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Canada Biosimilar uptake initiatives are gaining traction across Canada and have already been implemented in several provinces. Dara Jospé and Lina Bensaidane of Fasken examine the impact of these policies on patients, prescribers, and pharmacists thus far, and the implications should non-medical biosimilar switching become a nationwide norm.   In the…

Egypt MSD’s managing director for Egypt, Libya, Sudan and Yemen, Hazem Abdel Samie, shares his perspective on recent changes within the American multinational and explains why Egypt’s move from a predominantly out-of-pocket market to a public system will open up many new opportunities. He also offers his view on the possibility…

Egypt Bayer’s Hatem Ismail introduces the company’s important work to help Egypt meet its ambitious Vision 2030 transformation goals; its significant footprint in the country across innovative pharmaceuticals, OTC drugs, and crop science products; and his bold ambitions for the affiliate’s future growth.   Bayer Egypt probably has one of the…

Italy Digitalisation has become a buzz word in in the global life sciences sector. In Italy, digital transformation has taken on special significance as one of the principal goals encompassed in the country’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan and a priority within its healthcare modernisation plans.   Novel solutions came out…

Italy Historically, SIFI has been a modest local player focused on ophthalmic products, but in recent years the company has set some ambitious goals for itself—becoming a leading force in European ophthalmic markets, breaking into orphan drugs and adding value in the glaucoma field—and is now seeing its ambitions become a…

Italy Collectively representing almost 400 companies operating in Italy, Farmindustria, Egualia (formerly Assogenerici) and Assobiotec respectively promote the interests of innovative pharmaceutical companies—both foreign and Italian-owned— the generics, biosimilars and value-added medicines sector, and biotech. Massimo Scaccabarozzi, former President of Farmindustria; Michele Uda, director general of Egualia, and Leonardo Vingiani, managing…

Egypt Roche Pharma General Manager in Egypt Mohamed Swilam shares his experience implementing a new operational model that is “challenging the status quo” of the pharma industry. He also explains the changing dynamics of the Egyptian pharma market – the fastest growing in the Middle East and Africa region – and…

Egypt The CEO of Egypt’s Universal Health Insurance Authority (UHIA) Hossam Sadek outlines the country’s strategy to provide healthcare coverage for the entire population by 2030, explains how the system will be financed, the first results from pilot programs across a few governorates, and the main challenges ahead, including a change…

Bahrain Dr Mariam Al Jalahma, CEO of the Kingdom of Bahrain’s National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) remarks on the healthcare transformation that led to the creation of the NHRA and explains the Bahraini regulatory body’s comprehensive responsibilities that range from the registration and pricing of essential medicines to the approval of…

Mexico Mexico’s pharma market, the second largest in Latin America and among the top 15 globally, is set to top USD 13 billion in sales by 2028. Despite the encouraging numbers, some industry insiders are bemoaning the current government’s healthcare missteps along with the country’s low public spending and regulatory hurdles.…

Japan Pfizer’s Kaneko Miyuki, writing in the September 2022 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, shines a light on Japan’s new emergency approval system for pharmaceuticals. Enacted in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Japan hopes that this new regulation will allow for a more rapid and agile response to future…

Egypt Takeda Egypt’s Samy Khalil gives an overview of the company’s presence in the country and the fundamentals behind its double-digit growth there, provides his view of the healthcare transformation of the country – both achievements and challenges – and explains why Egypt was added to Takeda’s Access Markets cluster.  …