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India As one of the world’s a leading pharma manufacturers, India supplies about 20 percent of the global pharmaceuticals demand in terms of volume, yet the industry remains plagued with quality compliance issues. After Sun Pharma, Aurobindo and Zydus found themselves on the FDA’s radar earlier this year, two more Indian…

Global The Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CDMO) industry has boomed in recent years, with Big Pharma increasingly focusing on its core business of R&D and outsourcing other elements of the supply chain, including manufacturing, to third-party CDMOs. Additionally, the global proliferation of biotechs – most of which lack the in-house…

Morocco After implementing the most successful COVID-19 inoculation campaign on the African continent, Morocco is looking to bolster its biologics and vaccine manufacturing capacity via two major agreements with Swedish CDMO Recipharm and Chinese Sinopharm. The North African nation hopes to be better able to supply the health needs of its…

Global As the global pharmaceutical industry continues to grow, so have opportunities for service providers. Over the last few decades, while big pharma companies continued to focus on their core business, contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs) have positioned themselves as alternatives to in-house development and manufacturing operations, promising to decrease…

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.…

Sanofi Sanofi has agreed a deal to buy out its partner, US biotech company Principia Biopharma for USD 3.7 billion in cash, giving the French giant full ownership of Principia’s pipeline of BTK inhibitors for autoimmune disorders.   The deal, whereby Sanofi is set to pay USD 100 a share to…

Covid-19 The South African affiliate of Indian pharma firm Cipla will begin manufacturing and distribution of remdesivir, a Covid-19 drug, in South Africa this month. The company’s priority is ensuring access to vulnerable populations in emerging markets.     Cipla South Africa has been granted a license to manufacture and distribute remdesivir,…

India A recent IQVIA report highlights the increasing importance of Indian firms to the USA’s burgeoning generic pharmaceuticals market.   Now accounting for over 90 percent of all prescriptions dispensed in the USA, generic drugs play a vital role within US healthcare and have come a long way since their use…

India Below is a selection of the top stories in Indian pharma from recent months, ranging from efforts to counter the coronavirus, to regulatory reform, the spike in USFDA warning letters to Indian pharma manufacturers, promising export markets, and the growth of the Indian domestic market.   Repurposing HIV drugs to…

Sweden Since going public five years ago, Recipharm, Sweden’s iconic indigenous contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), has seen its sales skyrocket by over 30 percent annually. Much of this growth has been driven by an acquisition streak with the company plucking up overseas production assets such as former Roche and…

Sweden Thomas Eldered, CEO of Sweden’s largest CDMO Recipharm, founded the company together with his business partner in 1995. Since becoming a public company in 2014, he highlights how this changed the business model and created a pure CDMO whilst increasingly expanding its global footprint both organically and through acquisitions in…

Top 10 Geoffrey Guy, David Meek, Tae Han Kim, Pierre Moustial, Vivek Sharma, Antonio Portela and many other remarkable people that are shaping the global life sciences industry shared with PharmaBoardroom valuable insights on the companies they lead and their vision for the future.   Geoffrey Guy Geoffrey Guy is the chairman and founder…