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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…

Global DHL’s Larry St Onge outlines how the logistics giant adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the unprecedented cross-industry collaboration that emerged, and the potential for long-term transformation of biopharmaceutical distribution and logistics.   Supply chains will never be the same as they were pre-pandemic. This is now the “new-normal”…

Global With several COVID-19 vaccines gaining regulatory approval across the world in record time, a spotlight has been shone on the vaccines field more widely, notably the 30-year wait for a HIV vaccine. Janssen Global Therapeutic Area Head of Vaccines Johan Van Hoof recently sat down with PharmaBoardroom to discuss the…

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…

Global After a transformative 2020, Shawview Consulting’s Brendan Shaw looks into his crystal ball and makes five predictions (plus one) on the key trends that life sciences companies need to be aware of in 2021.   If 2020 taught us anything, it is that futurists and forecasters make their new year…

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 Norway has long held a strong international position in neuroscience and is home to Professors May-Britt and Edvard Moser, a married couple and the 2014 winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The Mosers, along with their former mentor John O’Keefe, won the award for their work on…

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…