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China 2019 was a landmark year for the Chinese healthcare industry.* Since the publication of the ‘Healthy China 2030’ blueprint in 2016 by the Chinese government, the entire sector has been virtually turned upside down. Against the warm backdrop of regulatory support, a series of policy changes were unveiled in the…

Belgium The top 20 pharma companies in Belgium ranked by revenue for the financial year 2019. EG Generics is way out in front with EUR 210 million in revenue, followed by Novartis Pharma and Janssen-Cilag.   Made with Visme Infographic Maker   The top 20 pharma companies in Belgium ranked by…

Romania Highlighting the top 50 pharma companies in Romania by value for the year ending December 2019. Multinationals MSD, Sanofi and Novartis top the list, but regional players such as Romanian firm Antibiotice, Slovenian Krka and Czech-headquartered  Zentiva are also represented.    Made with Visme Infographic Maker

Romania Pascal Robin, country chair of Sanofi and general manager of Sanofi Pasteur for Romania and Moldova, shares his insights on the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that helped Sanofi become a market leader in Romania. He reveals how the affiliate’s well-diversified portfolio is adapted to Romanian needs and how it is…

UAE NewBridge Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharma company with Dubai as its regional headquarters for the MENA region, is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2020. President and CEO Joe Henein discusses the company’s journey to becoming the partner of choice for US and European companies looking to bring their innovative products to…

Romania Dominika Kovacs, country manager of Takeda Romania, shares her insights on the growing pipeline of the organisation and the anticipated launch of a state-of-art stem cell therapy. She highlights the organisational changes in the last year, and how they have been inducive to double-digit growth for Takeda. Additionally, she reveals…

Belgium Luxembourg Brecht Vanneste, associate VP and managing director of MSD in Belgium and Luxembourg, highlights the strategic significance of the affiliate as an important location for early-stage clinical trials and home to the company’s Heist-op-den-Berg production facility, a key manufacturing site for the global group. Vanneste delivers a strong message about…

Global To celebrate International Women’s Day 2020, PharmaBoardroom brings you insights from some of the most inspirational female industry leaders we have had the privilege of talking to over the past 12 months.   Janet Woodcock, Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), US FDA     Science really can…

Belgium Teun Grooters, co-founder and CEO of Arega – the exclusive distributor of Teva generics in Belgium – tells the story of the newly founded pharmaceutical company and shares his future ambitions to grow the organization into a multinational player delivering comprehensive solutions in areas with unmet medical needs. Grooters also…

Europe EFPIA’s Nathalie Moll highlights how Europe can reverse its decline in the global medical research standings and once again make the continent a world leader in medical innovation.   If the content of the Pharmaceutical Strategy undermines the ambition of the Industrial Strategy then there is a very real, immediate…

UAE With a combined experience of over five decades in the pharmaceutical industry including senior executive roles at companies such as Merck and Janssen, Karim Smaira and Kamel Ghammachi have come a long way with Genpharm, the Dubai-based market access company they founded in 2012. After years of learning the ins…

Czech Republic Paul-François Cossa, country chair of Sanofi Czech Republic & Slovakia and General Manager CHC, reviews the outstanding performance of the company in 2019, breaks down his new vision for Sanofi in the Czech Republic and Slovakia after the divestment of Zentiva at the end of 2018, and explains how it…