Tagged with B

China Dr Liang Schweizer introduces immunotherapy-focused biotech HiFiBiO Therapeutics, the main advantages of the company’s unique single-cell technology platform, its open innovation approach, experience with capital markets, and advice for other biotech leaders.   The traditional bulk analysis method is well-established and suited for diseases that are more homogenous, but cancer…

Dominican Republic The Association of Representatives, Agents and Pharmaceutical Producers (ARAPF), represents 65 companies in the Dominican Republic, including big pharma companies like Pfizer, Bayer, Roche, GSK, Nestlé, Sanofi and Novartis. Its president, Henry Suárez, reflects on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s objective to expand its social security system…

Europe With Rare Disease Day falling on 28 February, PharmaBoardroom dedicates this month to exploring the global rare disease landscape, highlighting key trends and developments as well as profiling the most innovative global players in this space. We start the party off with five of the most promising clinical-stage biotech companies…

Global Advances in cell and gene therapies (CGT) are credited with thoroughly transforming medicinal science and creating an inflection point in the ability to treat and potentially cure many intractable illnesses. To date, however, accessibility to many of these game changing technologies remains limited, often due to high upfront sticker-prices and…

Switzerland A trained physician with several years of practice under her belt, Katharina Gasser then moved into clinical research as an investigator before joining the pharma industry in 2005. Now head of Biogen’s Swiss affiliate and chair of the executive committee of industry association Interpharma, Gasser cites her diverse background as…

Switzerland Alvotech – the biosimilars arm of Icelandic-headquartered generics player Alvogen – is positioning itself for future growth via a very different strategy to that of the Big Pharma players with biosimilar portfolios. Chief Commercial Officer Anil Okay, who sits in Switzerland, explains the four company traits that he believes will…

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…

Global Bayer’s Michael Levy casts his eye over the implications of the advent of cell and gene therapies on pharmacovigilance and patient safety.  Levy examines why these potentially revolutionary new therapies will necessitate a rethinking and adaptation of currently existing pharmacovigilance processes and activities.   While traditional medicines have, without a…

Global The Top 10 rare disease companies globally, ranked by worldwide orphan drug sales for 2018. Celgene takes top spot, followed by Roche and Novartis. Made with Visme Infographic Maker

China Eric Bouteiller examines the most recent update to China’s National Reimbursement Drug List, the positive impact that a de facto annual review has had on drug approval timelines, and why a more streamlined and data driven review process is positive news for the innovative pharmaceutical industry. However, Bouteiller cautions that…

China Since China first announced its ground-breaking volume-based procurement (VBP) pilot program to reduce drug expenditures in 2018, the world’s second-largest pharma market has steadily expanded the 4+7 pilot program into a regular national and provincial exercise, lopping off over a billion dollars from the top lines of both multinational and…

Global The ascent of cell and gene therapies (CGT) is commonly regarded as one of the momentous turning points in the history of the pharmaceuticals industry. Not only do innovative therapies such as CAR-T herald a shift towards genuinely individualized medicine and an exciting new front in the war against cancer,…