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France The latest news from French healthcare and pharma, including an update on the hospital crisis; MaaT Pharma and Skyepharma’s new cGMP microbiome facility; Sanofi’s offloading of central nervous system drugs to Pharmanovia and Servier’s EUR 120 million investment in its largest global site located in France.   Hospital crisis: at…

India A roundup of some of the top stories from the Indian pharma industry including the suspension of the National Medical Commission’s (NMC) guidelines making the prescription of generic drugs mandatory; the government’s revision of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) in light of deaths linked to Indian-made cough syrups; Torrent Pharma’s new…

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…

UK The latest news from UK healthcare and life sciences, including the safety review of Novo Nordisk’s GLP-1 receptor agonists; VaxEquity’s grant to scale up RNA vaccine manufacturing; AstraZeneca/Quell Therapeutics cell therapy agreement and GSK’s acquisition of Bellus Health.   More evidence needed on Lilly’s weight loss drug, UK watchdog says…

Mexico The latest from Mexican pharma, including the distribution agreement between Dow and Azelis, Neuraxpharm’s new LatAm subsidiaries in Mexico and Brazil; Landsteiner Scientific’s restructure, and Merck’s plant expansion in Naucalpan.   Dow and Azelis México, distribution partners for the pharmaceutical market (T21, in Spanish) Dow announced its alliance with Azelis,…

China A roundup of some of the biggest recent stories coming out of China, including the commerce minister’s peace offering to international drug companies; CSPC Pharmaceutical Group’s partnership with Pfizer; Merck’s EUR 70 million manufacturing investment; the licensing agreement between Zhejiang Doer Biologics and BioNTech, and Moderna’s deal to develop and…

Turkey A roundup of the latest pharma and healthcare news from Turkey including Omya’s new Turkish manufacturing site, Santa Farma’s fourth EU-GMP certification and the collaboration agreement between BioNTech and Turkey’s Koç University.   Omya production site in Turkey gains health authority approval (OutsourcingPharma) Swiss company, Omya, has gained official Turkish…

Spain The latest news from Spanish pharmaceuticals and healthcare, including national champion Esteve’s decision to sell of a quarter of its stock to German private investment firm Lubea; news of pharma’s increased weighting in Spain’s exports for 2022; and why – bolstered by EU recovery funds – the country has a…

Korea A roundup of some of the most important recent stories from the burgeoning South Korean pharma and biotech industry, including a government plan to expand collaboration with the global innovation hub in Boston, US; a list of some of the country’s most important biotech companies; and Medtronic’s move to purchase…

Brazil The latest pharma news from Brazil, including Daiichi Sankyo’s new plant; Bristol Myers Squibb’s re-entry into Brazil’s cardiology market; the Anvisa approval of HIV prevention drug, cabotegravir; Merck’s gamble on the Brazilian obesity market and Novo Nordisk’s patent extension denial.   Japan’s Daiichi Sankyo invests $80 million to expand Brazilian…

China A roundup of some of the most significant recent stories from the Chinese pharmaceutical industry, including a slate of international investment which seems to suggest that – despite ongoing political tensions – China remains an attractive market for multinational pharma.   AstraZeneca defies geopolitics to bet on China – Financial…

UK The latest news from UK healthcare and the life sciences, including a record rise in the number of people using private healthcare services due to significant strains on the National Health Service (NHS); reaction to the government’s latest Life Science Plan; and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)’s…