for medtech market leader Medtronic. Home to 20,000 of the company’s 95,000+ global workforce, 12 manufacturing plants, and ten commercial organisations, Medtronic LatAm grew by an impressive 24 percent last fiscal year and is becoming an increasingly important global revenue driver. The firm’s SVP…

Egypt Bristol Myers Squibb’s Oscar Delgado outlines the firm’s successes in bringing innovative medicines to the Middle East and Africa in recent years, how its strategy plays out in an economically diverse region, why partnerships are of vital importance, and the ways in which BMS is participating in Egypt’s healthcare transformation.…

Egypt As Egypt moves towards universal healthcare coverage for its 100 million-plus population, the country has become the fastest growing pharma market in the Middle East and Africa region with a value of USD 6.3 billion. Here are some of the key trends to watch in Egypt as identified by local…