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Switzerland Redalpine Venture Partners’ Dr Michael Sidler highlights some of the key trends in the European biotech VC space, the funding and operational strategies that successful start-ups in Europe are utilising, and the Swiss innovation ecosystem.   What has happened in Europe over the last couple of decades has been truly…

Saudi Arabia Bandar Reda outlines the evolution of the trading relationship between the UK and the Arab world, the role of the Arab British Chamber of Commerce in facilitating stronger ties, and why initiatives like Saudi Arabia’s ‘Vision 2030’ provide abundant opportunities for healthcare and life sciences investment.   With a clear…

Switzerland This article forms part of Healthcare & Life Sciences Review: Switzerland February 2021, a comprehensive up-to-date country report on the Swiss pharma market, featuring data snapshots, feature articles, exclusive interviews and more. Click here to download.   Long heralded as an innovation powerhouse able to hold its own against the…

China The latest from Chinese pharma, including a new deal between AstraZeneca and Junshi Biosciences; Innoforce and dMed’s R&D collab; and investment news on Clover Biopharmaceuticals, Sciwind Biosciences, and Gensciences.   AstraZeneca signs deal with Chinese biotech Junshi Biosciences to market anti-PD-1 cancer drug in China https://www.biopharma-reporter.com/Article/2021/03/01/AstraZeneca-betting-on-China-s-PD-1-cancer-market AstraZeneca has signed a…

Saudi Arabia A rundown of five things to know about the USD 8.2 billion Saudi pharma market, including the impact of ‘Vision 2030’, the country’s leading position in the MENA region, why halal pharmaceuticals are not to be ignored, the regional firms playing among global giants in the Kingdom, and leading therapeutic…

Switzerland Lorenzo Ambrosini of the Agire Foundation introduces the major new innovation projects underway in the Italian-speaking Swiss canton of Ticino; the canton’s strong existing footprint in bioinformatics, AI, and computer modelling; and how it is looking to leverage its connections to the rest of Switzerland and to Italy.   A…

India The latest news from Indian pharma, including a 200 percent boost for the country’s pharmaceutical industry in the latest national budget; predictions of rapid growth in the coming decade; Cipla’s potential entry into the COVID-19 vaccine race; and Pfizer’s withdrawal of its emergency use application for its vaccine in India.…

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,…

Americas The Top 15 pharmaceutical companies in the Central America and Caribbean (CENCA) market list is dominated by familiar big pharma players. However, among the liked of Sanofi, Abbott, Bayer, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Novartis sits Megalabs – a Latin American player that has been able to establish itself as a regional…

Switzerland Giorgio Calderari, the chairman of Farma Industria Ticino, the association of chemical and pharmaceutical industries in the Swiss canton of Ticino, explains how a region with a population of 350,000 has managed to create a turnover of over two billion dollars, excelling as an innovative hub. Furthermore, he analyzes the…

Global David H. Crean summarizes the recent 39th annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference 2021 that was held in a virtual format, noting potential changes in format for future events. Crean does, however, underline the importance of the Conference for industry networking and highlights some of the biopharma topics to watch under…

China 2020 has been eventful – perhaps the understatement of the year – but despite the novel coronavirus being discovered in China around the beginning of 2020, the country bounced back from the COVID-19 outbreaks by mid-year to deliver the hottest year for Chinese biopharma yet.   The Chinese biopharma sector…