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Americas The latest news from pharma and healthcare in Latin America, including funding and logistics challenges in national COVID-19 vaccination programs, a new variant of the virus in Colombia, and the impasse between Pfizer and the Peruvian government.   First Covid-19 Vaccines Are Given in Latin America, But Region Faces Challenges…

Global Four companies (GSK, Pfizer, Sanofi, and MSD) together occupy over 80 percent of the global market for vaccines. Moreover, vaccines are an important part of these companies’ revenue streams, making up between 13 and 21 percent of total revenues in 2019.   Made with Visme Infographic Maker   Insights on Vaccines’…

Singapore Japanese medtech player Terumo’s APAC lead Probir Das outlines the company’s 100-year commitment to innovation, its aggressive globalisation strategy over the last 15 years, the importance of the APAC region to the group, and how it has adapted in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.   We have had a…

China While many parts of the world ground to a halt as they tried to deal with the global pandemic, China had more or less brought the situation under control by June, and the healthcare deals engine just kept on churning. MSQ Ventures recently published its 2020 China Biopharma Global Transactions…

Sweden Anders Blanck of Lif, the trade association for the research-based Swedish pharmaceutical industry, outlines the steps already being put in place for Sweden to become a leading country in the implementation of precision medicine. Blanck highlights the impact of Sweden’s December 2019 Life Science Strategy – which includes initiatives on…

MEA The latest COVID-19 vaccine news from the Middle East & Africa (MEA) region, including the fallout from Iran’s ban on any imports of US- or UK-produced vaccines, Israel’s world-leading vaccination speed; and how Dubai Airports is working with GMR-Hyderabad to form a ‘vaccine corridor’.   Iran inks deal for Cuban…

Norway Photodynamic therapy (PDT) firm Photocure is probably Norway’s most significant recent international healthcare success story. CEO Dan Schneider explains how the company was able to action a more effective global commercial strategy and carve out a niche in the relatively uncrowded oncology drug-device combination market.   Despite its technology being…

Global Following the recent news of Remegen’s massive USD 515 million IPO in November 2020, we bring you profiles of the seven biggest biotech companies to IPO in 2020. Notably, six of the seven companies are from China, pointing to the massive growth of the Chinese biotech market.   Remegen RemeGen,…

Norway Many countries have struggled to adapt to the shift to remote working and digital communication brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns. However, these tools were already well-utilised in the vast but sparsely populated country of Norway and digital is increasingly being seen as a key component in…

Saudi Arabia Following on from our list of the overall top 10 companies in the Saudi Arabian pharma market, here PharmaBoardroom highlights some of the top domestic companies in the USD 8.2 billion Saudi pharma market, many of which are now well-established and carving out international footprints.   Tabuk Pharmaceuticals Founded in…

Europe On 25 November 2020, the European Commission adopted a Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe with the stated aim of ensuring that “patients have access to innovative and affordable medicines” and “to support the competitiveness, innovative capacity and sustainability of the EU’s pharmaceutical industry”.   This Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe is seen…

Switzerland Chief Financial Officer Marina Lugova introduces pharmaceutical company Synbias Pharma’s evolving European footprint, how the company has been able to withstand the COVID-19 pandemic and continue providing its essential products to customers, and its plans for the future, including further investments in the firm’s German production facility and new strategic…