China A roundup of some of the biggest healthcare and pharma news from China including the exclusion of Pfizer’s Paxlovid from the country’s national insurance coverage, CanSino’s promising mRNA booster trial results, WuXi Biologics and GSK’s T-cell engager deal, Biocytogen and Hansoh’s antibody collaboration … Pfizer CEO rules out generic…
Global Over the past year, PharmaBoardroom has spoken to pharma executives the world over, collecting unique perspectives from all sides of the industry. Here are the ten most-read interviews of 2022 that range from conversations with one of Korea’s top CDMOs to the American generics association and the Italian regulatory agency,…
Americas In 2019 the pharma industry financed some 700 clinical studies in Latin America with investments of more than USD one billion and according to FIFARMA, the leading association of innovators in the region, LatAm currently supports about 10 percent of the world’s clinical research. Local industry leaders discuss the advantages…
Global The Access to Medicine Index, a biennial report that gauges the efforts of the world’s largest pharma companies to expand access in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), found in this year’s edition that the 20 companies surveyed have firmly responded to access issues exposed by COVID-19. GSK remains at the…
Brazil After a successful international career, Andre Vivan da Silva recently returned to his native Brazil to become GSK’s country manager. He explains the importance of vaccination, in Brazil, and HIV in a country where GSK’s products treat at least half of its HIV patients. He also speaks about the company’s…
Global Fortune’s new 50 Most Powerful Women in Business list features four representatives of Big Pharma, as well as a further four from powerful US health insurance corporations. The annual ranking is based on five criteria: the size and importance of a leader’s business in the global economy, the health…
Egypt Mohamed Ali Abd El Azim gives several insights into GSK’s sizeable production footprint in Egypt, how the organisation’s aims dovetail with Egypt’s healthcare transformation, and what makes him proud to work in pharma manufacturing. Our country is improving and reshaping the healthcare industry and we as GSK have the…
LatAm GSK’s head of Emerging Markets, Luis Arosemena, comments on the strategic importance of this wide-ranging country grouping for the company, the structure of his organisation in Latin America, the importance of the country manager role, and explains how strong institutions make up for volatility in Latin America. Five of…
Global Pharma companies no longer view digital as a “nice to have” add on, but as an integral part of their business, yet there are still quite a few hurdles to overcome. Insights from pharma industry digital transformation leaders. Industry is on a dedicated and focused journey to leverage data and…
Canada Some of the top stories coming out of Canadian healthcare and life sciences, including a new GSK flu vaccine deal, Amylyx Pharmaceuticals’ first approval for an ALS drug, and the Public Health Agency of Canada’s recent smallpox contracts with Chimerix and Bavarian Nordic. GSK flu vaccine deal renewal (Reuters)…
Global GSK has separated itself from its consumer healthcare business, newly named Haleon, home to brands such as Sensodyne and Advil. Now what? After underperforming in recent years, a few clinical trials fails and a resulting push for change from its investors, the breakup with its consumer healthcare arm was long-announced…
Ukraine Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been roundly condemned by the pharmaceutical industry and almost all Big Pharmas have pledged humanitarian support to Ukraine. However, not all companies have followed the lead of businesses in other industries in severing ties with Russia, citing the importance of continuing to supply essential medicines…
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