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Taiwan Taiwan is, in many ways, a healthcare model for Asia. The island has had universal health coverage for over 30 years and Taiwan’s life expectancy today is almost 81 years, putting it behind only Japan, South Korea, and Singapore in its region. However, by the early 2020s, this rapidly ageing…

France With over 25 years of experience at the crossroads of science and business, Pascal Villemagne, CEO of SEQENS, shares his vision for steering the French CDMO into a new era of innovation, sustainability, and global partnership. From expanding into advanced therapies and accelerating pharmaceutical development to championing France’s industrial renewal,…

France France’s territorial landscape is undergoing a profound shift, and departments are emerging as decisive actors in the response to medical deserts, demographic ageing and the widening gaps in prevention and mental health. In this interview, Philippe Gouet provides a rare, ground-level view of how local authorities are reshaping access to…

Brazil Rare diseases have long fallen through the cracks of Latin America’s health systems, but few figures have done more to change that reality than Toni Daher. What started as a father’s search for answers became Casa Hunter and, later, Casa dos Raros – a model of integrated, data-driven rare disease…

USA Dr Jerry Vockley, Director of the Center for Rare Disease Therapy and Chief of the Division of Medical Genetics at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, offers a look at the evolving landscape of rare disease care across early diagnosis, newborn screening, natural history research, clinical trial design, and the persistent…

France Jerome Estampes, CFO and interim CEO of Guerbet France, discusses his journey from joining the company in 2019 through to his current dual role, navigating the challenges of generic competition, COVID-19 market disruption, and regulatory pricing pressure. With operations spanning contrast media and interventional imaging across global markets, he outlines…

France Alexion France is entering a pivotal phase as the rare-disease landscape becomes more competitive, more data driven and increasingly shaped by early access and clinical-trial performance. In this interview, Celine Khalife reflects on France’s shifting position, the evolution of complement and science, the integration of Amolyt Pharma and the growing…

France Biocodex has evolved from a pioneering French laboratory built around a single yeast strain into an international healthcare group spanning microbiota, women’s health and a focused orphan-disease activity. In this conversation, CEO Nicolas Coudurier reflects on the company’s scientific roots, its expansion across more than one hundred markets, and the…

Brazil Brazil’s push to modernise its health system has put Interfarma at the centre of the region’s biggest access debate. Since taking over the presidency in 2023, Renato Porto has steered the association – which represents the innovative pharmaceutical industry in Brazil – through a period of regulatory reform, political uncertainty,…

Italy Top recent stories from Italian pharma, including Angelini’s EUR 150 million EU collaboration for European health startups, Chiesi’s new deals for enzyme replacement therapies and gene editing, and why Menarini is setting its sights on the US.   European Union teams up with Angelini to funnel €150M to European health…

China This week’s China healthcare highlights from PharmaBoardroom content partner Selesta include Elpiscience filing for a Hong Kong IPO after US$250M in financing, Zhejiang Medicine planning an HKEX spin-off for ADC subsidiary Novocodex, Baoji Pharmaceuticals securing HKEX approval with a valuation over RMB 4.87 billion, and Phrontline Biopharma completing US$60M Pre-A+…

France Nicolas Dufourt leads ALK France as General Manager, drawing on nearly two decades of tenure with the Danish allergy immunotherapy specialist. Under his stewardship, the French affiliate, comprising approximately 400 employees, has emerged as the company’s second-largest market globally. His leadership navigates the complex intersection of increasing allergy prevalence, diminishing…