Tagged with BIO

UK A roundup of the latest UK healthcare, pharma and biotech news including AbbVie and Lilly’s departure from the country’s voluntary medicines pricing agreement, Moderna’s expanded footprint, UK biotech’s 2022 funding downturn and Gilead’s Yescarta approval from NICE.   Northern Ireland Medicines supply still ‘problematic and inefficient’ (BBC News) According to…

USA Initial public offerings (IPOs) —a vital source of cash for up-and-coming biotechs— saw a huge decline in 2022 with respect to the previous year. After 2021’s record of more than 100 biotech IPOs that raised almost USD 15 billion in funds, 2022 saw a mere 17 biotechnology companies launch IPOs…

China One of China’s leading vaccine manufacturers, CanSino Biologics has taken massive strides since its foundation in 2009 and has secured approvals in several countries for its ebola, meningitis, and COVID-19 jabs. The manufacturer of the world’s first inhaled COVID-19 vaccine, CanSinoBIO is also continuing to invest in mRNA technology in…

India The latest news from the Indian pharma industry, including WHO’s recommendation not to use cough syrup from Marion Biotech after further deaths, Indegene’s expanded presence in Europe, Sun Pharma’s FDA warning and the lab partnership between Sai Life Sciences and Schrödinger.   WHO recommends not using Marion Biotech cough syrups…

Egypt The leading company in the Egyptian pharma market by volume, the Egyptian International Pharmaceutical Industries Company (EIPICO) is now making a region-first move into biologicals and biosimilars manufacturing to power its future growth as well as expanding its international footprint.   Biologics: A Big Leap Forward The company’s plan to…

Global Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), or the resistance of pathogens to antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals and antiparasitics has been declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the top 10 global public health threats and was associated with the death of some 5 million people in 2019. The latest WHO report…

China A roundup of some of the biggest healthcare and pharma news from China including the exclusion of Pfizer’s Paxlovid from the country’s national insurance coverage, CanSino’s promising mRNA booster trial results, WuXi Biologics and GSK’s T-cell engager deal, Biocytogen and Hansoh’s antibody collaboration …   Pfizer CEO rules out generic…

USA David H. Crean, Managing Partner for Cardiff Advisory, discusses the economic impact of the signing and implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on the biopharmaceutical industry and innovation.   America’s biopharmaceutical research companies are researching and developing new medicines to meet unmet needs and continuing research and development even…

Global Over the past year, PharmaBoardroom has spoken to pharma executives the world over, collecting unique perspectives from all sides of the industry. Here are the ten most-read interviews of 2022 that range from conversations with one of Korea’s top CDMOs to the American generics association and the Italian regulatory agency,…

USA After Big Pharma lobby groups suffered a major drug pricing blow earlier this year with the passage of the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), pharma industry heavyweight AbbVie is withdrawing its membership to leading industry trade groups PhRMA and BIO.   AbbVie Bows Out AbbVie is leaving both of the…

China A roundup of some of the biggest healthcare and pharma news from China, including the country’s struggle with a rampant COVID-19 outbreak and the external concern that surrounds it, China Meheco’s Paxlovid contract, Boston Scientific’s majority stake in Chinese medtech Acotec, Gracell Biotechnologies’ CAR-T therapy phase I trial 100 percent…

Taiwan The latest pharma news from Taiwan, including Gongwin-KY’s lung cancer drug approval in China, Anxo Pharmaceutical/Genovior Biotech alliance, Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and Metagone Biotech’s glaucoma and macular degeneration drug development, and Ever Supreme Bio Technology’s cell therapy progress.   New Gongwin-KY lung cancer drug cleared for marketing…