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Global What digital skills do pharma leaders need in order to drive transformation, deliver success at scale in the business, and prepare for next-gen customer engagement? Sarah Gilchriest explores the critical capabilities and must-have skills for senior leaders, looking at the levers that drive customer-centric success in pharma and healthcare, and…

Europe Edward Mc Gettrick and Sharon Gorman of Pfizer, writing in the January 2023 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, examine the scope and impact of the European Union’s new Regulation on Health Technology Assessment.   In December 2021, the European Commission (EC) adopted the Regulation on Health Technology Assessment (EU HTA…

Japan MSD KK’s Fumitaka Noji, writing in the January 2023 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, outlines some of the key upgrades that Japan’s innovation ecosystem needs to become globally competitive once again, namely around strategy and information, investment, and finding qualified experts.   Although the importance of open innovation in…

Global Brendan Shaw looks ahead to the rest of 2023, identifying five key trends to watch out for in the healthcare and life sciences sector. With the worst of COVID-19 now in the rear-view mirror for much of the world, Shaw questions whether the lessons and progress that the pandemic brought…

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…

Europe Based on current discussions by the European Commission, launch conditionalities would not account for the distinct nature of small and mid-sized companies, OMPs and ATMPs. EUCOPE’s Alexander Natz breaks down this aspect of the revision of the general pharmaceutical legislation and why it would prove unsustainable for smaller companies and…

Global PharmaBoardroom’s network of thought leaders continued to provide some of our top content in 2022, covering topics such as Africa’s first integrated drug discovery platform,  Chinese vaccine exports, inequities in US healthcare, antimicrobial pollution and new pharmaceutical legislation in Europe. See our dedicated op-ed page for all of the year’s contributions…

Europe Writing in the special December 2022 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Eli Lilly’s Mark Mayer, Pfizer’s Nick Sykes and Julie O’Brien, and the EFPIA’s Sini Eskola, Magda Chlebus, and Chloé Garay look at the EU regulatory system’s resourcing challenges and call for long-term multi-stakeholder engagement to help resolve them.…

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.  …

UK Bernard Ross, a serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years’ senior experience at private and public board level across multiple industries, looks ahead to 2023 and highlights five key trends to watch in the medtech space. With the COVID-19 pandemic having fast-forwarded the adoption of medical device innovations to solve…

China Accestra Consulting’s Zhao Lu* looks back on a year in which China’s Center for Disease Evaluation (CDE) rejected a record-breaking number of drug applications, explores some of the main reasons behind these rejections, and suggests how applicants can avoid them in future.   In 2021, China’s Center for Disease Evaluation…

Europe Writing in the DIA Global Forum’s special November 2022 issue on the Digital Virtuous Loop Karin Van Baelen and Susan Sandler – both of Janssen – and AbbVie’s Álmath Spooner look at Europe’s progress towards true real-world evidence integration and its potential impact on decision making across the healthcare continuum.…