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China China has made major healthcare strides over the past decade with regulatory reforms, infrastructure improvements, and the advancement of universal healthcare. While the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the need for further reform, the country continues to pursue the healthcare transformation goals established in its Health China 2030 program. These aspirations are…

Belgium PharmaScan BeLux is a non-profit organization established by pharma.be and Medaxes with the objective to collect and share reliable data on medicines delivered by pharmaceutical companies and distributors to healthcare institutions such as hospitals. CEO Michel Collard explains the rationale behind PharmaScan’s formation, uptake levels in its first year of…

Belgium Belgium’s drug reimbursement system has become increasingly lengthy and complex, compromising patient access to innovative medicines. The roadmap recently presented by the Minister of Health and the Belgian National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (INAMI) proposes a series of measures to speed up access, limit the duration of reimbursement…

Spain A roundup of the latest news from Spanish pharma, including Almirall’s earnings forecast for 2023; stock price rise and layoffs at Grifols; PharmaMar’s first European approval for its lurbinectedin treatment of metastatic Small Cell Lung Cancer and Esteve’s launch of the first inhaled rescue treatment for Parkinson’s patients.   Spain’s…

Greece Evangelos Zekkas outlines Help Pharma’s internationalisation journey in recent years, with the Greek firm’s exports now accounting for 60 percent of production and 50 percent of turnover. Zekkas, the company’s long-serving president and managing director, also gives his thoughts on Greek pharma’s role in Europe post-COVID more broadly, the challenges…

China A roundup of some of the biggest pharma and biotech news from China including the collaboration between Elektr and Sinopharm; Biocytogen’s partnership with Janssen and deal with Chipscreen Biosciences; China’s first personalised neoantigen-targeted cancer vaccine approval; the final green light for Sino Biopharm’s purchase of F-star, and AstraZeneca’s deal with…

Belgium Belgium, with a total of EUR 5.5 billion in R&D spending in 2021, is the country with the fourth largest research expenditure in the EU and the first per inhabitant.  As a recent study from Deloitte sponsored by the Belgian pharmaceutical industry association, pharma.be, shows, Belgium is also a leader…

UAE A roundup of the latest pharma news from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) including Julpher’s pursuit of its growth strategy with a new CEO, Global Pharma’s tech transfer deal with Egypt’s Nerhado and Pharma Solutions’ procurement of its first thalassemia generic.   AstraZeneca announces move to Dubai Science Park with…

India The latest news from the Indian pharma industry, including Dr. Reddy’s purchase of Mayne Pharma’s US portfolio; Sun Pharma’s acquisition of Concert Pharma; Bristol Myers Squibb’s expanded Indian footprint and the Cipla manufacturing site under FDA scrutiny.   Dr. Reddy’s to buy Mayne Pharma’s US business for USD 105 million…

USA As debate rages over where to lay the blame for the USA’s drug affordability crisis, Katie Payne, senior vice president for strategic communications for the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) sets out a defence of the country’s pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry. Payne instead raises concerns with big drug companies’…

Pharma Legal Handbook 1. Which are the main actors involved in public procurement and tendering? There is a high degree of decentralisation in public procurement in Spain. Regarding the public procurement and tendering services of medicinal products there are actors involved at a national level (MOH), regional level (the governments of the Autonomous…

Europe The Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) sector has flousished in recent years as Big Pharma has shifted its attention to its core R&D activities and outsourced other supply chain components, including manufacturing, to independent CDMOs. In Europe the CDMO market is expected to reach a revenue of nearly USD…