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MEA A selection of top stories coming out of the Middle East and Africa’s pharma sector: Egypt’s Gypto Pharma partners with US drugmaker Dawa to expand the local production of medicines; Jordan’s Hikma makes a USD 1 billion investment pledge for US manufacturing and R&D, and Riyadh-headquartered private equity firm Jadwa…

China A summary of top stories from China’s pharma industry: Sciwind Biosciences presents promising trial data for its obesity contender; Simcere reaches approval for its Idorsia-partnered insomnia therapy; AstraZeneca inks AI-enabled research deal with CSPC Pharmaceuticals, and the FDA blocks clinical trials that export American’s cells to China. Sciwind’s GLP‑1 data…

France The biggest recent stories from French healthcare and the life sciences, including Sanofi’s deal to buy immunology biotech Blueprint; the largest from a European pharma this year. Elsewhere Servier is snapping up a experimental leukaemia treatment from China, while French tech firm OWKIN is touting a new “AI-powered research co-pilot”…

Germany A summary of some of the top stories coming out of Germany’s biopharma industry, including Bayer’s EMA win for its Eylea eye therapy; the oncology deal Merck KGaA has cut with SpringWorks Therapeutics; the bispecific antibody alliance between BMS and BioNTech, and Sartorius’ acquisition of microtissue firm MatTek.   Bayer…

UK A roundup of the biggest UK pharma news, including the industry’s uncertain position after the UK-US trade accord; Haleon’s full takeover of its Chinese joint venture; AstraZeneca’s acquisition of Belgian biotech EsoBiotec and its exit from neuroscience; GSK’s liver disease asset deal with Boston Pharmaceuticals, and CellCentric’s US expansion.  …

APAC This week’s Asia healthcare and pharma roundup from PharmaBoardroom content partner Selesta covers China’s USD 36.2bn in outbound licensing agreements, Henlius & EssexBio meeting Phase III endpoints, Organon acquiring US rights of tocilizumab biosimilar from Biogen, GE Healthcare’s acquisition of Japan’s Nihon Medi-Physics, Wuxi Biologics’ disposal of vaccine facility to…

Italy A roundup of some of the biggest pharma and healthcare stories coming out of Italy, including the country’s ever-falling birth rate; Chiesi’s new manufacturing investment; Doc Generici’s rebrand to DOC Pharma; Menarini’s oncology partnership with Insilico Medicine, and Angelini’s brain health deal with Cureverse.   Italian drug maker Recordati boosts…

APAC This week’s Asia healthcare and pharma roundup from PharmaBoardroom content partner Selesta covers the AACR 2025 ADC pipeline list from China, Puhe out-licensing global rights of a PRMT5 inhibitor to Bayer, AbbVie accusing Genmab of ADC trade secret theft on ADC technology used by ProfoundBio, and Singapore’s A*STAR investing in…

Spain A roundup of the biggest pharma news from Spain, including Grifols’ comeback after a turbulent 2024 when the company lost 30 percent of its market value; Almirall’s revenue and value surge; Rovi’s contract manufacturing downturn, and Lilly’s USD 50 million Madrid plant expansion.   Grifols expects to boost revenue and…

MEA The latest pharma and healthcare news from the dynamic Middle East and Africa market, which reached USD 32.6 billion in value last year according to IQVIA. With supply security of essential medicines and vaccines still a hot-button issue, Egypt and Morocco are establishing a regional biomanufacturing hub for North Africa.…

LatAm A roundup of some of the biggest stories coming out of Latin American pharma and healthcare, including Mexico’s move to speed up the drug review process; Sanfer’s acquisition of Columbia’s Laboratorio Vitalis; Pfizer’s joint vaccine effort with PAHO and Argentinian drugmaker Sinergium Biotech, and the epilspsy joint venture between SK Biopharmaceuticals…

Asia A whistlestop tour though the latest news from pharma in Asia, taking in the American gene sequencing giant caught in the crosshairs of the US-China tariff row, the ADC-focused Singaporean biotech getting a 187 million dollar funding boost, why the Australian regulator has rejected Eisai’s Alzheimer’s drug, the activist fund…