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Asia-Pacific The biggest pharma stories from Southeast Asia, including GSK’s new HPF manufacturing investment, license suspensions for Samco Farma and Ciubros Farma after Indonesia’s acute kidney injury crisis, Kalbe’s Aventis share purchase, China-based MGI Tech’s participation in Thailand’s genomics initiative and Boston Scientific’s expanded operations in Malaysia.   GSK invests SGD…

Asia-Pacific Through compassionate use programs patients suffering from critical, life-threatening conditions can access potential life-saving therapeutic options which have not been formally approved by the responsible health authority in an ethical and regulated way. ChongXiang Tan, Fengyun (Vicky) Han and Annetta C. Beauregard of Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson…

Pharma Legal Handbook 1. Are biosimilar medicines considered the same as generic medicines in your country? No. At present, a “biosimilar” is not the same as a generic drug. Previously, some biological marketing authorization licenses were obtained by using the same registration pathway of generic medicines (i.e., without the submission of pre-clinical or…

APAC Writing in the September edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Rosilawati Ahmad of Malaysia’s National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency; Tharnkamol Chanprapaph of the Thai FDA; and Samvel Azatyan, Valerio Reggi, and Prapassorn Thanaphollert of the World Health Organization highlight the progress towards regulatory harmonization in ASEAN and work between country-level regulatory…

Asia-Pacific The latest from the pharma industry in Southeast Asia, including underwhelming results from Kalbe Pharma, Indonesia’s largest pharma company; Novavax’s vaccine manufacturing plans in the Philippines; the promising future of cannabis in Thailand; and the first Vietnamese coronavirus vaccine candidate’s Phase III trials.   Indonesia’s Kalbe Farma sales underwhelm investors…

Singapore Annie Tan highlights the strategy she laid out to navigate the BMS Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia affiliates through the COVID-19 pandemic; the opportunities and challenges of integrating the Celgene portfolio into local BMS operations; and her aim to build the company into an oncology and haematology powerhouse in Southeast Asia…

Asia-Pacific The latest from Southeast Asian pharma, including soaring output in Singapore, tax breaks for research in Indonesia, Thai firm Factorytalk’s UK expansion, and the potential for a Russian COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing facility in the Philippines.   Singapore Factory Output Surges At Fastest Pace In Nine Years On Pharma Boost (Business…

Thailand On February 19, 2019, by amending the Narcotics Act B.E. 2522, Thailand caught the cannabis industry by surprise and became the first Asia-Pacific country to legalize medicinal cannabis. While hemp had been approved for use in industry since 2018 (see here), the amendment of the Narcotics Act B.E. 2522, providing for…

Thailand Dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic has taken top priority for almost every country in the world. In Thailand, even though the strength of the country’s health security measures has been ranked sixth-best globally, COVID-19 has hit hard, and the number of confirmed cases is steadily increasing each day.   In…

Thailand PharmaBoardroom’s latest report: Healthcare & Life Sciences Review: Thailand is available for download now.   Thailand is in the midst of an economic transformation with healthcare at its heart. With four years of around three-four percent annual GDP growth behind it, ASEAN’s second-largest economy has implemented an ‘Industry 4.0’ policy through which…

Thailand Shinsuke Yuasa, president of Thai Otsuka discusses the importance of Thailand for Otsuka as its first overseas market back in 1973. Yuasa goes on to highlight how the affiliate is overcoming the obstacles present in the Thai pharma market and how it is contributing to the country’s growing medical food…

Thailand Thailand country managers from three of the world’s largest medtech firms outline the level of innovation they are able to bring to the Thai market, how their technology is helping a stretched universal healthcare system to become more efficient, and the importance of education and partnerships within their overall strategies.…