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UAE Working non-stop to catch up with its footprint in other regions, Boston Scientific is investing heavily in the MENA markets. Tarek El Rahbani, managing director for the region, shares the company’s change in strategy, opting to have enhanced direct presence in the region. Moreover, he explains why Boston Scientific’s therapies…

Belgium Janssen in Belgium was founded in 1953 by Dr Paul Janssen, with only one thing in mind: saving people’s lives through the development of better medicines. In 1961, the company was acquired by Johnson & Johnson. Sonja Willems, managing director of Janssen Benelux, discusses the company’s response to the COVID-19…

Turkey The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread rapidly across the globe amid critical supply shortages of medical devices and medicines. The rapid spread of the virus, on the one hand, threatens supply chains and causes shortages, on the other hand, it also strengthens global solidarity.   Brands from different sectors make an…

China Top recent news from Chinese pharma, including listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Junshi’s out-licensing of a potential COVID-19 treatment to Lilly, and Ascentage being granted US FDA orphan drug status for its leukaemia candidate.   Hong Kong IPOs Pick Up the Pace as China Restarts https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/hong-kong-ipos-pick-up-the-pace-as-china-restarts-ecm-watch Initial public…

USA Carol Lynch of Sandoz US talks candidly on the US generics market from an international perspective, market access, biosimilars uptake, talent attraction, and navigating the COVID-19 crisis.   The US is the largest generics market in the world, so it is an absolutely key market for Sandoz, representing around 26…

Opinion DataArt’s Daniel Piekarz looks at how machine learning and artificial intelligence can play into the important task of drug repurposing, potentially providing solutions to the most pressing healthcare concerns of today, including the COVID-19 pandemic.   “Standing on the shoulders of giants” is a metaphor, made famous by Isaac Newton,…

LatAm Argentina Below we highlight recent news in the Latin America region, focusing on Argentina, Colombia and Chile. Top stories cover the fight against COVID-19, economic uncertainty in the Mercosur region, and Latin American involvement in disease research.     Argentina to receive 45,000 virus detection tests as part of a bigger emergency…

Long Read Accounting for less than two percent of the global pharmaceutical market, the Middle East has long been somewhat overlooked by many drug makers, most of whom seemed more intent on chasing demand in the decidedly more populous Asian market space. But, with an estimated annual growth rate of 10 percent,…

Taiwan Taiwan Bio Industry Organization Chairman Dr Johnsee Lee outlines the Taiwanese biopharmaceutical industry’s rapid and coordinated response to the COVID-19 crisis and also explains how Quark Biosciences’ diagnostics and precision medicine expertise is aiding this effort.   The silver lining of the crisis is that it has provided opportunities for…

Belgium Professor Sylvie Rottey, president of the Belgian Society of Medical Oncology (BSMO) outlines the state of cancer care in Belgium, the country’s positioning in clinical trials for medical oncology, and how the importance of the Society’s network of international partnerships.   We need to have everyone on board, in order…

Morocco Dr Driss Chaoui, CEO of Afric-Phar, one of the leading domestic companies in Moroccan pharma, provides insight into the major developments that have taken place at the company since we last interviewed him in 2015. These include the opening of an R&D laboratory, new partnerships established with MNCs to distribute…

Belgium Erik Present is president of Healixia, a newly formed association for medical professionals in Belgium. Present introduces the mission and purpose of Healixia, the work it is currently undertaking in terms of development, education, training and networking opportunities, and the role of the association within Belgium’s broader healthcare and life…