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Taiwan Dr Michael Chang, founder and chairman of OBI Pharma, shares the history of his company’s beginnings and highlights the current progress of its innovative immune-oncology pipeline. Dr Chang goes on to comment on the condition of the Asian market while explaining his vision for OBI as a biotech role model…

Egypt Dr Sherif Rashed, managing partner and chairman of Magicpharma, explains how the company’s unique business model has allowed it to become one of the Top 50 pharmaceutical companies in Egypt in less than five years. He highlights Magicpharma’s ambitions in the areas of women’s health and supplements while improving the…

Sweden Sweden’s pharmaceutical exports shot up 27% in first quarter 2019, continuing an upward growth trend in an industry that is increasingly well-renowned internationally for its quality and high technology.   The Swedish healthcare and life sciences sector enjoys a good reputation abroad and is strongly associated with quality and innovation…

China The pharmaceutical industries of China and India, historically focused on their large domestic markets and exports to developed nations, are increasingly forging closer links. With US trade tariffs affecting both countries and regulatory reform underway in China, Indian firms are jumping at the chance to bring their competitively-priced drugs to…

China The company sold 551 million shares in the latest IPO on the Hong Kong Exchange and plans to invest half of its earnings in R&D. Hong Kong is now the second largest biotech funding hub in the world.    Hansoh Pharmaceutical, one of China’s fastest-growing pharma companies, raised a billion…

France The latest issue of Healthcare & Life Sciences Review France follows on from our March 2019 report and takes a closer look at the wider French life sciences value chain and the spirit of innovation and reform sweeping the nation.   A reform-minded and business-oriented administration under President Emmanuel Macron…

China China is a hot topic in Big Pharma investor updates these days. The world’s second-largest pharmaceutical market boasts sales growth that continuously surpasses that of the US and other developed regions. However, with the rollout of the “4+7” procurement scheme slashing drug prices, industry insiders are predicting a more turbulent…

Pharma Legal Handbook All of the Requirements for the Sanitary Registration of Medical Devices in Nicaragua. Prepared in association with Bendaña & Bendaña, a leading Nicaraguan law firm, this is an extract from The Pharma Legal Handbook: Nicaragua, available to purchase here for GBP 75.   CLASS I. LOW RISK: Sanitary license of the establishment,…

Europe The European MidPharma Performance Ranking 2019 is taken from The Novasecta European Midpharma Report 2019, which examines how European mid-cap pharma companies are surviving and thriving. With scores assigned to R&D investment, commercial revenues and business development, this is a comprehensive list of the recent performance of some of Europe’s…

Egypt Dr Wafik Bardissi, chairman and CEO of Minapharm, the only company to offer biosimilars in Egypt, highlights how the company has successfully developed biotech know-how by partnering with and acquiring German companies. He also emphasizes the need for more local manufacturing and improving biosimilar infrastructure in Egypt.   As Minapharm…

Algeria Yacine Sellam, president of the Algerian Society for Regulatory Affairs & Pharmacoeconomics, examines Algeria’s recent issues around medicine shortages, its root causes, and the measure being taken to counter it.   The smooth operation of the drug distribution chain in Algeria is compromised by its multiplicity of actors – from…

Taiwan Grace Yeh, president and founder of PharmaEngine, gives an update on the company’s recent growth and development of their second nanomedicine cancer treatment. Yeh goes on to explain the unique positioning of nanomedicine within oncology and Taiwan’s role as an active participant in the global fight against cancer.   PharmaEngine…