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Poland Some of the top stories emanating from Poland’s pharma industry, including Polish biotech Ryvu Therapeutics’ exclusive deal with Exelixis, the partnership between Polpharma and startup Pikralida on a promising epilepsy candidate and Adamed’s expansion of its laboratory facilities.   Exelixis and Ryvu Therapeutics Sign Agreement to Develop Novel STING Agonist-Based…

Italy Dompé’s Chief Operating Officer, Eriona Gjinukaj, responsible for creating the Italian mid-cap’s US affiliate, reveals the challenges and rewards of that experience and explains how she saw the company go from a primary care-focused Italian company to an internatonal biotech with an EMA and FDA-approved breakthrough therapy. I was lucky…

Brazil The latest from Brazilian Pharma, including the approval of home grown cannabis for medical use, Cellera Farma’s partnership with Ferring, a considerable increase in demand for oncology drugs, and a dire diabetes prediction.   Brazil court approves home grown cannabis for medical use (ABC News) A top court in Brazil…

Italy Stevanato Group’s CEO & COO, Franco Moro explaines how the over 70-year-old provider of  containment and delivery solutions went public and as an established player in the vaccine space managed to service large pharmaceutical companies during the pandemic. He also speaks about the company’s move towards further internationalisation. … the…

Italy Pierluigi Petrone outlines family-owned Petrone Group’s wide-range of outsourcing services to the pharmaceutical industry, how its international footprint has evolved over time, and his key priorities as president of Italy’s main primary pharma distribution association, ASSORAM.   My dream is that Italy, thanks to its infrastructure and location, can become…

Saudi Arabia While Saudi Arabia is becoming an increasingly attractive investment destination for global pharma, some stakeholders continue to have concerns about whether the country’s intellectual property (IP) protection system is truly fit for purpose.   Oscar Delgado of BMS is one such stakeholder. “An adequate IP system, including regulatory data protection…

Saudi Arabia As the Saudi pharma market – worth approximately USD 8.2 billion – continues to grow, so does the need for pharma companies to efficiently distribute their medicines inside the Kingdom. Here, we present four of the main trends at play in the Saudi distribution landscape, from market consolidation to centralised…

Saudi Arabia Dr Fayad Al Dandashi, CEO of Tamer HealthCare, a leading Saudi healthcare company, discusses how the group aims to benefit from Saudi Arabia’s healthcare transformation through digitalization, changing their product-oriented business model to a holistic service-driven business model. After years of entrepreneurial and public sector experience, he explains the changes…

Saudi Arabia Aymen Tamer, chairman and managing partner of historic Saudi healthcare firm Tamer Group, outlines how, informed by Saudi’s Vision 2030, the company is adapting to better meet the needs of the rapidly evolving domestic pharma market. Tamer also touches on the challenges of succession planning, why a deep and long-term…

UAE Medica Group provides medical aesthetics, cosmetics and dermatology, and plastic surgery products and equipment across the Middle East and South East Asia. As a self-made entrepreneur, Elias Chabtini, co-founder and CEO, reflects on the humble origins of the company and its transition to becoming a key player in the region,…

Korea SK Plasma is a blood plasma company that was spun off from SK Chemicals in 2015. Its CEO, Yun Ho Kim, offers his insights into the company’s vision to establish itself as a leader both domestically and globally, and how past preparation, such as the establishment of the Andong factory…

China Yan Hao, chairman and CEO of EPS Group shares the company’s journey to become Japan’s largest and most comprehensive provider of optimal outsourced solutions to the healthcare industry through its CRO, SMO and CSO operations. As CEO of EPS Group’s subsidiary company EPS China Group, Yan also outlines the China…