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Denmark Jørgen Schøler Kristensen explains the role of the Danish Medicines Council, providing guidance about new medicines for use in the Danish hospital sector. Kristensen also tackles the thorny issues of price considerations, assessing the long-term efficacy of innovative new therapies, and working collaboratively with private industry.   There is a…

Ireland The latest news from Irish pharma, including a big new R&D investment for Abbott; contact lens giant Bausch & Lomb’s EUR 90 million manufacturing investment; and a new report on the danger that confidential pricing agreements pose to sustainable medicine costs in the country.   Abbott confirms new €37.8m R&D…

Global Over the past 12 months, PharmaBoardroom has spoken to the heads of several key regulatory bodies across the world. While the approval processes for COVID-19 vaccines have evidently been top of their priority lists, other key topics discussed included the potential of data and AI to change the drug approval…

Turkey The president of the Investment Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey, Burak Dağlıoğlu, outlines the country’s current economic situation after posting the second-highest GDP growth among G20 countries in 2020, highlights the crucial role of the life sciences industry during the pandemic and the opportunities available for…

Singapore AstraZeneca (AZ)’s country president for Singapore, Vinod Narayanan, outlines the challenges of taking the reins at an affiliate against the backdrop of a pandemic and how the Anglo-Swedish company’s quest for a COVID-19 vaccine has opened up new partnership opportunities in the region. Narayanan also touches on Singapore’s open ecosystem…

Singapore One of the main supporting pillars of Singapore’s pharmaceutical industry is its magnificent manufacturing base. Not only does the city-state rank as one of the few countries on the planet that manages to export more medicaments than it imports, but it also plays host to over 50 pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities,…

Japan Writing in the August edition of DIA’s Global Forum, Kotone Matsuyama of the Nippon Medical School gives a run-through of Japan’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, from the organisation and communication of the country’s public health apparatus to the rollout of treatments and vaccines and the growing use of remote auditing…

Europe Writing in the August edition of DIA’s Global Forum, Sanofi R&D’s Thomas Kühler outlines the bumpy journey towards the full adoption of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) across Europe.   More than three years ago, in January 2018, the European Commission published a draft Regulation on Health Technology Assessment for the EU.…

Denmark In a wide-ranging interview, incoming director general of the Danish Medicines Agency Lars Bo Nielsen discusses the challenges that personalised medicine presents to regulators, building a stronger international presence for the Agency, and better leveraging the country’s world-class data infrastructure while respecting the EU’s data protection regulation.   Within Europe,…

UK British pharmaceuticals giant, GSK, one of the UK’s largest companies by market capitalization, is once again finding itself under the spotlight as analysts and shareholders alike continue to query the long-term business strategy of the iconic drug maker.   Until relatively recently, the drug developer had made a point of…

China In a comprehensive new piece, European Patent Attorney André Bourgouin and Adjunct Professor at CEIBS Eric Bouteiller examine the potential impact of China’s revision to its patent law on the country’s domestic biopharma innovation landscape and the ability of breakthrough drugs from MNCs to make it onto the Chinese market. …

Italy In recent months, a profound transformation has been occurring right at the core of the Italian pharmaceutical industry as the most significant reforms to market access within two decades start to take shape. While Mario Draghi’s energetic government has been dominating the headlines primarily for other reasons – namely sweeping…