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Mexico A compilation of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies in the Mexican pharmaceutical market based on IQVIA data from February MAT 2020. Four of the top ten companies are Mexican: PISA, Sanfer, Senosiain and Siegfried Rhein.   1. Sanofi Global CEO: Paul Hudson Country Chair: Fernando Sampaio Sanofi has had a…

Japan Below we highlight the top 10 pharma companies in Japan based on data for 2019 sales of ethical drugs in USD billions. Japanese firms Takeda and Daiichi Sankyo came out on top, with over USD 6 billion in sales revenues.   Made with Visme Infographic Maker

China Established in December 2012, in less than a decade, Chinese biotech Junshi Biosciences has already transformed itself into a publicly-listed commercial company with a successful USD 450 million IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and their first product, toripalimab, being the first anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody self-developed by a Chinese…

Belgium Janssen in Belgium was founded in 1953 by Dr Paul Janssen, with only one thing in mind: saving people’s lives through the development of better medicines. In 1961, the company was acquired by Johnson & Johnson. Sonja Willems, managing director of Janssen Benelux, discusses the company’s response to the COVID-19…

China Top recent news from Chinese pharma, including listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Junshi’s out-licensing of a potential COVID-19 treatment to Lilly, and Ascentage being granted US FDA orphan drug status for its leukaemia candidate.   Hong Kong IPOs Pick Up the Pace as China Restarts https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/hong-kong-ipos-pick-up-the-pace-as-china-restarts-ecm-watch Initial public…

Long Read Accounting for less than two percent of the global pharmaceutical market, the Middle East has long been somewhat overlooked by many drug makers, most of whom seemed more intent on chasing demand in the decidedly more populous Asian market space. But, with an estimated annual growth rate of 10 percent,…

Janssen Myriem Tamimy gives an overview of the ongoing situation for Janssen and pharma multinationals more generally in Morocco, discusses the next steps in the authorities’ pharma strategy and the role that multinationals will have in the process, and highlights the challenges related to managing in a time of COVID-19.  …

Medtech Key stakeholders within the Czech medtech industry highlight how medical devices can improve efficiency and quality of care across the country’s healthcare landscape, why greater levels of collaboration are of vital importance to achieving this, and how the Czech Republic stands out in the CEE region for its uptake of…

Sweden Sweden’s USD 4.8 billion pharmaceutical market, its population size of 10 million and marginal positioning on the northerly fringe of the European Union all belie a legacy as a real titan of life sciences.* The country that has introduced some of the most impactful healthcare inventions of the 20th century…

Romania Sévan Kaloustian shares his first impressions of the Romanian healthcare ecosystem and pharmaceutical market as newly appointed managing director of Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson Romania. Kaloustian outlines his intention to maintain the strategic position of Janssen as a key player in Romania, working to facilitate the access…

Coronavirus The CEOs and top executives, David Ricks, chairman and CEO, Eli Lilly & Co and IFPMA president, Severin Schwan, CEO, Roche, Paul Stoffels, chief scientific officer, Johnson & Johnson, David Loew, executive VP, Sanofi Pasteur and Rajeev Venkayya, president, Global Vaccines Business Unit, Takeda took part in a virtual press…

Czech Republic Pharma industry stakeholders are generally quick to suggest that the Czech Republic is one of the most over-regulated markets in Europe, with new or innovative therapies facing significant delays before being able to enter the market.   While the timelines are still outside the defined framework, the situation is much…