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USA KV Kumar, head of the Indian American International Chamber of Commerce, gives an account of the bilateral trade relations between India and the US and candidly speaks about the opportunities for Indian generic companies in the world’s largest pharmaceutical market. He addresses the need for supply chain diversification in light…

Belgium Dirk Reyn of Flanders.bio highlights what the Flanders region has to offer the life sciences and biotech industries in terms of research infrastructure, funding opportunities, and inter-industry collaboration.   In the biotech/agro and foodtech area, Belgium and Flanders are in a very dynamic and positive period and we expect to…

Belgium Glenn Vaughan of the British Chamber of Commerce | EU & Belgium discusses the importance of the Belgium-UK relationship, the role of healthcare and the life sciences within that, and how the Chamber’s work is evolving in the run-up to Brexit.   In the field of healthcare and life sciences,…

UK With Brexit now confirmed, the UK government has been playing up the country’s scientific credentials. The aim is to cement the UK’s position as one of the world’s top life science investment destinations and multinational pharma firms including Novartis are already taking note.   “Tangible Opportunity” In February 2020, the…

Romania Iulia Arif-Percă executive director of the Local American Working Group (LAWG), shares her insights on the launched initiatives to finding new funding alternatives that will increase Romanian patients’ access to innovative medicines. She highlights the constraining environment in which innovative companies operate in, and how LAWG’s work contributes to the…

Switzerland German biopharma giant Merck is investing EUR 250 million in a new Swiss biotech development facility; underscoring the company’s reliance on Switzerland for the manufacturing of advanced biologicals.   The Merck Biotech Development Center is to be located in Corsier-sur-Vevey, south-western Switzerland, close to the firm’s existing biotech commercial manufacturing…

UK Although biotech financing in the UK took a hit last year in large part thanks to uncertainty around Brexit, 2019 was still the British industry’s third-best year on record.   The UK’s exit from the European Union looms large over all British industries, including pharmaceuticals and biotech. Unsurprisingly, therefore, UK…

USA In 2019 big pharma companies prioritised shareholder payouts and dividends, with the eight biggest US pharma companies topping $31 billion in stock buybacks and the same amount in dividends. Revenues were not necessarily consistent with dividend and buyback amounts, and some critics argue that payouts should be lessened in favour…

China 2019 was a bumper year for biotech companies listing on the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEx), with nine pre-revenue biotechs and eight revenue-generating biotech and biotech-related firms, mostly originating from mainland China, listing last year. The average amount of funds raised by these was a whopping four to five times higher…

UAE Samir Khalil, executive director for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Middle East and Africa (MEA), reveals why the US industry is investing in MEA, the challenges presented by the lack of intellectual property enforcement in the region, and the shifting of focus from manufacturing to broader research…

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia is aiming to become a more attractive investment destination for multinational pharma companies through economic development projects that facilitate ease of doing business. Not stopping there, the Kingdom has a bold ambition to become a pharma hub for the entire Middle East region.    Saudi Arabia has the…

Puerto Rico Rodrick Miller was recently appointed CEO of Invest Puerto Rico, a government mandated but privately led non-for-profit organization tasked with positioning Puerto Rico as a competitive investment jurisdiction globally. Together with Gail Towers Nolan, Chief Strategy and Research Officer, he lays out his aggressive strategy to promote Puerto Rico’s assets…