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Turkey Queisser Pharma is a German company focused on the OTC market through food supplements and medical devices. Its general manager for Turkey, Demet Eryilmaz, tells the “special” story of its major brand Doppelherz, analyzes the regulatory environment for OTC products in the country, and explains how the pandemic has transformed…

Global Karin Blumer, director of global patient engagement at Swiss giant Novartis, gives fascinating insights into the global patient advocacy landscape today and how Novartis interacts with it, the work being done on patient engagement and expectation management for the firm’s cutting-edge CAR-T therapies, and how a stronger patient voice can…

Global After 20 years, Novartis will no longer own one third of Roche’s shares after the two Swiss pharma giants agreed to a transaction worth USD 20.7 billion. While Roche touted the deal as the regaining of “full strategic flexibility”, Novartis argued that it was the right time to “monetize” its…

Asia-Pacific Asia has experienced a biotech boom in the past five years. In 2020, almost 50 percent of the region’s clinical trials were led by biotechs and by 2025, biotech-led clinical trials will far exceed those led by Big Pharma, according to IQVIA. However, the region’s biotechs face a myriad of…

Denmark Erik Jylling of the Danish Regions, the organisation charged with healthcare management for each of Denmark’s five regions, outlines the advantages and challenges which persist within Danish healthcare and sounds a clarion call for faster adaptation and greater collaboration with private industry.   The innovation power that private enterprises have…

Germany The latest news from German pharma, including Bayer’s USD 2 billion acquisition of San Diego’s Vividion Therapeutics; Boehringer Ingelheim’s new investment in a Vienna production facility; BioNTech’s plans to inaugurate an mRNA manufacturing network in Africa; and the termination of the GSK/Merck KGaA cancer drug partnership.   German drug giant…

Saudi Arabia In a recent royal decree, Saudi Arabia has appointed Fahad Al-Jalajel as its Minister of Health, replacing Dr Tawfiz Al-Rabia who had served since 2016. Here, we give a quick run-through of Al-Jalajel’s career thus far.   The holder of a bachelor’s degree in computer science from King Saud University,…

Saudi Arabia Biogen’s manager for the Middle East, Africa, Russia & CIS, Turkey (MART), Ajai Sulekh, discusses the company’s five-pillar strategy to expand its footprint in the region, the importance of its newly established technical & scientific office in Saudi Arabia, and why the Kingdom is part of “almost every discussion” about…

Denmark Data has been collected within Danish healthcare for more than 40 years, extending beyond the national patient registry to include a broad range of data points, from IVF to the birth registry, abortion, the weight and height of children, and much more. Danes tend to have a high level of…

Turkey In the world’s 18th largest market, recent pricing struggles have pushed some companies to revaluate their investment approach. Multinational organizations are complying with localization policies but are divided between having their own plant or partnering with a local CMO provider – although all of them appear to agree on one…

USA Paediatric oncologist Navin Pinto, MD outlines the current use and potential of CAR-T therapies in his field, including the manufacturing challenges that still need to be addressed. Dr Pinto also explains how the work of his CAR-T team at the University of Washington School of Medicine could provide proof of…

Saudi Arabia Siemens Healthineers’ CEO for the Middle East and Southern and Eastern Africa, Ole Per Maloy, outlines the company’s different business models in the region, how it chooses partners in markets where Siemens Healthineers previously operated indirectly, and explains how the Varian acquisition will allow the organisation to provide comprehensive cancer…