MEA Some of the top recent stories from pharma and healthcare in the Middle East and Africa, including Saudi Arabia’s pharma pitch to US investors, a new fund to bring forward Saudi biotechs, Egypt’s collaboration with Turkey on pharma manufacturing, and China’s ‘health silk road’ in Africa. Saudi Arabia pitches…
LatAm Haig Yeghiaian, General Manager at LEO Pharma Brazil, brings extensive therapeutic area expertise spanning HIV, nephrology, and dermatology to his leadership of the company’s multifaceted Brazilian operations. Under his stewardship, LEO Pharma has evolved from a traditional retail-focused dermatology company into a diversified enterprise operating across six distinct market segments…
France With over two decades of international experience in the pharmaceutical industry, Olivier Zambelli brings both strategic vision and a deeply human approach to his role as President and General Manager of Astellas France. Joining at a time of profound transformation for the organisation, he is leading the affiliate through a…
Taiwan Professor Pan Chyr Yang is a clinician-scientist with an MD and PhD in pulmonary medicine, holding joint appointments at Academia Sinica and former university leadership roles in National Taiwan University. Recognised for pioneering non-smoker lung cancer screening methodologies in Asia, he has established national surveillance programmes now adopted across the region.…
Hong Kong GSK Hong Kong’s first year under Nicholas Teo marks a period of rapid evolution in the city’s healthcare system, from the strengthening of primary care to a deeper reliance on real world evidence and closer collaboration across government, academia and insurers. The affiliate is advancing a balanced portfolio in specialty…
Switzerland One in six infections worldwide is now resistant to first-line antibiotics, making antimicrobial resistance (AMR) a major global health threat. Despite an extremely challenging commercial landscape, a handful of bold startups continue to innovate in this space, but can they turn the tide? Microorganisms that develop AMR were directly…
Switzerland For a tiny Alpine nation nestled deep in the interior of continental Europe, Switzerland boasts a spectacularly vibrant biotech scene. This is because “the country manages to leverage its compact geography to achieve unprecedented levels of collaboration across key innovation hubs, rendering it possible to forge strong networks and partnerships…
Switzerland Helsinn has recently entered one of the most consequential transformations in its history. As it prepares for a new transition at the helm of the company, Executive Chairman Riccardo Braglia and outgoing Group CEO Melanie Rolli reflect on a period marked by strategic separation, operational reinvention, and renewed therapeutic ambition.…
UK First published in the November 2025 edition of DIA’s Global Forum, this piece by Jane Morrin O’Rourke, Naho Yamazaki, Becky Purvis (HRA) and Mandy Budwal-Jagait, Jason Wakelin-Smith and Kingyin Lee (MHRA) dives into one of the UK’s most urgent research challenges: how to make clinical trials genuinely inclusive. The authors…
Mexico Miguel Marti highlights Mexico as the Cardinal Health’s top market in Latin America, representing 25 percent of regional operations. Key priorities include thrombosis prevention, enteral nutrition, and surgical gloves. With a strong focus on public-private sector balance, compliance, and innovation, Marti underscores Cardinal Health’s commitment to tailored healthcare solutions, local…
USA Norman Stoffregen, SVP and Site Head at Enzene Inc., explains how the US arm of India’s Enzene Biosciences is introducing its cost-efficient, continuous manufacturing model to the US CDMO market. With a state-of-the-art facility in Hopewell, New Jersey, Enzene supports mid-sized biopharma clients with flexible, small-footprint biologics production. By combining…
LatAm Adium is one of Latin America’s most expansive pharmaceutical groups, operating across 18 countries with a workforce of 7,000 employees. The organisation has unified its brand identity across the region whilst establishing world-class infrastructure and capabilities spanning oncology, rare diseases, and speciality therapeutics. The company´s strategic vision centres on positioning…
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