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Asia-Pacific The latest pharma news from the Asia-Pacific region, including upcoming IPOs for Prestige Biopharma and HH&L Acquisition; logistics challenges for COVID-19 vaccine distributors; and Moderna’s CMO-based vaccine manufacturing strategy in Asia.   Singapore-based Prestige Biopharma prepares for IPO on the Korea Exchange https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/garage/prestige-biopharma-eyes-at-least-18t-won-valuation-in-korean-ipo SINGAPORE-BASED Prestige Biopharma expects an implied market…

Americas The latest news from pharma and healthcare in Latin America, including funding and logistics challenges in national COVID-19 vaccination programs, a new variant of the virus in Colombia, and the impasse between Pfizer and the Peruvian government.   First Covid-19 Vaccines Are Given in Latin America, But Region Faces Challenges…

MEA The latest COVID-19 vaccine news from the Middle East & Africa (MEA) region, including the fallout from Iran’s ban on any imports of US- or UK-produced vaccines, Israel’s world-leading vaccination speed; and how Dubai Airports is working with GMR-Hyderabad to form a ‘vaccine corridor’.   Iran inks deal for Cuban…

China The latest from Chinese pharma, including domestic regulatory approval for Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine, how the country’s online healthcare industry is booming in the wake of the pandemic, and news that companies are slashing prices on new products by an average of 51 percent in order for them to be covered…

Spain The latest from Spanish pharma, including the wide swathe of COVID-19 syringes, vaccines, masks, and tests being produced in the country, Grifols’ Egyptian entry, a new generation of leadership at Almirall, and Esteve’s European Expansion.   Weapons “made in Spain” in the war against Covid-19 (La Razón – Spanish) https://www.larazon.es/salud/20201214/iecgoyhkpfeifhlfgpracvgtci.html…

Italy A roundup of some of the most important recent stories from Italian pharma, including an in-depth interview with Menarini CEO Elcin Barker Ergun, a public health management crisis in the south of the country, Chiesi’s latest mobile health partnership, and the potential rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in January 2021.  …

China The latest from Chinese pharma, including a drop in share prices for Chinese vaccine firms in the wake of successful COVID-19 trial results from western rivals, a new Pfizer-LianBio agreement, and Thermo Fisher’s new pharma services facility.   China pharma shares fall as western rivals lead in vaccine trials https://www.ft.com/content/c4c8453e-39f6-4aac-83a3-7d16a3f4fa4b…

Asia-Pacific The latest from Southeast Asian pharma, including soaring output in Singapore, tax breaks for research in Indonesia, Thai firm Factorytalk’s UK expansion, and the potential for a Russian COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing facility in the Philippines.   Singapore Factory Output Surges At Fastest Pace In Nine Years On Pharma Boost (Business…

China A roundup of the latest from Chinese pharma, including Green Valley’s upcoming US trial for an Alzheimer’s drug inspired by algae; Samsung Biologics expansion in China; Fosun Pharma’s halt to the development of a COVID-19 vaccine; and CAR-T biotech JW Therapeutics raising USD 300m in its IPO on the Hong…

France A roundup of the latest stories from French pharma, including the progress of Sanofi’s COVID-19 vaccine, how Ipsen has managed to achieve sales growth in 2020 despite the pandemic, diagnostics biotech Novacyt’s remarkable rise, and a new job for former Ipsen boss Marc de Garidel.   Sanofi aims for COVID-19…

Roundup The latest from healthcare and the life sciences in Latin America, including the most recent wave of Indian pharma investment; Argentina’s ongoing struggle with COVID-19; issues around unchecked use of an anti-parasite drug; and the seismic economic and social impact of upcoming cannabis legalisation in Mexico.   Six Indian drug…

Roundup A roundup of the latest from the Middle East & Africa region, including Turkey’s debt to US pharma; deals between Saudi SPIMACO and Janssen, Abu Dhabi Mubadala and Germany’s Evotec, and Turkey’s Abdi Ibrahim and Swiss OM Pharma; and whether poorer countries in Africa can truly expect equal access to…