Tagged with P

Dominican Republic The Association of Representatives, Agents and Pharmaceutical Producers (ARAPF), represents 65 companies in the Dominican Republic, including big pharma companies like Pfizer, Bayer, Roche, GSK, Nestlé, Sanofi and Novartis. Its president, Henry Suárez, reflects on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s objective to expand its social security system…

Singapore Dr Gideon Ho, co-founder and CEO of HistoIndex, shares the story of the company’s establishment in 2010, their proprietary technology to provide the world’s first stain-free AI-driven biopsy and tissue analysis focused on the diagnosis of fibrosis and cancer, and his thoughts on the Singaporean healthcare start-up ecosystem.   We…

USA Dr Maria T. Millan, president and CEO of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), shares the Institute’s mission to advance basic and translational research in regenerative medicine in the State of California, their unique funding and operating model, and her perspective on the critical importance of investment in science…

Europe With Rare Disease Day falling on 28 February, PharmaBoardroom dedicates this month to exploring the global rare disease landscape, highlighting key trends and developments as well as profiling the most innovative global players in this space. We start the party off with five of the most promising clinical-stage biotech companies…

Global Advances in cell and gene therapies (CGT) are credited with thoroughly transforming medicinal science and creating an inflection point in the ability to treat and potentially cure many intractable illnesses. To date, however, accessibility to many of these game changing technologies remains limited, often due to high upfront sticker-prices and…

Switzerland A trained physician with several years of practice under her belt, Katharina Gasser then moved into clinical research as an investigator before joining the pharma industry in 2005. Now head of Biogen’s Swiss affiliate and chair of the executive committee of industry association Interpharma, Gasser cites her diverse background as…

Switzerland Alvotech – the biosimilars arm of Icelandic-headquartered generics player Alvogen – is positioning itself for future growth via a very different strategy to that of the Big Pharma players with biosimilar portfolios. Chief Commercial Officer Anil Okay, who sits in Switzerland, explains the four company traits that he believes will…

Brazil The Brazilian pharma market outperformed the Latin American average in Q1 of 2020 with a growth of 8.2 percent in real terms (inflation adjusted), according to IQVIA. Its size reached USD 21.8 billion, with almost two thirds coming from retail. The overall LatAm pharma market grew 6 percent in average…

Switzerland Professor Susan M. Gasser, now director and group leader emeritus of the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), shares the crucial aspects behind the FMI’s world-class reputation in basic research, her thoughts on the importance of public-private collaboration, and her perspectives on the European research ecosystem. Since February 1,…

Global Bayer’s Michael Levy casts his eye over the implications of the advent of cell and gene therapies on pharmacovigilance and patient safety.  Levy examines why these potentially revolutionary new therapies will necessitate a rethinking and adaptation of currently existing pharmacovigilance processes and activities.   While traditional medicines have, without a…

China Eric Bouteiller examines the most recent update to China’s National Reimbursement Drug List, the positive impact that a de facto annual review has had on drug approval timelines, and why a more streamlined and data driven review process is positive news for the innovative pharmaceutical industry. However, Bouteiller cautions that…

India The latest news from Indian pharma, including a 200 percent boost for the country’s pharmaceutical industry in the latest national budget; predictions of rapid growth in the coming decade; Cipla’s potential entry into the COVID-19 vaccine race; and Pfizer’s withdrawal of its emergency use application for its vaccine in India.…