France MaaT Pharma is entering a defining moment in its mission to bring microbiotherapies into areas of acute unmet need. Hervé Affagard recounts how a personal catalyst, an engineering mindset and early scientific partnerships shaped a platform now approaching its first potential approval for its first microbiome drug candidate. The journey…
France Biocodex has evolved from a pioneering French laboratory built around a single yeast strain into an international healthcare group spanning microbiota, women’s health and a focused orphan-disease activity. In this conversation, CEO Nicolas Coudurier reflects on the company’s scientific roots, its expansion across more than one hundred markets, and the…
USA Duane Barnes, President of Sobi North America, outlines how the company has rapidly expanded its presence in the region to become a key player in rare diseases, growing its US business more than twenty-fold over the past decade. He discusses Sobi’s strong focus on haematology and immunology, the company’s upcoming…
Denmark Michael Kocher, Chief Executive Officer of Xellia, brings over 15 years of pharmaceutical industry experience to his leadership role at the Danish API manufacturer. Under his leadership since October 2023, the company has undertaken a comprehensive strategic realignment, divesting its US operations while refocusing on its core competencies in fermentation-based…
Switzerland The World Health Organisation has highlighted antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as one of the leading global public health and development threats today. AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to antimicrobial medicines (including antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals and antiparasitics). This makes infections harder to treat…
China Despite an adverse funding panorama and looming geopolitical tensions, Chinese biotech is still thriving. Companies originating in China are advancing promising pipelines, going public, looking beyond China’s borders with a record 63 cross-region out-licensing deals in 2023, and attracting the attention of global pharma. Recent PharmaBoardroom interviewees weigh in on…
China CanSinoBIO was established to create high-quality, affordable vaccines for developing countries, addressing global health disparities. Having already developed an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine, the Chinese firm is now working on new TB and polio vaccines using advanced technologies. CEO and Chairman Yu Xuefeng outlines CanSino’s approach to IP protection and sharing,…
Global Marijn Verhoef, Director of Operations and Research at the Access to Medicine Foundation examines the interconnected challenges of drug shortages and antimicrobial resistance. Verhoef urges decisive and urgent action from the pharma companies that manufacture lifesaving antibiotics and antifungals to ensure that patients can get the right medicine when they…
China Chinese biotech Jacobio has made remarkable strides in pioneering first-in-class drug research, with their SHP2 inhibitor project only the second globally to initiate a clinical trial for a novel target and eventually licensed to AbbVie for approximately USD one billion in 2020. Chairman and CEO Dr Wang Yinxiang outlines Jacobio’sstrategic…
UAE Thanks to favourable regulations from the Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHaP) which include fast-track regulatory pathways, patients in the UAE are gaining access to innovative medicines in similar time frames to their counterparts in the US and Europe, in some cases even ahead. Against this backdrop, the representatives of…
UAE Ahmad Abu Dahab became the first Middle East employee for Swedish-headquartered haematology, immunology and specialty care player Sobi back in 2012 and now serves as VP for the entire Middle East, Turkey, and Northern Africa region. Abu Dahab explains some of the key trends at play in the rare diseases…
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…
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