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USA Dr Gerard Anderson of Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health critiques the US response to the COVID-19 pandemic, before explaining how access and affordability in the US can be improved, and his outlook on the future of American public health.   To some extent, we are the poster…

Morocco Morocco has made admirable progress in building a national oncology network in recent years, but the country’s cancer patients still face significant challenges in terms of accessing the latest therapies. Here, the Morocco heads of companies with global portfolios of innovative cancer treatments discuss the current situation and how they…

Morocco Taher Hassen has been in position as GM for Morocco and Tunisia at Merck for four years, overseeing year-on-year double-digit growth for the affiliate ever since. His current priorities include facilitating greater access to innovation within Morocco and bringing Merck’s world-class technological know-how to the country.   Merck has been…

Morocco Iberma, one of the leading domestic pharma manufacturers in Morocco, has evolved significantly since its founding in 1994 to become the market leader in several therapeutic areas. The company also has an increasingly international footprint, with plans to capture new opportunities in Africa and Europe.   Karim Lahlou, who took…

Opinion Brendan Shaw takes a look at the rise of drone technology in medical product delivery and its implications for the future of healthcare.   What was once thought of as science fiction even a few years ago is rapidly becoming a commercial reality. While we have not yet seen regular…

Coronavirus In a recent interview with Financial Times, Sanofi CEO Paul Hudson set out to clarify some recent comments that the US would get priority access to a COVID-19 vaccine. He explained the firm’s collaboration with US research group BARDA and underscored that Sanofi is committed to bringing vaccines to all…

Coronavirus In an interview with Financial Times correspondent Leila Abboud at the FT Global Boardroom video conference on the 14th of May, Paul Hudson, CEO of French pharma firm Sanofi underscored the joint efforts between his company and GSK in hopes of bringing a viable Covid-19 vaccine to market more quickly.…

China Dr Joan Shen, CEO of I-Mab Biopharma, shares her impressive career journey across companies like Pfizer, Janssen and Jiangsu Hengrui, before joining I-Mab, as well as introducing what I-Mab 2.0 might look like for the NASDAQ-listed biotech, their clinical pipeline and her leadership philosophy.   Fundamentally, we need to keep…

Hong Kong Dr Desmond Hau, CEO of Pangenia Inc, sits down with PharmaBoardroom to shed light on the company’s progress since taking the reins three years ago. Hau also explains Pangenia’s strategy to develop their brand in South East Asia, the changes he foresees for the industry post the COVID-19 pandemic, and…

USA Jorge Alderete, president of ALK Americas, recently spoke to PharmaBoardroom about his 20+ years with the Danish mid-cap, the challenges in communicating the USA’s challenging market access environment to a European HQ, and why new models of patient-doctor interaction and medical distribution are crucial to ALK’s future success.   A…

Morocco Some of the more entrepreneurial Moroccan local laboratories have spotted an opening to leverage their knowledge of Sub Saharan African markets and to act as a conduit and partner for MNCs seeking to break into that region and penetrate those jurisdictions.   The African continent’s potential as a growth market…

Brazil The editorial team at Panorama Farmaceutico explain why coordinated action is needed within Brazilian pharma to reduce dependence on API imports from abroad and increase medical sovereignty. *   The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the global pharmaceutical industry’s dependence on markets such as India, the source of about 20 percent…