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France Valued fifth globally in terms of overall revenues and enjoying year-on-year growth rates exceeding five percent, the French pharma market is undeniably one of the great global life science powerhouses, playing host to virtually all top-tier, big-brand biopharma. Yet alongside its well-forged reputation for sophisticated healthcare infrastructure, manufacturing excellence, and…

France France’s minority government has forced through a Social Security & Healthcare Bill for 2026 containing EUR five billion in healthcare cuts. For the country’s beleaguered innovative pharma industry, this Bill represents yet another setback, with stakeholders warning of more access delays, listing withdrawals, and unnecessary patient suffering.   PLFSS 2026:…

France Virginie Beaumeunier, head of France’s CEPS, brings deep expertise in competition law and economic regulation to pharmaceutical pricing. Her background—including roles at the Finance Inspectorate and Competition Authority—shapes her approach to balancing innovation, cost control, and industrial sovereignty. This interview highlights France’s evolving regulatory landscape, marked by a shift toward…

Europe The Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) sector has flousished in recent years as Big Pharma has shifted its attention to its core R&D activities and outsourced other supply chain components, including manufacturing, to independent CDMOs. In Europe the CDMO market is expected to reach a revenue of nearly USD…

South Korea After launching the first Korean COVID-19 vaccine, SKYCovione, SK Bioscience is preparing for its next big milestone, a US subsidiary, with the appointment of two new executives who are already securely anchored in the American life sciences ecosystem: former senior program officer in global health at the Bill & Melinda…

Morocco CEO Abdelhakim Tahri introduces women’s health player Gynebio Pharma, how the company is disrupting the Moroccan pharmaceutical industry through its range of contraceptive and fertility products, and his vision for regional expansion.   Our major focus when creating Gynebio Pharma was creating a company and a production facility that would…

Spain Inês Correia, general manager of the Iberia affiliate of HRA Pharma, a fast-growing consumer healthcare company and leader in women’s health, discusses her transition to the company and challenges in the Spanish environment in the context of emergency contraception (EC). Furthermore, Correia elaborates on HRA Pharma’s strong strategy in the…

France Maurice-Pierre Planel, president of the CEPS (Comité économique des produits de santé), details how the French government is unique in the way that they engage in drug pricing and comments on how the transformation of the French healthcare system will impact the CEPS’s role in price negotiation.   You are…

Hong Kong Benjamin Chan of MediConcepts – a Hong Kong-based medtech CDMO – outlines the potential impact of the Greater Bay Area Initiative on Hong Kong medtech, and the key factors behind his company’s success.   Benjamin, as an industry veteran within the Hong Kong medical devices sector, with also a factory…

Canada Looking back on three years of operations in Canada and nine months of approval of Ocaliva® for the rare non-viral liver disease PBC, Brian Canestraro, general manager of Intercept, is proud of how far the Canadian affiliate has come. He is confident that the company has established a solid foundation…

Canada Several smaller pharmaceutical companies – Taiho, Valneva, Mallinckrodt, Théa and Intercept Pharma – have chosen to set up operations in Canada very recently, recognizing the potential for product launches and development or taking back their out-licensed portfolio. “The establishment of the Canadian affiliate had always been part of our global expansion…

Canada Éric Gervais, executive vice-president of Duchesnay Inc, a privately-held, specialty Canadian pharma company focusing on women’s health, charts the company’s successful growth over the past 25 years, the innovative portfolio of in-house and in-licensed products they offer, as well as their plans for international expansion. Eric, you were Duchesnay’s first…