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Pharma Legal Handbook All legal aspects surrounding product liability in Nicaragua. Prepared in association with Bendaña & Bendaña, a leading Nicaraguan law firm, this is an extract from The Pharma Legal Handbook: Nicaragua, available to purchase here for GBP 75.   1. What types of liability are recognized in your jurisdiction? Civil Liability Criminal liability…

Pharma Legal Handbook The legal framework for patents and trademarks in Nicaragua. Prepared in association with Bendaña & Bendaña, a leading Nicaraguan law firm, this is an extract from The Pharma Legal Handbook: Nicaragua, available to purchase here for GBP 75.   1. What are the basic requirements to obtain patent and trademark protection? Power…

Pharma Legal Handbook The ins and outs of regulatory reforms in Nicaragua. Prepared in association with Bendaña & Bendaña, a leading Nicaraguan law firm, this is an extract from The Pharma Legal Handbook: Nicaragua, available to purchase here for GBP 75.   1. Are there proposals for reform or significant change to the healthcare system?…

Europe The journey of EUnetHTA began back in 2004, when the European Commission and Council of Minsters requested the establishment of a sustainable European network on Health Technology Assessment (HTA) as “a political priority”, work on which was properly initiated in 2005 when a group of 35 organizations came together to…

Switzerland In an exclusive interview, Jean-Paul Clozel explains Idorsia’s unique value proposition as a biotech focused on small molecules, how agnosticism in terms of therapeutic areas leads to more innovative medical breakthroughs, and why scientific innovation continues to motivate him.   When you have started two companies, people think that you…

Europe While 2020 may have seemed like the year the world stood still for many, the pharma industry went into overdrive, working around the clock to ensure security of supply as well as develop diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines for COVID-19. Recruitment also continued apace; here four recent country manager appointees share…

France The latest from French pharma where Sanofi has inked a deal to produce 125 million doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine as it faces delays with its in-house product and the impact of this on the country’s global scientific standing. Also featured are the rising problem of anti-vaccine sentiment, an exclusive…

Global In November 2020, after months of delay caused by COVID-19 disruptions and a US antitrust roadblock, Mylan and Pfizer’s Upjohn generics unit finally closed a USD 12 billion merger. The combined new company, ‘Viatris’, boasts a global workforce of over 45,000, 50 manufacturing sites, and a presence in 165 countries,…

Global Stefan Hendriks, Global Head of Novartis Oncology’s Cell & Gene division outlines the company’s progression to becoming the global leader in cell and gene therapies, the strategy he has put in place for the business, and the key issues of manufacturing and access.   Cell and gene therapies are truly…

Singapore The SGC’s Dr Tim Philippi introduces the sizeable Singaporean-German trading relationship and the importance of healthcare and the life sciences within it. Dr Philippi also outlines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the SGC’s members and why Singapore remains the premier investment destination for European companies in Asia.  …

Global David H. Crean summarizes the recent 39th annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference 2021 that was held in a virtual format, noting potential changes in format for future events. Crean does, however, underline the importance of the Conference for industry networking and highlights some of the biopharma topics to watch under…

China 2020 has been eventful – perhaps the understatement of the year – but despite the novel coronavirus being discovered in China around the beginning of 2020, the country bounced back from the COVID-19 outbreaks by mid-year to deliver the hottest year for Chinese biopharma yet.   The Chinese biopharma sector…