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Coronavirus Sophia Ononye-Onyia outlines the key failings in the USA’s response to the coronavirus outbreak and why greater numbers of inter-industry partnerships and increased technological uptake are key to fighting this crisis and reframing the US life sciences industry of the future.   Imagine if we invested billions in epidemiological surveillance…

Belgium In 2020 PharmaBoardroom sat down with several key stakeholders in Belgian pharma to discuss company strategy, the Belgian healthcare landscape at large, and the country’s role within the wider European and global ecosystem. Here we highlight some of the key themes of the discussions: innovation, generics and biosimilars, and teamwork.…

Mexico Americo Garcia oversees Latin American operations for Canadian generics player Apotex. He outlines the firm’s impressive growth in the region in recent years – expanding both in terms of portfolio and geographies -, gives his take on the proposed Mexican healthcare reforms, and explains how he has been able to…

Belgium Ian Wilders of Spain-headquartered micro-immunotherapy specialist Labo’Life discusses the strategic importance of Belgium to the company as the country in which micro-immunotherapy was discovered and where regulation conducive to the introduction of these therapies is increasingly being introduced.   Micro-immunotherapy was the discovery of a Belgian doctor therefore it is…

Belgium Dirk Reyn of Flanders.bio highlights what the Flanders region has to offer the life sciences and biotech industries in terms of research infrastructure, funding opportunities, and inter-industry collaboration.   In the biotech/agro and foodtech area, Belgium and Flanders are in a very dynamic and positive period and we expect to…

USA Dan Leonard is president & CEO of the National Pharmaceutical Council, which sponsors and participates in research on the appropriate use of pharmaceuticals and the clinical and economic value of pharmaceutical innovation. Leonard outlines the activities of the Council – which celebrated its 65th anniversary in 2018 – his priorities…

Morocco Ali Besri, Pfizer Morocco GM and North Africa Lead reveals the importance of Morocco’s stability and assets allowing the country to be recognized internationally for its manufacturing investments and capabilities and highlights how Pfizer has capitalized on this with a footprint in the country for over half a century. Looking…

Morocco Pierre Behnam, general manager of Pierre Fabre in Morocco, breaks down the strong and long-standing footprint of the group in the country in the medical and dermo-cosmetic fields. On the medical side, he talks about the amazing progress Morocco has made in the prevention and treatment of cancer, and his…

Belgium Romuald Gaudefroy, managing director of CAF-DCF, the Belgian subsidiary of the LFB Group, introduces the company which was integrated into LFB in 2016. Gaudefroy goes on to offer insights on how a national tender in 2018 has impacted the company’s historic positioning as a manufacturer and also delivers a message…

Romania While the dismal regulatory environment in Romania has negatively affected the innovators with the uncertain and lengthy regulatory approval timelines as well as the dreaded ‘clawback tax’ doubling over the past decade, the generics sector has argued that they are the ones that have borne the brunt of unfavourable industry…

South Korea South Korea is the 12th largest healthcare market globally with a market size of around USD 20 billion in 2019. With the government’s plans to invest over USD 1.7 billion in its biopharma and biotech sectors over the next five years, the country’s prominence in the global biopharma landscape will…

China PharmaBoardroom caught up with Dr Jingsong Wang, chairman & CEO of Harbour BioMed to discuss the exciting clinical and commercial milestones of the prolific biotech in the last year since we last met them in January 2019, including their March USD 75 million Series B+ fundraising round and their preparations…