USA Johnson & Johnson has been building its medtech arm and creating a differentiated pipeline through strategic M&A, an approach that generated USD 30.4 billion in medical device sales last year, representing growth of 12.4 percent. The company has now acquired Shockwave Medical, bringing its IVL technology on board for USD…
France After offloading its consumer healthcare division in 2022 and in view of the gradual erosion of its top seller, Somatuline, Ipsen opted to aggressively seek external assets to enrich its pipeline. With an FDA green light for its 2017-acquired Onivyde and an expected approval for its Genfit-partnered therapy this year,…
UK A roundup of the biggest stories from UK pharma, including the latest agreement between the British government and industry on a renewed drug pricing clawback scheme; GSK’s search for deals in China; the London-based CRO hVIVO’s new USD 21 million contract, and the latest biotech arising from Cambridge startup incubator…
Asia-Pacific The APAC region —with an approximate ten percent growth in trial numbers between 2017 and 2022— is rapidly becoming the world’s leading market for clinical trials. Karen Chu, CEO of Harvest Integrated Research Organization (HiRO), a CRO that serves Asian, US and European clients, has experienced the boom first hand.…
Spain Spanish mid-cap Esteve is selling a 26 percent stake in the company to German private investment firm Lubea, a move it says will supply the necessary funds to further pursue its redefined company strategy while stepping up growth and allowing for additional international expansion. Expansion: Products and Geographies Esteve, a…
Global Several macro-trends affected the pharmaceutical industry in 2022, impacting its inventory position, writes Matthew Bardell, managing director of specialist inventory consultants nVentic. Bardell highlights findings in a recent report – including the fact that despite widely-reported medicine shortages, Big Pharma’s inventories grew significantly last year – and calls for a…
Korea While the Korean medical device market dropped in size in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, it rebounded in 2021 to reach a record breaking height of USD 7.9 billion. Local production and exports are also experiencing significant year-on-year growth rates, as the below chart shows. Made…
China The Chinese pharma market grew by eight percent from 2016 to 2018, slowed to four percent between 2018 and 2022 in part thanks to the introduction of volume-based procurement (VBP), and looks set to return to a healthier seven percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) up to 2025 driven by…
France French mid-cap Servier has launched a new visual identity and logo and announced an ambitious 2030 growth plan with an increased focus on hard-to-treat cancers. Servier, which is governed by a foundation, brought in EUR 4.7 billion in the 2020/21 period according to the firm’s latest annual report, and…
Middle East & Africa Approaching two years in her position as GSK’s Vice President and General Manager for the Gulf region, Gizem Akalin, PhD, outlines the tremendous growth potential of her region, draws on her digital marketing expertise to reflect on the future of commercial teams post-COVID, and highlights why the UAE should become…
Algeria A snapshot of Algeria, one of the key countries driving growth in MENA, a region that accounts for just 2 percent of world’s pharma market but that is estimated to reach around USD 60 billion by 2025. Algeria has steadily improved its essential health care services. Hecho conVisme Infographic Maker…
UAE Tarek El Rahbani, Senior Regional Director for EMEA Growth Emerging Markets – South at Boston Scientific, highlights the transformation of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s medical technology market, the implications of having subregions with some of the highest demand for new technology in the world under the…
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