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Norway Small in terms of market size and without the historic life sciences footprint of neighbouring Sweden and Denmark, Norway nevertheless has excellent credentials as a pharmaceutical hub, with a top notch universal healthcare system, immaculate patient data registries, and high calibre research – especially in oncology – being carried out…

Roundup A roundup of the latest from the Middle East & Africa region, including Turkey’s debt to US pharma; deals between Saudi SPIMACO and Janssen, Abu Dhabi Mubadala and Germany’s Evotec, and Turkey’s Abdi Ibrahim and Swiss OM Pharma; and whether poorer countries in Africa can truly expect equal access to…

Germany German biotech BioNTech has been thrust into the global spotlight thanks to its collaboration with global giant Pfizer on a COVID-19 vaccine. The company, founded by Professor Ugur Sahin in 2008 with the goal of creating a wide portfolio of individualised treatments for cancer patients, is one of the leading…

Norway BMS Norway’s Hilde Bech outlines her hopes of bringing “the medicines of the future” to Norwegian patients, why tiny Norway still has global significance for the company, and offers some pearls of wisdom for the next generation of female leaders.   BMS Norway is absolutely going to be one of…

Switzerland Biogen Switzerland’s Dr Katharina Gasser outlines how the company’s 100 percent commitment to neuroscience helps it to stand apart, why Switzerland will continue to play a vital role in Biogen’s global clinical research footprint, and some of the country’s market access and pricing challenges. Dr Gasser also highlights Biogen’s burgeoning…

Belgium The new Belgian government has moved to streamline its response to the COVID-19 crisis with the appointment of Pedro Facon, director general for health at Belgium’s Federal Public Service Health (FPSH) as ‘Corona Commissioner.’   In his novel new role, Facon will attempt to coordinate Belgium’s complex web of political…

Poland Every year, Polish news magazine Wprost publishes its ranking of the top 200 Polish companies across all industries. Here, we profile the top five pharma-related companies featured in the 2019 rankings.   NEUCA NEUCA has been around for over 25 years and is active in numerous areas of the Polish healthcare…

Asia-Pacific Robert Hall of Hong Kong-based executive recruitment specialist Ardent Search highlights the key traits and experiences that Asian biotech and medtech firms considering an initial public offering (IPO) should look for in a chief financial officer (CFO).   Hiring an experienced healthtech CFO can be challenging, with demand exceeding supply.…

Opinion Michael Levy, head of pharmacovigilance at Bayer Pharma and Bayer Consumer Health, makes a compelling case for the critical role of pharmacovigilance in ensuring ensuring patient safety and future-proofing the global pharma industry amidst the rush to develop and repurpose treatments and vaccines for COVID-19.     The COVID-19 virus…

Norway Erik W. Jakobsen of Norwegian consultancy Menon Economics gives an overview of the key dynamics at play in Norway’s economy today and the growing role that healthcare and the life sciences plays within it. Jakobsen touches on why Norway needs to become more competitive as a life sciences investment destination,…

Europe Dr Pierre Meulien, executive director of the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), the world’s largest life science public-private partnership between the European Union and the European pharmaceutical industry, shares the incredible work IMI has been doing through the COVID-19 pandemic, along with the critical importance of public-private partnerships for areas like…

Vaccines While outbreaks of the devastating Ebola virus have – thankfully – generally been highly localized to West Africa, the highly infectious and lethal disease has generated global trepidation due to its characteristic haemorrhagic fever, a 50 percent chance of death on average, and the absence of any approved treatment. The…