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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)…

Singapore Leonora Lim, DHL’s Asia-Pacific VP for Life Sciences and Healthcare, Customer Solutions & Innovation, dives into the industry’s challenges during the pandemic, the continuing importance of Singapore as a regional hub, DHL’s multi-billion-dollar investment in digitalization, and why she believes that the industry will never go back to the way…

Switzerland Biogen Switzerland’s Dr med Katharina Gasser outlines how her affiliate navigated the COVID-19 pandemic from an organisational and communication perspective, the increasing importance being given to mental health by the Swiss government, and the reimbursement and market challenges facing Biogen in 2021 and beyond.   2020 saw a lot of…

Switzerland Michael Altorfer, CEO of the Swiss Biotech Association, a membership organisation representing the interests of the Swiss biotech industry, discusses the evolution of the biotech sector in Switzerland, how the country’s ecosystem has helped foster success stories like Actelion, and the multilateral work being done to improve intellectual property protection…

Singapore Changi Airport Group’s Ching Kiat LIM reflects on a challenging 2020 for the airline industry, Changi’s longstanding excellence in pharmaceutical distribution, and how COVID-19 has pushed a greater embrace of cutting-edge digital tools.   We see ourselves as the conductor of an orchestra, where all the instruments must play in…

Switzerland Antonella Santuccione Chadha*, Head of Stakeholder Engagement for Alzheimer’s disease at Biogen and co-founder and CEO of the Women’s Brain Project, dives into the non-profit organization’s role in rethinking the way we look at sex and gender as a gateway to precision medicine. She explains how artificial intelligence (AI) is…

Saudi Arabia The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents many of the world’s leading innovative biopharmaceutical research companies. Its executive director for the Middle East and Africa, Samir Khalil, discusses the need for a value-based pricing system in Saudi Arabia, the country’s successful COVID-19 response and how the Vision 2030…

Pharma Legal Handbook An insight into medical devices in India. Prepared in association with Nishith Desai & Associates, a leading law firm in India, this is an extract from The Pharma Legal Handbook: India, available to purchase here for GBP 119.   1. Who are the regulatory authorities governing medical devices in your…

Switzerland In a recent conversation with PharmaBoardroom, Michael Sidler of Redalpine Venture Partners, a venture capital (VC) firm aiming to support founders and start-ups in Europe, highlighted how the European VC & the Switzerland Biotech Investment space has evolved over the past decade and the funding challenges that remain. He also…

France The Top 10 pharma companies in the EUR 28.9 million French pharma market in 2019. Homegrown players Sanofi and Servier lead the way, followed by Bayer, Janssen and Mylan. French firms Pierre Fabre, Merial and Ceva Sante also make the list, while AstraZeneca and Teva round out the Top 10.…

Singapore Andrew Frye of medtech giant Baxter outlines his management strategy for the diverse APAC region, how growth was achieved in 2020 despite the drop in non-essential hospital visits and treatments that the COVID-19 pandemic brought about, and the increasing importance of homecare and telehealth post-pandemic.   Healthcare is becoming more…

Switzerland CEO Tero Silvola introduces BC Platforms’ powerful data and technology platform for personalized medicine and drug development and the ‘infinity loop’ between the interconnected sectors of healthcare and life sciences that the company serves. Silvola also highlights how BC Platforms leverages the Swiss innovation ecosystem and why the next five…