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APAC The latest pharma and healthcare news from Southeast Asia, including the proposed healthcare programs of Thailand’s political parties for the upcoming election; Singapore’s approval of Pfizer’s 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; the collaboration between Amgen and NSG BioLabs; Indonesian startup Etana’s new round of financing and Pharmaniaga’s financial woes. Thailand develops…

LatAm Having spent 25 years in the rare disease arena, Maria Gabriella Pittis now finds herself at the forefront of a different field, spearheading the launch of Takeda’s dengue vaccine across Latin America.   Pittis, an Argentinian native, is a previous employee of the Argentinian National Scientific and Technical Research Council…

Greece Longstanding J&J Greece Managing Director Theodore Liakopoulos looks back on the progress that Greek healthcare has made in the past four years, thanks in no small part to the commitment of the multinational medtech industry. Liakopoulos highlights the importance of establishing a centralised procurement authority for the sustainability of Greek…

Greece Since 2020, IQVIA has established health economics, technology, and market research hubs in Greece, leveraging the country’s talent pool to serve a range of EMEA markets. Nikos Kostaras outlines what else Greece has to offer to IQVIA, as well as the key services that the firm brings to its Greek…

Greece Evangelos Zekkas outlines Help Pharma’s internationalisation journey in recent years, with the Greek firm’s exports now accounting for 60 percent of production and 50 percent of turnover. Zekkas, the company’s long-serving president and managing director, also gives his thoughts on Greek pharma’s role in Europe post-COVID more broadly, the challenges…

Argentina Argentinian generics manufacturer Grupo Roemmers – which celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 2021 – has expanded steadily across the Latin America and Caribbean region since the mid-1970s with a successful strategy predicated on customising its offering to each country and balancing local management autonomy with a strong company culture, as…

Africa The second in a three-part series looking back at the challenges and successes of HIV/AIDS treatments over the past 40 years and potential medical breakthroughs to come (read part one here) from Lenias Hwenda of Medicines for Africa. Here, Hwenda shines a light on the importance of preventing mother-to-child transmission…

USA In the current economic environment companies are faced with increased pressure to manage cash and meet investor expectations with tightened budgets. Life science industry CFOs, as a recent survey and webinar reveal, are looking to preserve and generate cash by making their companies more efficient and building partnerships while confronting…

USA After considerable government pressure to reduce insulin costs in the US, Eli Lilly recently slashed its prices by as much as 70 percent, followed by competitors Novo Nordisk and Sanofi. While these steps to make insulin more affordable, together with the US Medicare insulin price cap that came into effect…

China A roundup of some of the biggest pharma and biotech news from China including the collaboration between Elektr and Sinopharm; Biocytogen’s partnership with Janssen and deal with Chipscreen Biosciences; China’s first personalised neoantigen-targeted cancer vaccine approval; the final green light for Sino Biopharm’s purchase of F-star, and AstraZeneca’s deal with…

Belgium Belgium, with a total of EUR 5.5 billion in R&D spending in 2021, is the country with the fourth largest research expenditure in the EU and the first per inhabitant.  As a recent study from Deloitte sponsored by the Belgian pharmaceutical industry association, pharma.be, shows, Belgium is also a leader…

UAE A roundup of the latest pharma news from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) including Julpher’s pursuit of its growth strategy with a new CEO, Global Pharma’s tech transfer deal with Egypt’s Nerhado and Pharma Solutions’ procurement of its first thalassemia generic.   AstraZeneca announces move to Dubai Science Park with…