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China The latest China pharma news, including the upcoming first domestic approval for a foreign COVID-19 vaccine in June; the potential of Western China as a manufacturing hub; and EpimAb’s plan for a public stock offering in 2022 amid a booming global bispecific antibodies market.   Pharma Not Immune From Coming…

UK The latest UK pharma news, including how new investment in GSK stands to reshape the country’s iconic pharma giant; CDMO Sterling’s latest acquisition; and calls for a national registry to capture company payments to clinicians and patient support groups.   The 30 fastest-growing unquoted pharma companies in the UK (Consultancy.uk)…

Switzerland Biogen Switzerland’s Dr med Katharina Gasser outlines how her affiliate navigated the COVID-19 pandemic from an organisational and communication perspective, the increasing importance being given to mental health by the Swiss government, and the reimbursement and market challenges facing Biogen in 2021 and beyond.   2020 saw a lot of…

Switzerland Michael Altorfer, CEO of the Swiss Biotech Association, a membership organisation representing the interests of the Swiss biotech industry, discusses the evolution of the biotech sector in Switzerland, how the country’s ecosystem has helped foster success stories like Actelion, and the multilateral work being done to improve intellectual property protection…

Switzerland Antonella Santuccione Chadha*, Head of Stakeholder Engagement for Alzheimer’s disease at Biogen and co-founder and CEO of the Women’s Brain Project, dives into the non-profit organization’s role in rethinking the way we look at sex and gender as a gateway to precision medicine. She explains how artificial intelligence (AI) is…

Saudi Arabia The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents many of the world’s leading innovative biopharmaceutical research companies. Its executive director for the Middle East and Africa, Samir Khalil, discusses the need for a value-based pricing system in Saudi Arabia, the country’s successful COVID-19 response and how the Vision 2030…

Switzerland In a recent conversation with PharmaBoardroom, Michael Sidler of Redalpine Venture Partners, a venture capital (VC) firm aiming to support founders and start-ups in Europe, highlighted how the European VC & the Switzerland Biotech Investment space has evolved over the past decade and the funding challenges that remain. He also…

Switzerland Nerum Pharmaceuticals, a Switzerland-based start-up, is supplying high-grade cannabis products to nine countries around the world. CEO and Co-Founder Alex Pombo highlights how the company leverages their unique Swiss-Colombia connection, the dynamics shaping the cannabis product industry, and Nerum’s role supplying ingredients to businesses in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food…

Saudi Arabia Rubens Hannun, president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, discusses the commercial relationship between Brazil and Saudi Arabia, which now reaches over US USD three billion between imports and exports, the role of pharmaceuticals, the opportunities in halal products and their efforts to inform the Arab and Brazilian business…

Russia The latest Russia Pharma News, including Biocad’s ramping up of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing, Geropharm’s deal to produce insulin in Venezuela, the bypassing of Gilead’s Remdesivir IP, and the Russian government’s decision to delay approvals of Chinese vaccines in favor of local shots.   Russian Biocad plans to produce…

China In March 2018, German pharma player Boehringer Ingelheim (BI)‘s Consanas Rehabilitation and the Shanghai International Medical Center (SIMC) jointly established a Rehabilitation Medicine Center for stroke patients with the mission to bring and deliver German stroke rehabilitation treatment standards to patients in China.   According to Consanas Rehabilitation, there are…

China Dr Haijun Dong, recently appointed CEO of BioDuro-Sundia, shares his priorities for the newly merged entity, one of the largest Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing organizations (CRDMOs) in the world, his talent strategy, and the use of AI within the sector.   BioDuro has very strong capabilities on the discovery…