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Pharma Legal Handbook Want to know more about localization in Portugal? Prepared in association with Cuatrecasas, a leading Iberian law firm, this is an extract from The Pharma Legal Handbook: Portugal, available to purchase here for GBP 99.     1. Are there any rules or regulations requiring and/or encouraging localization in your…

Pharma Legal Handbook Key legal info on biosimilars & biologics in Portugal. Prepared in association with Cuatrecasas, a leading Iberian law firm, this is an extract from The Pharma Legal Handbook: Portugal, available to purchase here for GBP 99.     1. Are biosimilar medicines considered the same as generic medicines in your…

Global The vital importance of robust supply chains and distribution networks has been foregrounded over the past year as the world struggled to ensure supply of PPE, medicines, diagnostics, and vaccines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. With logistics and distribution now at the forefront of the global pharma conversation, key players…

Singapore Changi Airport Group’s Ching Kiat LIM reflects on a challenging 2020 for the airline industry, Changi’s longstanding excellence in pharmaceutical distribution, and how COVID-19 has pushed a greater embrace of cutting-edge digital tools.   We see ourselves as the conductor of an orchestra, where all the instruments must play in…

Switzerland In a wide-ranging conversation, Martin Naville of AmCham Switzerland looks at the evolution of the Switzerland-US trade relationship and the importance of pharma within it, the pressing need for a free trade agreement between the two countries, and why Switzerland needs to “wake up” to remain globally competitive.   In…

Singapore The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is a double-edged sword for Singapore. While its economy has been hit by the global crisis, the island city-state is seeing an uptick in pharmaceutical manufacturing exports to countries looking to stock up on active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).   Singapore’s pharmaceutical output has jumped 86 percent…

Belgium Stakeholders from the Belgian parallel trade industry outline how their activities are helping to solve medicine shortages in Europe and ensure patients have access to the medicines they need. They also tackle some of the criticisms often levelled at parallel distributors and foreground the industry’s vital importance for Belgian, and…

Belgium Tanguy Schmitz, president of the Belgian Association of Parallel Importers & Exporters (BAPIE) outlines some of the recent work that the parallel distribution industry to ensure the supply of medicines across Belgium and Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic, rebuffs some of the negative stereotypes that the industry has garnered, and…

Belgium Filip Van de Vliet and Gérard Lefèbvre of Alter Pharma Group discuss the value that parallel importing is bringing to Belgian patients and the evolving relationship between parallel importers and the wider pharma industry. They also offer insights into Alter Pharma’s planned launch of generic medicines in the US market…

Czech Republic PharmaBoardroom’s latest report: Healthcare & Life Sciences Review: Czech Republic is available for download now.   Home to a USD 3.38 billion pharma market, one of Central and Eastern Europe’s most high-performing healthcare systems, and one of the region’s leading economies, the Czech Republic’s healthcare and life sciences market is…

UAE PharmaBoardroom’s latest country report gives an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of one of the most strategic and innovation-friendly nations on earth: The UAE.   The UAE’s pharma market was predicted to grow to USD four billion in 2020, representing a CAGR of 8.5 percent from 2019. The country sits at…

UAE Located in the heart of the UAE, Dubai Airports owns and manages the operation and development of both of the city’s airports, Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Central (DWC). Jochen Schnadt, VP of Aviation Business Management, explains why the pharmaceutical industry has been a success story within the special…