Tagged with Medicines

Africa African healthcare and pharma are moving from ambition to action. Regular PharmaBoardroom contributor Lenias Hwenda explains how, after years of over-dependence on global supply chains, fragmented regulation, and limited local manufacturing, the continent is asserting greater control over its health destiny. Regulatory maturity is rising. Patient safety is gaining prominence,…

Denmark Despite its diminutive size, Denmark boasts a world-renowned healthcare and life science industry containing both household pharma giants as well as a robust network of academia, a host of niche service providers, and a growing throng of biotech start-ups. And with life science exports surpassing EUR 23 billion last year…

China 3D Medicines has charted a deliberate path from domestic clinical execution to global oncology innovation. Since its IPO, the company has sharpened its focus on differentiated assets like Envafolimab, while expanding into radioligand and mRNA-based platforms with broad therapeutic potential. Chairman and CEO Dr John Gong outlines how strategic discipline,…

USA John Murphy, President and CEO of the Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM), outlines a compelling vision for improving access to high-quality, affordable medicines in the US. He stresses that by directing greater focus to the generic and biosimilar market, tackling structural challenges, safeguarding supply chains, and enabling strategic domestic investment,…

Denmark Morten Graugaard, former partner at Novo Holdings A/S, a global life science investment fund, became CEO of Orbis Medicine in February 2025. Drawing on his deep experience in life sciences and venture capital, he has led the company to raise EUR 116 million in funding, positioning Orbis as a pioneer…

Africa Writing in the July 2025 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Alex Juma Ismail of the African Union Development Agency – New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD) and Vicki Gold, a consultant to the Gates Foundation, unveil the “Continental List of Human Medicinal Products” pilot—a first-of-its-kind initiative led by the…

Denmark Since stepping into the role of Chair of the Danish Medicines Council in early 2025, Birgitte Klindt Poulsen has been navigating the delicate balance between accelerating patient access to innovation and maintaining the rigour of independent, evidence-based evaluation. In this interview, she shares how the Council is adapting to a…

Denmark As Denmark launches its ambitious Life Science Strategy 2030, the Danish Medicines Agency (DKMA), long held as the embodiment of European regulatory excellence, is fine-tuning its priorities. New director Nils Falk Bjerregaard sees the DKMA’s role as a “facilitator of innovation,” supporting early-stage development and leveraging real-world data at home,…

Europe Will a new ‘Critical Medicines Act’ go far enough to ensure Europe’s resilience to future health crises?   A Continent at Risk The COVID-19 pandemic exposed serious vulnerabilities in the European medicine supply chain. EU countries suddenly found themselves competing for limited supplies of sedatives and antibiotics for ICU care,…

Europe European pharma is at a turning point, with rising cost pressures, regulatory shifts, and supply chain vulnerabilities reshaping the industry. As the new president of Medicines for Europe, STADA’s Stephan Eder is now at the forefront of driving the change that Europe needs. In this new role as head of…

Africa Building on the recent controversy over Tanzania’s handling of a suspected Marburg virus outbreak, Medicines for Africa’s Lenias Hwenda explores how African nations often face disproportionate consequences for outbreak transparency—penalties that wealthier countries rarely experience.   African countries face a difficult choice during outbreak situations. On one hand, they have…

Africa The IFPMA’s Sarah Adam, writing in the July 2024 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, looks back on an insightful discussion on the progress towards an African Medicines Agency at the DIA Europe conference earlier this year. The African Medicines Agency (AMA) is paving the way for Africa to achieve…