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Denmark Ida Sofie Jensen, CEO of Lif, Denmark’s pharmaceutical industry association, discusses the country’s bold Life Science Strategy and the ongoing healthcare reform shaping its future. She explores how Denmark is aligning innovation, access, and health system sustainability through coordinated policymaking, a new Healthcare Innovation Index, and strengthened partnerships between industry…

Switzerland Combining scientific rigour with entrepreneurial instinct, Igor Fisch charts a new path for gene and cell therapy manufacturing at NewBiologix. Focused on addressing the inefficiencies of current production models, the company develops stable platforms designed to lower costs, enhance quality, and expand patient access. With roots in the pioneering success…

Puerto Rico The industry’s growing reliance on outsourcing and flexible service models means that the consulting business, including ours, will continue to thrive. There is a strong market demand for specialised support, and as companies look to streamline operations, services like ours are well-positioned to meet that need. ProQuality Network, founded by…

Japan Santen is on a mission to reshape the future of eye health. With three major product launches ahead, bold biotech deals, and a revamped global strategy, the Japanese pharma is doubling down on its ophthalmology dominance. Fresh off a transformational reorganization and a landmark myopia approval, Santen is proving that…

USA The participation of Emma Walmsley, CEO of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), in the FT Live Global Pharma and Biotech Summit coincided with the outcome of the American elections and the historic win by Republican Donald Trump. “When it comes to elections we work with governments of all stripes everywhere,” Walmsley assured. With…

USA Focused on rare and ultra-rare genetic diseases, Ultragenyx identifies itself as the industry’s most productive company working in the field of high un-met need diseases. With no fewer than four products approved across five indications, a blockbuster therapy that reached 2023 revenues of USD 328 million, and six candidates in…

Hong Kong Since we last covered Hong Kong in Summer 2023, the territory’s regulatory landscape has taken a major step towards its long-term goal of establishing a full regulatory authority. Having previously required approvals from two separate regulatory authorities in other countries or regions (such as the FDA in the US, the…

Saudi Arabia Attracting, developing, and retaining talented workers – both Saudi and foreign – is perhaps the key sticking point to Saudi Arabia achieving its ambitious transformation targets. Thus far this has involved both ‘carrot’ and ‘stick’ initiatives, ranging from tax incentives and specialised training programs on one side, to mandatory ‘Saudization’…

Global The timely and equitable provision of treatment and prevention tools is just one part of the ongoing fight against HIV. Local, national, regional, and international authorities – many of which still labour under misguided preconceptions about people living with HIV – need to come together to effectively buttress the provision…

Middle East & Africa A lot has happened at Olympus since we last spoke with regional managing director for Middle East, Türkiye & Africa Ronald Boueri two years ago. Namely, the MedTech has been working on setting up its regional headquarters in Saudi Arabia. Boueri discusses the importance of the Saudi market, pursuing its…

USA Since founding the HIV advocacy group Prevention Access Campaign (PAC) and launching its Undetectable=Untransmittable (U=U) campaign in 2016, Bruce Richman has been focused on raising awareness around a revolutionary but widely unknown fact: people living with HIV who are on treatment and have an undetectable viral load cannot sexually transmit…

China Chinese player Legend Biotech reached a new turning point last month when its Johnson & Johnson-partnered Carvykti became the first BCMA-targeted CAR-T cell therapy to be approved by the FDA for second-line treatment of multiple myeloma. From its original roots in China to its first FDA approval in 2022, the…