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Switzerland This piece forms part of InFocus Biotechs to Watch Switzerland 2021, a deep dive into the Swiss biotech ecosystem and fundamentals, featuring data sets, feature articles, and profiles of some of its most exciting companies. Download here.   2020 stands out as having been the best year yet for Swiss…

Denmark Since joining Danish neuroscience specialist Lundbeck as its global CEO in 2018, South African Deborah Dunsire has focused on “revitalising and refreshing” the firm’s pipeline, which had seen several failures in the preceding years. In an exclusive recent conversation with PharmaBoardroom, Dunsire explains the strategy she has put in place…

Norway Norway has been a global frontrunner in collecting health data and building unique registries for decades but has struggled to utilise and benefit from them. Karita Bekkemellem, CEO of the Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry in Norway (LMI), examines how a new health data sharing platform can change that— to…

Saudi Arabia Kamel Ghammachi and Karim Smaira are the co-founders of Genpharm, an entrepreneurial success story that now provides market access and marketing solutions for rare disease products across the MENA region. They discuss the impact of COVID-19 on their business; the evolving dynamics of the Saudi pharma market; and the crucial…

Switzerland Swiss-based Lonza has consolidated as a titan in the CDMO industry with annual revenues of around CHF 5.9bn for 2020. Its president for the Biologics and Cell & Gene divisions, Jean-Christophe Hyvert, comments on the restructuring of the company, why the divesture of the specialty ingredients division makes sense in…

Turkey Amgen, the American biotech giant, established a direct presence in Turkey in 2010 by acquiring a local generics manufacturer for US 700 million. Its general manager in the country, Güldem Berkman, explains why their Turkish operations and business model differs from all other affiliates with the exception of Brazil, provides…

Turkey Few Turkish companies are experiencing such a transformational moment as GEN. Just in 2021, the Ankara-based organization made its public debut at the Istanbul Stock Exchange and signed an exclusive collaboration agreement with a Dutch biotech company for the development and commercialization of a therapy against Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative…

Denmark Speaking exclusively to PharmaBoardroom, Lundbeck’s global CEO Deborah Dunsire describes the progress in the strategy she put in place to “revitalise and refresh” the Danish firm’s pipeline upon taking the role three years ago. Following two recent acquisitions, Lundbeck now has a much broader focus across neuroscience including areas for…

Europe The Top Five countries in Europe for pharma production. All located in Western Europe, Switzerland punches well above its weight to take top spot. This data is taken from the 2021 edition of the EFPIA’s comprehensive annual data review of the European pharma industry.   Switzerland Despite boasting a population just one…

Russia The latest news from Russian healthcare and life sciences, including the WHO’s decision to suspend the approval process for the country’s Sputnik V COVID vaccine, hesitant uptake of Sputnik V both at home and abroad, and an in-depth feature on Russia’s untreated pain epidemic.     Sputnik V: WHO suspends…

Switzerland Sergej Kammerzell, CEO of SIS Medical, a medtech company dedicated to developing, producing, and distributing innovative high-performance PTCA Balloon Catheters, shares the vision that led to the creation of the firm and what the next steps in its development are.   Switzerland has a nimbus of innovation and is known…

Turkey The president of the Turkish Health Institutes (TUSEB), Dr Erhan Akdoğan, provides a behind-the-scenes look at the development process of Turkovac, the country’s first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine which is currently undergoing phase III clinical studies. Dr Akdoğan took over TUSEB, and the nine institutes under its responsibility, in the middle…