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Korea Kyung Suk Kim, CEO of Corestem, the first company to receive approval for a stem cell therapy for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in Korea, recounts the firm’s main achievements since her previous interview with PharmaBoardroom in 2018. Dr Kim unveils Corestem’s new strategy to prioritise the US market and offers…

Roundup In recent pharma news from around Latin America, countries are beginning to manufacture their own tests and equipment for dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic so as to reduce dependence on outside sources. Moreover, as vaccines begin being developed globally, pharma firms are looking to Latin America to test their efficacy.…

Roundup A roundup of the latest news from Chinese biotechs, including a bumper IPO for Legend Biotech, a USD two million tie-up between Roche and Innovent Biologics, and a new Alphamab-Sanofi collaboration on KN026 in HER2+ Breast Cancer.   Fresh off ASCO myeloma data, Legend Bio gets USD 424 million in…

USA As of 11 June 2020, there have been over two million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the US and over 115,000 deaths, with the US having occupied the leading spot globally in terms of confirmed cases since late-March. While the pandemic has wreaked havoc across the entire country, advocates of…

Korea With over 30 years of experience in public office working in public health and pharmaceutical policy, food and drug safety regulations, national health and welfare policy, and overseas missions as a civil servant, Dr Bae Byuongjun now serves as president of the Korea National Enterprise for Clinical Trials (KoNECT). In…

Japan Japan’s pharma market is one of the world’s biggest, with a value of around USD 95 billion, according to figures from the country’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW). Japanese firms have a particularly strong standing in their home market, making up six of the country’s top ten pharma…

Belgium Stakeholders from the Belgian parallel trade industry outline how their activities are helping to solve medicine shortages in Europe and ensure patients have access to the medicines they need. They also tackle some of the criticisms often levelled at parallel distributors and foreground the industry’s vital importance for Belgian, and…

Algeria Drugs, biologicals and medical devices authorization fees are fixed as part of Finance Law in Algeria. Fees are payable by the person who makes the application or submits variations, in local currency for locally-manufactured products, and in convertible foreign currencies for imported ones.   The supplementary Finance Law for 2020…

Algeria In Algeria, the supplementary Finance Law for 2020 has just been published in the Official Gazette. This law materializes the authorities’ will to significantly ease the control of foreign investments in order to boost Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and to accelerate the diversification of the national economy.   Despite several…

Vaccines Vaccines are back on top of the pharma priority list as companies race against the clock to develop the first effective COVID-19 vaccine. Below we present the top 10 pharma companies producing vaccines globally, based on revenues from 2017 and projected revenues from 2024. GSK leads the pack with over…

Global ‘The Key Challenges: Life Sciences and Healthcare 2020’ is the latest report from Cornerstone International Group based on a global survey of stakeholders from across the life sciences healthcare (LSH) industry. The following is an extract on strategy. Click here to read the full report.   Compared to other businesses,…

USA Peter L Saltonstall, president and CEO of the US National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) shares the organization’s key priorities, what makes NORD a unique patient advocacy group in the US, prevailing access and affordability issues for American rare disease patients, and how the country should continue to incentivize a…