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Global Globally some 1.8 million children and young people (CYP) live with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) prevalence of the disease is on the rise. In many of these countries, health systems lack the resources to manage this complex chronic disease and the insulin used to…

Saudi Arabia Localising the production of medicines has become a core priority for the Saudi government over the past decade as it attempts to increase national health security, create highly skilled jobs, and grow the non-oil economy. Multinational innovators now have a wide range of incentives (as well as enforcement tactics) to…

Saudi Arabia With Saudi Arabia striving to position itself as a regional leader in biopharmaceutical R&D by 2030 and to cement itself as a global hub before 2040, there has been a coordinated attempt to align research centres across the country under a unified national framework. This National Biotech Strategy, unveiled by…

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia has long represented an alluring marketplace for the global MedTech industry. Not only does the Kingdom constitute the largest spender on healthcare across the Middle East and North Africa region, but its medical device sector has been experiencing consistent compound annual growth rates of over six percent and…

Saudi Arabia Eye health is vital to everyday life, yet it remains heavily underfunded compared to fields like cancer or diabetes. While global spending on oncology is set to reach USD 440 billion by 2028, ophthalmology will receive just USD 38 billion, according to IQVIA. This gap is striking given the growing…

Saudi Arabia With increased average disposable income in Saudi Arabia eliciting more sedentary lifestyles and less healthy dietary choices, more than 68 percent of all mortality in the Kingdom is nowadays attributed to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Not only does this come at immense cost to the public purse, but also presents a…

Saudi Arabia When it was first initiated back in 2016, in the wake of the launch of Vision 2030, few industry insiders could have anticipated just quite how radical Saudi Arabia’s Health Sector Transformation Program (HSTP) would turn out to be. Since then, several significant milestones have been reached – the retreat…

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia’s pharmaceuticals market grew an impressive 9.1 percent in 2024 underscoring its position as the regional heavyweight, and projecting a sales value of around USD 11.6 billion, which constitutes approximately 32 percent of the total share of the Middle East and Africa (MENA) region in the global marketplace. Yet…

Global Radioligand therapy (RLT), a specialized type of radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) that targets markers on tumor cells, is becoming a cancer treatment game changer. With a first FDA approval for Novartis’ Pluvicto, RLT has proved its potential. But are current regulatory frameworks and healthcare systems prepared to integrate this less-than-typical therapy?…

Switzerland Daniela Marino, CEO and co-founder of CUTISS, leads a pioneering Swiss “tech-bio” company developing personalised skin grafts through advanced tissue engineering. With roots in academic research and over EUR 90 million raised, CUTISS has brought its lead product into Phase III trials, targeting burns and reconstructive surgery. Their unique approach…

Switzerland Catherine Pickering, CEO of iOnctura, explains how her agile Swiss biotech is pioneering precision small-molecule therapies to overcome tumour resistance, with a focus on lead asset – roginolisib and a pipeline built on novel scientific mechanisms. She discusses the company’s evolution from seed funding through Series B and the role…

Switzerland Mads Stoustrup, co-founder and CEO of Azento Health, shares his journey from 22 years at Novo Nordisk to launching a science-driven startup focused on supporting patients undergoing GLP-1 treatment for obesity. Azento Health develops clinically backed probiotic supplements, designed to reduce gastrointestinal side effects and improve treatment adherence. Backed by…