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Europe The European Union’s just-released and first essential medicines list is the latest in a series of measures designed to limit the bloc’s reliance on countries outside its borders and avoid drug shortages. As Elisabeth Stampa of generic and biosimilar lobby group Medicines for Europe recently explained to PharmaBoardroom, this is…

USA Nominated by President Joe Biden, the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) new director Monica M. Bertagnolli took the reins of the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research earlier this month. With a clear focus on improving access and clinical trial diversity, Bertagnolli’s priorities for the role appear to align…

Hong Kong Although well-established as Asia’s leading financial services and trading hub, Hong Kong has never truly been globally competitive in the innovation and technology space, despite piecemeal initiatives to bolster its standing in the field. However, with the publication of a comprehensive new Innovation and Technology Development Blueprint, the time might…

Morocco The general director of the National Health Insurance Agency (ANAM) Dr Khalid LAHLOU outlines the role of the agency as the sole regulatory authority for Morocco’s compulsory health insurance (CHI) within the current context of healthcare reform. He discusses the future challenges facing both new and existing coverage schemes, the…

USA The US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed last year by the Biden administration and hotly contested by the innovative pharma industry, has started to look more like a reality since the first ten drugs subject to price negotiations under the IRA were announced in August. The negotiated prices will not…

Germany Following the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting supply chain disruptions, global drug pricing and access reforms have multiplied. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has been introduced in the US while the European Commission is looking at a major overhaul of the EU’s pharmaceutical regulations. Germany, in light of the growing…

France In the French government’s recent cabinet reshuffle, prime minister Elisabeth Borne’s former chief of staff, Aurélien Rousseau was appointed as the new minister of health. Rousseau, having piloted the Île-de-France Regional Health Agency during the COVID-19 pandemic, is more than familiar with both the French healthcare system and dealing with…

Morocco Aligned with the country’s 2021 development plan and the national project to extend health insurance to all of its citizens, Morocco has embarked on a sweeping healthcare reform. After a draft framework for an overhaul of the Moroccan healthcare system was brought forward last year, the plan has been backed…

Europe The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) has elected a new president and vice presidents who have set out a key priority for their term: a series of amendments to the proposed European Commission (EC) pharmaceutical legislation reform, which the organisation has warned will further accelerate the loss…

Europe As part of the EU’s Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe, the European Commission has come out with a set of proposals to revise EU pharmaceutical legislation. The reforms, which aim to make medicines more available and accessible across Europe by reducing regulatory exclusivity, speeding up review processes and reinforcing supply chains…

USA PhRMA President and CEO Stephen J. Ubl takes aim at the health insurers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) driving medicines costs up in the US, and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) which he sees as failing to address the patient affordability conundrum. Ubl calls for a policy framework able to…

USA With the passage of the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that will begin to take effect this year, the biopharma industry continues to grapple with the implications of the new law while deciding how to move forward in response to it. At the recent BIO CEO and Investor Conference, stakeholders…