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Egypt Building on a stellar career in pharma and medtech both in Egypt and internationally, Ahmed Ezz El-Din now serves as CEO of Cleopatra Hospitals Group, Egypt’s largest private hospital provider. Dr Ezz El-Din explains why implementing an organisational and management structure based on that of the pharma industry helps Cleopatra…

Global PharmaBoardroom’s network of thought leaders continued to provide some of our top content in 2022, covering topics such as Africa’s first integrated drug discovery platform,  Chinese vaccine exports, inequities in US healthcare, antimicrobial pollution and new pharmaceutical legislation in Europe. See our dedicated op-ed page for all of the year’s contributions…

Global CSL, Australia’s largest biopharma company, overcame the challenges of the pandemic-related decline in plasma collection and has since racked up wins such as the acquisition of Vifor, the largest in the company’s history, and the FDA approval of its gene therapy for haemophilia B. Newly appointed CEO Paul McKenzie takes…

Alvion John Bouros of Greek generics start-up Alvion outlines the company’s rapid development since its foundation back in 2014, its product and market selection strategy within Europe, partnerships, business development, and his ambitious goals for the firm’s future.   [We have] confidence that we will soon become one of the leading…

Europe Writing in the special December 2022 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Eli Lilly’s Mark Mayer, Pfizer’s Nick Sykes and Julie O’Brien, and the EFPIA’s Sini Eskola, Magda Chlebus, and Chloé Garay look at the EU regulatory system’s resourcing challenges and call for long-term multi-stakeholder engagement to help resolve them.…

China Writing in the special December 2022 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine – which focuses exclusively on decentralised clinical trials – on behalf of the DIA China Digital Health Community (DHC), Takeda’s Alicia He and Pfizer’s Mia Sun examine the progress made on decentralised and digitalised trials in China.  …

Egypt While universal health insurance is the talk of the town in Egypt today, private healthcare groups – serving up to 40 percent of the population in both the insurance and out-of-pocket markets – still have an important role to play. This role covers both providing high quality care to their…

UK Bernard Ross, a serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years’ senior experience at private and public board level across multiple industries, looks ahead to 2023 and highlights five key trends to watch in the medtech space. With the COVID-19 pandemic having fast-forwarded the adoption of medical device innovations to solve…

China Accestra Consulting’s Zhao Lu* looks back on a year in which China’s Center for Disease Evaluation (CDE) rejected a record-breaking number of drug applications, explores some of the main reasons behind these rejections, and suggests how applicants can avoid them in future.   In 2021, China’s Center for Disease Evaluation…

Spain What major regulatory trends are emerging in Europe and in Spain? As one of the founding partners of a law firm focused uniquely on the life sciences industry, Faus & Moliner Abogados, Jordi Faus has been confronting the industry’s unique legal issues for over 25 years. In a recent PharmaBoardroom…

Greece In Greece, both innovators and the generics industry find fault with the country’s rebates and clawbacks system, a hold over cost-containment measure from the country’s period of extreme economic turmoil. In conversation with PharmaBoardroom, Michael Himonas, GM of the Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies (SFEE) and Faye Kosmopolou, GM of…

Spain Faus & Moliner Abogados is a Spanish law firm that has been specializing in pharma and life sciences law since 1997. Founding partner Jordi Faus explains how having a comprehensive knowledge of the industry has become the firm’s competitive edge. He discusses the push for regulatory innovation among European regulators,…