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Global Dr Muhammad Ali Pate, Global Director for Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank as well as Director of the Global Financing Facility for Women, Children and Adolescents, reflects on the impact of the current COVID-19 pandemic on the work that the global institution has been doing to promote…

Italy In July 2020, Italy became the first country in the world to mandate pharma companies to disclose data surrounding public subsidies received for the development of new drugs. The decree came almost a year after an Italy-led World Health Assembly (WHA) resolution on transparency of markets for health products, comes…

Belgium An overview of health and healthcare in Belgium with data on the country’s leading causes of death, healthcare expenditure and hospital infrastructure.   The top 10 causes of death in Belgium; ischemic heart disease stayed at number one between 2007 and 2017. Made with Visme Infographic Maker   Current levels of…

Canada Up-to-date data and infographics on the Canadian pharma market including an overview of market dynamics, pharmaceutical and biologics spending, production costs, and pricing changes.   Canada pharma data overview. Made with Visme Infographic Maker   Pharmaceutical spending as a percentage of GDP in Canada (international comparison). Made with Visme Infographic Maker  …

Europe A selection of data on the Nordic pharma markets (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden), including market value, R&D spend, production, exports and imports, employment, generics penetration, and healthcare spending based on 2020 data from the EFPIA.    Sweden is the largest pharma market in the region, boasting a market…

Roundup A roundup of the latest news from pharma in the Middle East and Africa including China’s announcement that it will be prioritising Africa for access to its COVID-19 vaccine, UAE firm Mubadala’s latest US investment, Saudi Arabia’s continuing digitalisation push, and Algeria’s plan to export USD five billion in domestically…

Norway Norway, known more for its expertise in oil and gas and marine biology than in health innovation, is home to increasing numbers of innovative medical technology start-ups. Here are five of the most exciting such companies, as selected by Kathrine Myhre, founder and CEO of Oslo-based innovation cluster Norway Health…

Asia-Pacific In an exclusive and wide-ranging interview, Takeda APAC SVP Thomas Willemsen outlines his strategy for bringing the company’s specialty pharma portfolio to the diverse group of countries that make up the APAC region, the potential significance of Takeda’s upcoming dengue vaccine, and what Asia’s contribution to global healthcare and life…

USA Michael Ciarametaro, VP for Research at the US National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC), outlines issues surrounding the outdated Medicaid Best Price (MBP) and why there is a dire need for payment innovations to provide a way for US payers and manufacturers to share financial risk and ultimately ensure that patients can…

Asia-Pacific Andrew Hexter, VP and GM of Gilead Asia 5 (Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Malaysia), shares the highlights of his past three years leading the diverse region, the significance of Asian markets being the first to approve remdesivir as a COVID-19 treatment, and the importance of public-private partnerships…

Coronavirus During the fourth International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) COVID-19 media briefing, one thematic dominated: collaboration. With Eli Lilly chairman and CEO David Ricks, also president of IFPMA; Roche CEO Dr Severin Schwan, also vice-president of IFPMA; Pfizer chairman and CEO Dr Albert Bourla; MSD (Merck & Co.…

Coronavirus Top global pharma executives involved in the development of COVID-19 vaccines have stated their commitment to not rushing the release of any potential vaccine without it passing through the full clinical trial process and proving to be safe and effective. Albert Bourla of Pfizer and Kenneth Frazier of Merck (MSD…