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Taiwan The latest pharma news from Taiwan, including Gongwin-KY’s lung cancer drug approval in China, Anxo Pharmaceutical/Genovior Biotech alliance, Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and Metagone Biotech’s glaucoma and macular degeneration drug development, and Ever Supreme Bio Technology’s cell therapy progress.   New Gongwin-KY lung cancer drug cleared for marketing…

Egypt The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent struggle to obtain vaccines shone a harsh light on Africa’s reliance on pharma exports. As a McKinsey study notes, there were only around 375 pharmaceutical manufacturers in Africa in 2019, compared to 5,000 in China and 10,500 in India. However, some of the continent’s…

Egypt AbbVie’s GM for Egypt & Levant, Ali Sleiman, explains the factors behind the stellar growth that has made the cluster one of the company’s fastest-growing global markets in 2021. He also discusses the favourable environment created by Egypt’s healthcare reforms and how they have quickened regulatory approvals and access, leading…

Mexico Dagoberto Cortés Cervantes, president of Mexico’s National Association of Medicines Manufacturers (ANAFAM) and director of Grupo Sanfer/Hormona Mexico, outlines the expansion strategy that has led the manufacturing group to extend its presence beyond Mexico into the broader LatAm region and the importance of the “Alianza del Pacifico”  trade agreement linking…

Spain Faus & Moliner Abogados is a Spanish law firm that has been specializing in pharma and life sciences law since 1997. Founding partner Jordi Faus explains how having a comprehensive knowledge of the industry has become the firm’s competitive edge. He discusses the push for regulatory innovation among European regulators,…

Italy After former CEO Pierluigi Antonelli abruptly announced his departure last month, the Italian mid-cap has signed on former Gilead leader, Jacopo Andreose, as its new chief executive.   [I am] looking forward to joining the Angelini team and helping to chart the next chapter for [Angelini] Pharma. Jacopo Andreose Abrupt…

Germany The latest from German pharma, including Merck KGaA’s increased gamble on external innovation, Bayer’s focus supply chain stability, CatalYm’s EUR 50 million series C financing and Boehringer Ingelheim’s deal with California biotech, Surrozen.   German CDMO Rentschler’s chief executive, Frank Mathias, stepping down (Fierce Pharma) After seven years at the…

LatAm A breakdown of the investments made by the pharmaceutical industry in clinical studies across the Latin American region. According to the US National Library of Medicine’s ClinicalTrials.gov, USD 1.1 billion were invested in 2019 with Mexico, Brazil and Argentina at the head of the LatAm countries where these investments were…

Egypt With over 100 years of pharmaceutical industry heritage behind it, EVA Pharma has expanded rapidly in recent years, with a CAGR of 24.39 percent over the last three years, propelling the firm to second place in the overall Egyptian pharma market. CEO Riad Armanious explains why EVA Pharma is intensifying…

Global After a turbulent five-year tenure, Kare Schultz will be stepping down as the Israeli generics giant ‘s CEO and former Sandoz chief Richard Francis will take over in January. Francis, who brings his vast industry experience at companies like Sandoz and Biogen to the role, will inherit a number of…

LatAm Yaneth Giha of FIFARMA – the leading association for the innovative pharmaceutical industry in Latin America – gives a bird’s-eye overview on some of the key trends in LatAm healthcare, from regulatory and access challenges to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the region’s potential as a clinical trials hub,…

Egypt After several years abroad, Mohamed Eldababy recently returned to his home country to become GSK Egypt’s General Manager. Egypt is an important market for GSK as one of the largest multinational employers in the country with over 700 staff and two manufacturing sites. In conversation with PharmaBoardroom, Eldababy shares his…