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UK Writing in the September 2025 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Janet Messer, Catherine Blewett, and Naho Yamazaki of the UK Health Research Authority (HRA) and Stephen Lam, Crina Cacou, Anthony Carter, and Sara Rajendran of the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), lay out how UK clinical…

Saudi Arabia After various leadership roles at Takeda over the course of ten years, Khaled Sary has taken on the position of general manager for the West Gulf cluster, which encompasses Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain. In conversation with PharmaBoardroom, Sary discusses the significant growth the Japanese pharma has seen in…

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…

MEA Healthcare in the GCC continues to undergo major transformation with the introduction of government reforms, a shifting demographic and mandatory health insurance. These factors along with increased private sector participation and an ongoing infrastructure boom are poised to drive further growth in healthcare spending in the region – up to…

MENA Amira Younes of AbbVie UAE examines how the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for new ways of thinking about delivering regulatory effectiveness and efficiency in the region, and for flexibility from all stakeholders to ensure that therapies continue to reach patients in a timely manner.   Most countries in the…

Bahrain Dr Mariam Al Jalahma, CEO of the Kingdom of Bahrain’s National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) remarks on the healthcare transformation that led to the creation of the NHRA and explains the Bahraini regulatory body’s comprehensive responsibilities that range from the registration and pricing of essential medicines to the approval of…

UK When the European Medicines Agency (EMA) relocated from London to Amsterdam after the UK announced its decision to leave the European Union, some analysts feared that Britain could become left behind in terms of alignment with the world’s top regulatory bodies. Perhaps cognizant of this, the UK regulatory agency for…

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…

Brexit The European Medicines Agency has cut Britain out of its contracts 7 months ahead of Brexit. “You might have been working on a cancer drug for decades and built up so much expertise that you are the absolute specialist in your field and now have to transfer all your knowledge…

Mexico Andrés Matesanz, general manager at DCS Pharma Mexico, explains how the merger between Dolder and Chemswiss has enlarged the capabilities and the offering of the company in Mexico and showcases the added value of DCS Pharma being considered the fastest option within the industry. ChemSwiss has recently merged with Dolder.…

Pharma Erin Gainer, the CEO of HRA Pharma, reveals how the company has significantly grown its business in the fields of women’s health and endocrinology over the past decade to become a leading European pharmaceutical company with a global product presence and local operations in 11 European countries. She goes on…

Pharma “Egypt will become the largest market for pharmaceuticals within the region in the next three years”; Ahsraf Elkhouly, Executive Director the Egyptian Society for Pharmaceutical Research (ESPR), highlights Egypt’s untapped potential and explains the challenges currently being overcome in Egypt’s pharmaceutical sector. What makes Egypt the ‘go to’ market in…