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Global In spite of the spectacular healthcare advances the world has seen in recent decades and increasing evidence that gender equality is not only an ethical necessity, but a decisive component of economic and social development, disparities in women’s health persist. At the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, diverse…

Global PharmaBoardroom’s network of thought leaders continued to provide some of our top content in 2022, covering topics such as Africa’s first integrated drug discovery platform,  Chinese vaccine exports, inequities in US healthcare, antimicrobial pollution and new pharmaceutical legislation in Europe. See our dedicated op-ed page for all of the year’s contributions…

UK Pricing and market access have become increasingly hot topics in recent years, as healthcare systems across the world attempt to balance their own financial sustainability with securing the latest medical innovations and the premium costs associated with them. Health inequity and access disparities exist between both rich and developing countries,…

South Korea After launching the first Korean COVID-19 vaccine, SKYCovione, SK Bioscience is preparing for its next big milestone, a US subsidiary, with the appointment of two new executives who are already securely anchored in the American life sciences ecosystem: former senior program officer in global health at the Bill & Melinda…

South Korea Chair & Founder, Regenerative Medicine Acceleration Foundation (RMAF), So Ra Park MD, PhD*, comments on the regenerative medicine ecosystem in Korea, the country’s new legislative approach to the field, and the Korean market’s strong potential for growth in Asia.   The first approval of a regenerative medicine product in Korea…

Spain The Pasqual Maragall Foundation is a Spanish non-profit research organization dedicated to the research of Alzheimer’s disease. Its director, Arcadi Navarro, takes from his decades-long scientific career in genomics to explain the main theories and discoveries shaping the push to find a next-generation treatment, or even possible cure, for Alzheimer’s.…

Denmark Denmark’s four largest pharma companies – Novo Nordisk, Lundbeck, LEO Pharma, and ALK – are all at least partly owned by independent foundations, which means that their profits are divided between their shareholders and the foundations themselves, with funds then channelled into academia and biotech start-ups. Here, a variety of…

Switzerland Lorenzo Ambrosini of the Agire Foundation introduces the major new innovation projects underway in the Italian-speaking Swiss canton of Ticino; the canton’s strong existing footprint in bioinformatics, AI, and computer modelling; and how it is looking to leverage its connections to the rest of Switzerland and to Italy.   A…

Global Dr Ann Aerts, head of the Novartis Foundation, highlights how the COVID-19 crisis has thrust artificial intelligence in healthcare into the limelight, and makes three bold predictions for the future of the field, especially in emerging countries.   As a true believer in the power of technology to transform health,…

UAE Dr Abdulkareem Sultan Al Olama, CEO of the Al Jalila Foundation, discusses the Foundation’s goal to position the UAE at the forefront of medical education and research, the importance of top-level international partnerships, as well as the Foundation’s exciting upcoming projects to propel the UAE as a hub for the…

Spain Cristina Garmendia, president of the Cotec Foundation, gives an overview of the innovation landscape in Spain and the steps needed to see this grow in the future. Furthermore, she gives advice based on her experiences with Genetrix, a company recently sold to Takeda, and she highlights what is next in…

Turkey Prof. Dr. Temel Yilmaz, president of the Turkish Diabetes Foundation, discussed how the disease has made a massive impact in country and what can be done to tackle the issue before it develops further. He also shares how the organization is working to improve the lives of diabetes patients in…