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Singapore AstraZeneca (AZ)’s country president for Singapore, Vinod Narayanan, outlines the challenges of taking the reins at an affiliate against the backdrop of a pandemic and how the Anglo-Swedish company’s quest for a COVID-19 vaccine has opened up new partnership opportunities in the region. Narayanan also touches on Singapore’s open ecosystem…

China The latest news from Chinese pharma, including a historic first approval for Fosun Kite’s CAR-T therapy Yescarta; the Big Pharma losers from the latest round of price cuts for off-patent drugs; Lonza’s new investment in Chinese API manufacturing expansion; and Dingdang Health’s recent USD 220 million financing round.   Yescarta…

Brazil The latest news from Brazilian pharma, including an investigation into the country’s deal with Indian lab Bharat Biotech to purchase COVID-19 vaccines; the IP and regulatory challenges around personalised medicine in Brazil; and how domestic champion EMS surged in performance in 2020 thanks to COVID.   Brazil probes Health Ministry…

Switzerland AstraZeneca’s recently arrived Switzerland country president, Katrien de Vos, gives her first impressions of the Swiss market and how she hopes to build upon the affiliate’s strong performance. de Vos also touches on access challenges (and how to surmount them) as well as AstraZeneca Switzerland’s role in bringing the company’s…

UK Stuart Evans, partner at law firm BLM and specialist in commercial disputes and litigation examines the origins and fallout of the EU/AstraZeneca vaccine dispute and why the twin forces of COVID-19 and Brexit seem set to muddy the waters of cross-border pharma trade for some time to come.   Five…

UK The latest UK pharma news, including how new investment in GSK stands to reshape the country’s iconic pharma giant; CDMO Sterling’s latest acquisition; and calls for a national registry to capture company payments to clinicians and patient support groups.   The 30 fastest-growing unquoted pharma companies in the UK (Consultancy.uk)…

Saudi Arabia Rubens Hannun, president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, discusses the commercial relationship between Brazil and Saudi Arabia, which now reaches over US USD three billion between imports and exports, the role of pharmaceuticals, the opportunities in halal products and their efforts to inform the Arab and Brazilian business…

Americas The latest LatAm pharma news, including COVID-19 vaccine rollouts in Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico as well as legal and regulatory updates on the status of medical cannabis in the region.   COVAX initiative begins in Latin America with 117,000 Pfizer vaccine doses for Colombia (Spanish) https://elpais.com/sociedad/2021-03-01/la-iniciativa-covax-debuta-en-america-latina-con-117000-vacunas-para-colombia.html   At least 13…

UK The first day of March 2013 also marked a first for GW Pharmaceuticals. On that day, the British biopharmaceutical company successfully listed on NASDAQ, raising over USD 30 million. Founded in 1998, UK headquartered GW Pharma is a true pioneer as the company behind Epidiolex, the world’s first prescription medicine…

Brazil Founded in 1950, EMS is one of the top two domestic pharma companies in Brazil. As a key player in the largest and most populous nation in Latin America, the company has around 13 percent of the Brazilian market share with gross sales of USD 2.5 billion in 2019.  …

China The latest from Chinese pharma, including a new deal between AstraZeneca and Junshi Biosciences; Innoforce and dMed’s R&D collab; and investment news on Clover Biopharmaceuticals, Sciwind Biosciences, and Gensciences.   AstraZeneca signs deal with Chinese biotech Junshi Biosciences to market anti-PD-1 cancer drug in China https://www.biopharma-reporter.com/Article/2021/03/01/AstraZeneca-betting-on-China-s-PD-1-cancer-market AstraZeneca has signed a…

Brazil The Brazilian pharma market outperformed the Latin American average in Q1 of 2020 with a growth of 8.2 percent in real terms (inflation adjusted), according to IQVIA. Its size reached USD 21.8 billion, with almost two thirds coming from retail. The overall LatAm pharma market grew 6 percent in average…