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Opinion Richie Etwaru, Human Data Ethicist, and CEO of Hu-manity.co issues a warning to the pharmaceutical industry: Build trust with the consumer and change the narrative of public perception, before it is too late.   There is a ¼ trillion-dollar torpedo pointing at Pharma’s biggest weakness, the pharma industry never had…

Opinion Kevin Rufang Huang is the president and founder of the Chinese Organization for Rare Disorders (CORD). A rare disease patient himself, he is responsible for bringing“International Rare Disease Day” to China. Consequently, rare diseases now have much more visibility in the country. As an expert on the subject, Kevin breaks…

Opinion Drug development in rare diseases is currently in a very exciting time. While much of the focus is on the scientific advances,  access to rare disease patients and well-designed clinical trials are also essential to evaluating new therapeutics. In this article, PJ Brooks, Program Director at the Office of Rare…

China What do executive recruitment firms look for when hiring country managers for multinational pharma companies in some of the world’s most challenging markets? Eric Bouteiller and Simon Wan of  Cornerstone International Group outline what they look for in potential candidates for country manager positions in China.   The Ideal China…

Spain Silvia Casellas, CEO of Anagram, a Spanish CRO, discusses the challenges of the consolidation process the company has gone in recent years, the reasons for the boom in Spain’s clinical trials ecosystem, and the importance of a close-knit client-to-service-provider relationship for CROs today.   We are the first Spanish company…

MENA The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s pharmaceutical market is projected to reach a value of around USD 60 billion by 2025 according to reporting from TradeArabia. The most impressive growth is coming from the UAE, but North African giants Egypt and Algeria are also significant contributors.   Factors…

India Aditya Bhattacharji is Healthcare Practice Head at Eurasia Group. In this article, he looks at India’s ambitious healthcare insurance scheme, “Modicare” and delves into some of its critical challenges and associated opportunities for private players.   In theory, India’s states will be able to fine tune Modicare’s implementation to meet their…

Spain Teresa Chavarria Gimenez, director general of planning, research and training at the Ministry of Health of the Community of Madrid, highlights her role and the BioMad initiative as they look to position Madrid on the European and global biotech map.   We want to facilitate the collaboration of the public…

China Dr John Gong, CEO of 3D Medicines, shares the company’s ‘3D – diagnostics, data, and drug development’ approach to cancer precision medicine; his philosophy of putting patient needs at the core of the company; the innovation behind their flagship product, a subcutaneous injection PD-L1 antibody that is also stable at…

Spain Rafael Mella, general manager of Nordic Pharma Spain & Portugal, highlights the steps he has taken to set-up the foundations for the company in the Spanish market and how he has overcome the challenges of the fragmented healthcare system. Furthermore, he gives insight into the Nordic’s game-changing Rheumatoid Arthritis product,…

Trends As we move further into 2019, Emmanuel Fombu, MD, MBA: Author and Global Commercial Strategy and Digital Innovation Leader at Johnson and Johnson, reflects on what to expect from the rest of the year and beyond in the pharmaceutical landscape. The battle for market share in the future will likely…

Diversity Annually, PharmaBoardroom conducts hundreds of interviews with global CEO’s, country managers and industry leaders in the pharma industry. While we have crossed paths with many inspiring females in these positions, out of the top 50 pharma companies, only 3 are headed by women. That is a mere 6% — this…