Argentina Has Argentina, for years one of the economic basket cases of Latin America, finally turned a corner? And is its pharma industry set for a bounce back? Firebrand TV pundit-turned politician Javier Milei was elected President in late 2023 on a promise to slash public spending and state intervention.…
Argentina Gala Díaz Langou, a senior analyst and executive director at Argentina’s premier think tank CIPPEC, assesses the country’s recent transformative journey under President Milei. Drawing on 25 years of institutional expertise, she outlines a framework for development based on macroeconomic stability, sustainable growth, and robust democratic institutions. Her analysis explores…
Puerto Rico Across over 50 interviews with Puerto Rican government and industry stakeholders, energy supply was continuously identified as the main barrier to growth. Puerto Rico’s ageing, centralised, and fossil fuel–dependent power system remains vulnerable to disruption from hurricanes and other natural events. However, new investments in renewables, battery storage, and decentralised…
Puerto Rico Carlos Ceinos, President & Co-Founder of Principia, leads a Puerto Rico-based consulting firm focused on automation, MES, project management, and validation for the biopharmaceutical industry. Since 2019, the company has doubled in size and expanded into the U.S. and Canada, driven by expertise, trust, and flexibility. Now entering a management…
Global Originally seen as occasional service providers for the pharma industry, contract development and manufacturing organisations (CDMOs) have become vital strategic partners. Helping pharma and biotech companies advance their therapies through their outsourced services, CDMOs have demonstrated their ability to respond to the industry’s shifting priorities as well as its pre-…
India The top 10 Indian pharma companies ranked by market capitalization as of June 2023, compiled by Global Data. Way out in front is Sun Pharma, followed by Dr Reddy’s and Cipla. Made with Visme Infographic Maker
Morocco Morocco is undergoing ambitious reforms, extending universal healthcare coverage to all its citizens while resolving the shortcomings laid bare during the COVID-19 pandemic. Endorsed by a USD 450 million Program-for-Results loan from the World Bank, the government’s plans have been well received by the country’s healthcare and life sciences stakeholders…
Global Claudia Martínez, generic & biosimilar medicines programme manager at the Access to Medicine Foundation, draws from a recent AMF report to outline what more generics companies can be doing to ensure greater access to their essential products. Martinez argues that for people living in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), generic and…
Morocco The COVID-19 pandemic exposed Africa’s dependence on overseas production as vaccines were quickly rolled out in other parts of the world while African countries remained at the bottom of the list. The need to build capacity on the continent has been widely recognized, but few Western actors have yet made…
Morocco MARBIO, a new vaccine manufacturing joint venture in Morocco, is the result of a partnership between the BAB banking consortium (Bank of Africa, Banque Centrale Populaire, and Attijariwafa Bank), Swedish CDMO Recipharm and the Mohammed VI Fund. Recipharm CEO Marc Funk and MARBIO General Manager Younès Hillali outline the scale…
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…
India The latest news from the Indian pharma industry, including Dr. Reddy’s purchase of Mayne Pharma’s US portfolio; Sun Pharma’s acquisition of Concert Pharma; Bristol Myers Squibb’s expanded Indian footprint and the Cipla manufacturing site under FDA scrutiny. Dr. Reddy’s to buy Mayne Pharma’s US business for USD 105 million…
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