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Switzerland Ernst Niemack, managing director of vips, the association representing pharmaceutical companies operating in Switzerland, comments on the government’s latest cost containment measures such as mandatory rebates and new rules for biosimilars and generics, and the impact of these policies on innovative pharma. He also discusses the lag between registrations and…

Switzerland After heading up AstraZeneca Switzerland for one year, Florian Saur reflects on his career journey, discusses the Swiss market and how the country, despite its advanced healthcare and research ecosystem, has fallen behind in terms of access to innovation and digitalization. He shares the ambitious plans to launch 35 new…

Europe This year’s European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) was the largest ever. Over 33,000 people attended ESMO Congress 2024 at Barcelona’s cavernous Fira Gran Via conference centre, where 5,000 abstracts were presented and 600 expert speakers took to the stage. The healthcare professionals and cancer drug developers in attendance were…

Global In his latest opinion piece, Shawview Consulting’s Brendan Shaw draws from classic sci-fi to reflect on the pros and cons of using artificial intelligence for health technology assessment. Shaw concludes that, despite the massive advances that AI represents, the human touch will always be needed in healthcare decision-making.   “I’m…

Global Against the backdrop of a global push to make healthcare more accessible and affordable, ISPOR CEO and executive director Rob Abbott introduces the organisation’s 2030 strategy, focused on achieving health system sustainability around the world. The original version of this article was featured in the July/August 2024 edition of ISPOR’s Value…

India Contributing to the September 2024 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Siva Kumar Buddha of Indegene reviews the challenges of risk communication and minimization in India’s  healthcare sector.   In India, effective risk communication and minimization in the healthcare sector faces unique and multifaceted challenges. Unlike many other regions, India’s…

Global AstraZeneca’s Anna Litsiou, Carolyn Hynes and Allison Guy, contributing to the September 2024 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, discuss the importance of improving interactions between health technology assessment (HTA) bodies and regulatory authorities.   The need to optimize drug development and facilitate faster access for patients has focused discussions…

Global Medtech-focused recruitment consultant Ivor Campbell casts his eye over the profiles the global medtech industry needs most today. Campbell argues that while specialist scientists and engineers remain as important as ever, medtech lacks leaders with the commercial acumen and results-driven mindset to turn innovation into profitable and sustainable ventures.  …

Europe Last year the European Commission (EC) came out with a proposal to reform the EU’s core pharmaceutical legislation, aiming to address affordability, accessibility, and availability, among other objectives. One of the key changes proposed was reducing the EU’s baseline regulatory data protection (RDP) timeline, a plan that pleased the generics…

Europe Vikas Krishan, chief digital business officer at the global data and digital engineering solutions firm Altimetrik, outlines the implications of the European Union’s forthcoming AI Act for the pharma industry and urges for the need to adopt a proactive approach in evaluating AI roadmaps and governance.   The pharmaceutical industry’s…

China A roundup of top stories from China’s pharma industry, including BeiGene’s new US R&D and manufacturing facility; Merck’s purchase of investigational B-cell depletion therapy from Curon Biopharma, and the Chinese approval of AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s gastric cancer therapy.   China’s BeiGene opens new clinical R&D and biologics manufacturing facility…

Europe Contributing to the August 2024 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Magda Chlebus from the EFPIA, Steffen Thirstrup and Alberto Ganan Jimenez from the EMA, Katharina Nothelfer of AiCuris Anti-infective Cures, Pedro Franco of Merck Serono, Annette Bakker of CTF Europe, Tim Chesworth of AstraZeneca, Jeevan Virk of Novartis, Virginie…