USA The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) approved no less than 55 new drugs in 2023, a number surpassing that of 2022 by almost 50 percent. While 28 rare disease treatments and five novel gene therapies got the green light, the agency also…
Portugal Sérgio Alves describes the personal and professional factors that drove his return to Portugal, where he draws on enriching experiences gained from working in various European markets. He also discusses how AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine served as a jumping-off point for more wide-ranging discussions with governmental stakeholders, and the affiliate’s positive…
United Kingdom The recent FDA decision to investigate the serious risk of patients developing new cancers after treatment with CAR-T therapies may have created some bad press around cell and gene therapies, but AstraZeneca has continued to consolidate its ambitions in the area with the acquisition of China-based cell therapy biotech, Gracell…
China The latest pharma industry and healthcare news coming out of China including AstraZeneca’s acquisition of Gracell Biotechnologies; the alarming drop in enrolment in China’s state health insurance system; Huadong Medicine/Impact Therapeutics cancer drug deal; new Changchun GeneScience Pharmaceutical R&D centre in Shanghai, and MGI Tech’s bet on Australia. AstraZeneca,…
United Kingdom AstraZeneca has made a bold move by offering its in-house digital clinical trial expertise to clinical research organisations (CROs) and other pharmaceutical companies via the launch of healthtech business Evinova. AstraZeneca’s apparent willingness to share expertise with its competitors has raised some eyebrows, but the British firm is steadfast in…
Hong Kong While much of PharmaBoardroom’s recent report on Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area looks at how Hong Kong is attempting to position itself as a development and financing hub for health tech start-ups, just as important are the multinational pharma companies with commercial operations in the city, providing Hong…
Morocco A highly experienced stalwart of the North African pharma industry, Amine Sekhri today heads up AstraZeneca’s operations in Morocco. In his latest PharmaBoardroom conversation, Sekhri shares his delight at the positive healthcare transformations taking place across Morocco and Africa, gives his insight into the market access landscape for AstraZeneca’s most…
LatAm A roundup of some of the latest news from Latin American pharma, including Acino’s acquisition of M8 Pharmaceuticals; AstraZeneca’s growth in Mexico; Neuraxpharm’s expansion into Brazil and Mexico, and Columbia’s decision to issue a compulsory license for GSK/ViiV’s HIV treatment. Colombia set to issue a compulsory license for an…
China Ongoing geopolitical tensions between China and the West have led the G7 group of countries to warn of the threat of “economic coercion” from China and the US to scrutinise Chinese investment in its biotech sector more closely. Against this backdrop, and despite many of the leading lights in global…
Hong Kong AstraZeneca, the largest overseas pharmaceutical company in mainland China by sales, is also the market leader in Hong Kong and Macau, a territory overseen by General Manager Shan Wu. She outlines the fundamentals behind the company’s success in Greater China, how AstraZeneca is working to bolster Hong Kong’s innovation and…
China A roundup of some of the latest healthcare and pharma news from China including a crackdown on healthcare corruption; AstraZeneca’s cardiovascular mortality drug approval and mRNA manufacturing deal with CanSino; Tigermed’s new Hong Kong HQ; GenScript Biotech/T-Maximum Biotech CAR-T agreement, and the Chinese cabinet’s renewed efforts to encourage foreign biotech…
Global The top 20 pharmaceutical companies in the world for the past year, according to Pharmaceutical Executive’s latest annual rankings. Pfizer holds sway at the top of the leaderboard, with its BioNTech-partnered COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty still generating an incredible USD 37.8 billion in 2022 and its COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid adding a…
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