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Global In June 2021, as part of a broader restructuring, Merck (MSD globally) spun off its women’s health, legacy products, and biosimilars businesses. The new company formed, Organon, is positioning itself as “the only player of its size (USD 6.3 billion in revenues for 2021, 9,000 employees) focused on women’s health…

Spain Robert Fabregat, CEO of Biocat, explains how health start-ups in the BioRegion of Catalonia managed to raise a record EUR 238 million in 2021 and why the Spanish region is set to become a hub for advanced therapies and personalized medicine. In addition, the CEO boasts about Cataolina being at…

Spain Alta Life Sciences is one of Catalonia’s top venture capital investor groups in the biotech sector. Montserrat Vendrell, partner and a pivotal figure in the development of the region’s life sciences ecosystem, explains the VC’s investment strategy, their connection with US-based funds, and the challenges ahead for Catalonia’s bioregion.  …

Spain Ferrer’s CEO, Mario Rovirosa, outlines how he and a new management team have been building the foundation of the Spanish mid-cap’s transformation to become a specialty pharma company, a 180-degree shift that entailed the divestment of its generics portfolio, new affiliates across the world, and a more focused product pipeline.…

Spain The Pasqual Maragall Foundation is a Spanish non-profit research organization dedicated to the research of Alzheimer’s disease. Its director, Arcadi Navarro, takes from his decades-long scientific career in genomics to explain the main theories and discoveries shaping the push to find a next-generation treatment, or even possible cure, for Alzheimer’s.…

India Writing in the March 2022 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Ananya Chakraborty from the Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre outlines the key factors behind India’s successful COVID-19 vaccination program.   January 16, 2022, was a proud day for India. The country achieved the milestone of completing…

China Writing in the March 2022 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Jessie Zhu of Deltamed Co. Ltd./Pharmaron Clinical and Monica Juping Xu of Taimei Medical Technology outline the progress of pharmacovigilance standards in China, and make the call for greater levels of digitalisation and training.   Since China joined ICH…

MEA On International Women’s Day 2022, Inna Nadelwais, executive director at Middle East and Africa medtech trade association Mecomed, examines the road still to travel towards true gender parity in the MEA medtech workforce, and why diversity, inclusion, and equality in the workplace benefits all parties.   The MEA region continues…

Italy Italy is a key destination for global clinical trial programs with EUR 700 million invested in 2020 alone according to national industry association Farmindustria, bringing access to medicines, knowledge, skills, and economic benefits. Here, Italy country managers from some of the world’s leading pharma companies weigh in on the pros…

LatAm The latest from Latin American pharma, including Moderna’s push to build a regional presence and partnership network; Pfizer’s health equity challenges in the region; and Brazil’s local manufacturing of AstraZeneca’s vaccine and approval of three new cannabis-based products.   Moderna partners with Latin American Pharma https://endpts.com/covid-19-roundup-scottish-government-invests-27m-in-valnevas-covid-19-manufacturing-moderna-partners-with-latin-american-pharma/ In a move to…

APAC The latest pharma news from Southeast Asia, including the Singaporean Health Sciences Authority (HSA) being awarded the highest maturity level in the WHO’s classification of global regulatory authorities, as well as highlights from Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia   Singapore medicines regulator world’s first to achieve highest maturity level in…

Spain VIVEbiotech is a Spanish CDMO specialised in the production of lentiviral vectors used in gene therapy. Its CEO, Dr Gurutz Linazasoro, tells the story of the company’s creation, comments on the unique properties of lentiviral vectors, and analyses the main trends shaping the future of the gene therapy industry. In…