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Global / Innovative Pharma Doubles Down on IP with New Pact

On World Intellectual Property (IP) Day 2021, the innovative biopharmaceutical industry came together to launch a…

Europe / Vaccine Wars: What the EU/AstraZeneca Row Shows Us About Pharma Cross-Border Litigation

Stuart Evans, partner at law firm BLM and specialist in commercial disputes and litigation examines the origins and…

Tashia Lentz – Managing Director, Biogen Denmark

Tashia Lentz of Biogen outlines what she sees as an increasingly tough market access environment for new treatments…

Philippe Hügli – CEO, hystrix medical

hystrix medical is an online contracting marketplace for medical devices and replenishing/repeat purchase products…

China / First CAR-T Approval; AZ & Bayer Take VBP Hit; Lonza Boosts Manufacturing Capacity

The latest news from Chinese pharma, including a historic first approval for Fosun Kite’s CAR-T therapy Yescarta;…

Personalised Medicine / Miro Venturi - CEO, Sintetica

Dr Miro Venturi of Swiss injectable anaesthetics and analgesics specialist Sintetica outlines his career journey,…

Flemming Sonne – CEO, Amgros, Denmark

Flemming Sonne of Denmark’s public hospital medicine procurement body Amgros outlines the scope and mission of…

Singapore / A Myriad of Biotech Financing Strategies

Since 2000, when Singapore first positioned biomedical research as the fourth pillar of the country’s economy,…

MEA / Georg Schroeckenfuchs of Novartis: ‘Shooting for the Moon’ in Saudi

33-year pharma industry veteran Georg Schroeckenfuchs currently heads up the vast Middle East & Africa (MEA)…

APAC Biotech / IQVIA's Senthil Sockalingam on Emergent Regional Trends

IQVIA Biotech JAPAC’s Dr Senthil Sockalingam outlines the evolving needs of the flood of early-stage drug…

APAC / Decentralised Clinical Trials Here to Stay

Writing in the July issue of DIA’s Global Forum magazine Serene Ong and Gaurang Majmudar of clinical trial…

Simranjit Singh – CEO, Guardant Health AMEA

Simranjit Singh highlights Guardant Health’s role in the global precision oncology landscape and how the company…

France / Germany Production Alliance Falters; Sanofi Vaccine Enters Phase III Trials; Valneva Still in the Vaccine Race

The latest news from French pharma, including why President Emmanuel Macron’s initiative to bring medical…

APAC / Novartis APAC Oncology Head & Singapore Country President Kevin Zou

Kevin Zou highlights Novartis Oncology’s footprint and priorities in the diverse Asia-Pacific region, the…

Turkey / Abdi Ibrahim CEO Talks Biosimilars, M&A, & US Entry

Süha Taşpolatoğlu, CEO of Abdi Ibrahim, Turkish pharma’s “national champion”, discusses the company’s…

Brazil / EMS Sales Soar; Irregularities in Indian Vaccine Deal; Personalised Medicine Challenges

The latest news from Brazilian pharma, including an investigation into the country’s deal with Indian lab Bharat…

Sputnik V / A Brief History of Russia’s Controversial Viral Vector COVID-19 Vaccine

Although Russian authorities received heavy criticism for approving the Sputnik V vaccine prior to the completion…

Susanne Caspar – CEO, Linnea

Susanne Caspar, CEO at Swiss natural API producer Linnea, talks about her first few months in the company, the…

Pharma Logistics Under COVID / Partnerships, Digitalisation & New Customer Service Models

The vital importance of robust supply chains and distribution networks has been foregrounded over the past year as…

Europe / Top 5 Pharma R&D Spenders

The Top Five countries in Europe ranked by amount spent on pharma R&D. While some of the continent’s largest…

Denmark / Data Crucial To Innovative Access Agreements

Established in 2017, the Danish Medicines Council is the health technology assessment (HTA)-like body in Denmark…

Varun Sethi – Vice President Healthcare, Southeast Asia (Malaysia,…

Dr Varun Sethi outlines some of the most important trends in ASEAN healthcare today and how DKSH, as a historic…

Tore von Würden – Country Director Denmark & Iceland, Amgen

Tore von Würden talks through Amgen Denmark’s focus areas of osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, haematology,…

Switzerland / A New Era for Mental Health?

Mental health is a global crisis. 25 percent of the world’s population struggle with mental illness; and mental,…

Aileen Lai – CEO & Founder, HealthBeats

Innovation is at the heart of healthcare transformation and the doors for a much-needed shift from provider- to…

Georg Schroeckenfuchs – President & Cluster Head MEA, Novartis

Georg Schroeckenfuchs, Novartis’ president and head of the Middle East and Africa (MEA) cluster, explains how the…

Ismail Yormaz – VP & Regional Director South-East, Recordati

Ismail Yormaz, Recordati’s VP and regional director for south-east, highlights how the Milan-based company has…

Singapore / Ng Huck Hui, Biomedical Research Council, A*STAR

Professor Ng Huck Hui of A*Star’s Biomedical Research Council outlines the evolution of Singapore’s…

Singapore / Chronic Disease: A Gathering Storm

Singapore is one of the healthiest countries in Asia with a life expectancy in excess of 82 years buttressed by one…

Hatice Öncel – CEO, Ilko Pharmaceuticals

Ilko Pharmaceuticals is a family-owned Turkish generics and biosimilars company. General Manager Hatice Öncel…

Jørgen Schøler Kristensen – Chairman, Danish Medicines Council &…

Jørgen Schøler Kristensen explains the role of the Danish Medicines Council, providing guidance about new…

Katharina Gasser – Managing Director, Biogen Switzerland

Biogen Switzerland’s Dr med Katharina Gasser outlines how her affiliate navigated the COVID-19 pandemic from an…

APAC / How Precision Medicine is Transforming the Oncology Landscape

Asia-Pacific, as home to 50 percent of the world’s new cancer cases each year and with deaths caused by cancer…

René P Buholzer – CEO, Interpharma, Switzerland

Interpharma’s Dr René P. Buholzer highlights the key lessons that Switzerland’s innovative pharmaceutical…

Brian O’Callaghan – CEO, ObsEva

Biotech veteran Brian O’Callaghan introduces ObsEva – a Swiss-based firm focused on women’s health –, his…

Switzerland / The Quest for Alternatives to Animal Testing

Animal testing for medicinal purposes is back under the spotlight in Switzerland after a petition against the…

Switzerland / Ticino Looking to Innovative Future With Big New Investment

The small Italian-speaking Canton of Ticino, nestled away in Southern Switzerland, is fast developing its…

APAC / Varian's Kenneth Tan on the Future of Cancer Care in the Region

Kenneth Tan has been President for Asia Pacific & Japan at cancer-focused medical device player Varian since…

Alejandro Paolini – Managing Director Mexico, Central America &…

Alejandro Paolini, Siemens Healthineers’ managing director for Mexico, Central America and Caribbean, dives into…

John Baby – Co-Founder, Investor, Director, WO:EX

John Baby of home rehabilitation device start-up WO:EX outlines how his firm’s products differ from others on the…

Nicolas Dumoulin – General Manager & Head of Human Pharma, Boehringer…

Boehringer Ingelheim’s Nicolas Dumoulin outlines Denmark’s relevance to the German family-owned company,…

Turkey / How Pricing is Straining Turkish Pharma’s Sustainability

Almost two decades after initiating large-scale health system reforms, Turkey has consolidated the provision of…

João de Bragança & Nicole Scobie, Childhood Cancer International

Cancer is one of the most frightening words in any language but is especially heart-wrenching when it comes to…

Asli Özelli – Executive Director, AmCham Turkey

AmCham Turkey’s executive director, Asli Özelli, examines the impact of US companies on the Turkish economy with…

Japan / Enhancing Patient Engagement in Clinical Trials

Writing in the July issue of DIA’s Global Forum magazine Pfizer R&D Japan’s Atsushi Kitamura examines how…

Alaa Gamal – Senior Executive & Regional Pharma Expert, MENA

When it comes to knowledge of the Middle East and Africa region’s pharmaceutical industry, few executives have…

Mustafa Kemal – President, Turkish Society of Cardiology

The president of the Turkish Society of Cardiology, Mustafa Kemal Erol, discusses the prevalence of cardiovascular…

Daniel Fung – CEO, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore

Singapore’s Institute of Mental Health offers a comprehensive range of psychiatric, rehabilitative, and…

Singapore / Finding the Right Pharma Talent Post-COVID

Singapore – despite its modest USD 1.22 billion domestic market – has long been one of Asia’s leading…

LatAm / SIOP President on Urgent Need for Investment in Paediatric Oncology Research

Dr Guillermo Chantada, incoming president-elect of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP)…

Luis Iglesias – President & Head of EMEA, Santen

Santen is a leading multinational company that specializes in ophthalmology. President and Head for Europe, Middle…

EMEA / Janssen SVP Cyril Titeux Talks Access, Talent, Data & Vaccines

Janssen’s Cyril Titeux highlights the commonalities and challenges within his 31-country portfolio, his hopes and…

China / PhIRDA’s Song Ruilin on Strengthening Drug Supervision Capacity & Promoting Pharma Innovation

Song Ruilin, chairman of the China Pharmaceutical Innovation and Research Development Association (PhIRDA), picks…

South Africa / Vaccines Made in Africa to Stay in Africa; Aspen Profits Up 21%; Adcock Ingram’s Down 3%

A roundup of the latest news from South African pharma, including Aspen’s impressive annual growth, Adcock…

Rubens Hannun – President, Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Saudi…

Rubens Hannun, president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, discusses the commercial relationship between…

Pharma Faces / Demet Russ, Janssen Turkey

After an international career spanning 25 years, Demet Russ returned to her native Turkey to lead the Janssen…

Turkey / A Moment of Reckoning on Diabetes?

As COVID-19 began spreading through the world, the race to understand the disease by scientists and doctors took…

China / Antitrust Threat to Pharma; June BioNTech Vaccine Approval; EpimAb IPO; CanSino Inhaled Vaccine Trials

The latest China pharma news, including the upcoming first domestic approval for a foreign COVID-19 vaccine in…

Sanjay Prabhakaran – President, Asia Pacific, Hologic

Medtech industry veteran Sanjay Prabhakaran outlines the footprint and strategy of women’s health specialist…

Southeast Asia / Kalbe Underwhelms in Indonesia; Novavax Looks to Filipino Vaccine Manufacturing; Thai Cannabis Market Boom

The latest from the pharma industry in Southeast Asia, including underwhelming results from Kalbe Pharma,…

Global / Enough COVID Vaccines for World Population Says IFPMA: Calls for End to Vaccine Stockpiling & IP Waiver Requests

Pharma industry leaders have called for rich nations to stop stockpiling excess COVID-19 vaccine doses and stated…

The Long Read / Switzerland: Staying the Course

This article forms part of Healthcare & Life Sciences Review: Switzerland February 2021, a comprehensive…

China / CDE’s Drug Evaluation Report 2020: Part 1

The following is an overview from Accestra Consulting* of Part 1 of China’s Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE)’s…

Opinion / IP PACT: A Journey, Not a Destination

The issue of COVID-19 vaccine access in developing nations has thrust intellectual property (IP) into global…

Japan / Exclusive Conversation with Takeda's Japan Oncology Head Takafumi Horii

Experienced global leader Takafumi Horii explains the rationale behind returning to his home nation of Japan to…

Hisham Bin Saad Al-Jadhey – CEO, Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA)

Speaking exclusively to PharmaBoardroom, Prof. Hisham Bin Saad Al-Jadhey, CEO of the Saudi Food and Drug Authority…

Hong Kong / HKEX Biotech IPOs in the First Half of 2021

Three years after the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) introduced reforms to allow and support the listing of…

Şeyda Atadan Memiş – General Manager, Takeda Turkey

Takeda’s general manager for Turkey, Şeyda Atadan Memiş, reflects on the Japanese giant’s ambitions in Turkey…

Avinash Potnis – Managing Director, Novartis Pharma Turkey

Avinash Potnis of Novartis Turkey discusses potential solutions to the country’s access and pricing dilemma which…

Guillermo Frydman – Managing Director, J&J Singapore

J&J Singapore’s Guillermo Frydman outlines how his affiliate negotiated the COVID-19 pandemic; why…

Japan / COVID-19: Treatments, Vaccines & Remote Study Audits

Writing in the August edition of DIA’s Global Forum, Kotone Matsuyama of the Nippon Medical School gives a…

Leonora Lim – VP, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Customer Solutions…

Leonora Lim, DHL’s Asia-Pacific VP for Life Sciences and Healthcare, Customer Solutions & Innovation, dives…

Vinod Narayanan – Country President, AstraZeneca Singapore

AstraZeneca (AZ)’s country president for Singapore, Vinod Narayanan, outlines the challenges of taking the reins…

Antonio Francesco Di Naro – President & Founder, ADIENNE

Swiss-headquartered ADIENNE has made recent headlines after being announced as the first European company to…

Georg Boonen – CEO, Max Zeller

Georg Boonen, CEO of Switzerland’s leading phytopharmaceutical player Max Zeller, discusses the company’s…

MEA / The Skills That Regional Pharma Leaders Need

Mohamed Nasser, Amgen’s general manager for the vast Middle East & Africa (MEA) region, leverages his…

South Africa / Ramaphosa Slams Big Pharma; Aspen Gets $700M for Vaccine Know-How; Adcock Ingram Takes Big COVID Profit Hit

The latest from South African pharma, including President Ramaphosa’s blunt criticism of Big Pharma, Aspen’s…

Andrea Emilio Rizzoli – Director, Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial…

Andrea Emilio Rizzoli of the Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence, among the top 10 in the world in…

China / Boehringer Ingelheim's Stroke Rehab Centre Success & Continuing China Push

In March 2018, German pharma player Boehringer Ingelheim (BI)‘s Consanas Rehabilitation and the Shanghai…

UK / Fastest Growing Private Pharmacos; GSK Shake-Up; Brexit Uncertainties; COVID-19 Reinfection Trial

The latest UK pharma news, including how new investment in GSK stands to reshape the country’s iconic pharma…

LatAm & Caribbean / Importance of Reliance to Support Strengthening Regulatory Systems

Writing in the April edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Maria Cristina Mota Pina of Abbvie on behalf of…

US Generics & Biosimilars / Five Takeaways from Access! 2021

Dan Leonard of the Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM) highlights five key takeaways from the…

China / Roche Hoping to Spearhead ‘Created in China’ Push with New Innovation Accelerator

In May 2021 Swiss giant Roche launched the ‘Roche Accelerator’ in Shanghai, a USD 31.1 million investment…

Saudi Arabia / Significant Steps Towards Clinical Trial Hub Status

Clinical trials provide a pathway to innovation for clinicians and patients in countries like Saudi Arabia and form…

M&A / Jazz’s $7.2 Billion GW Pharma Deal: A Major Boost for Cannabinoid Research

The first day of March 2013 also marked a first for GW Pharmaceuticals. On that day, the British biopharmaceutical…

Sweden / A Global Testbed for AMR Incentive Models

Anders Blanck, CEO of Lif, the trade association for the research-based Swedish pharmaceutical industry, writes…

Ashraf Daoud – General Manager, AbbVie Saudi Arabia

Ashraf Daoud, General Manager for AbbVie in Saudi Arabia, highlights how the affiliate has harnessed Allergan’s…

USA / FDA Calls for Federal Investigation of Itself on Aduhelm; Funding Boost for Medicare, Medicaid, ObamaCare; Questions over Benefits of New Science Agency

The latest from US health care policy, including the Senate budget deal funding for a range of major health care…

MENA / Egypt Opens 'Pharma City'; Koçak’s COVID Vaccine Enters Phase I; Abu Dhabi Strengthens Hub Status

The latest Middle East and North Africa (MENA) pharma, including Egypt’s opening of the largest “pharmaceutical…

Aducanumab Approval / Opening the Floodgates for a New Era of Alzheimer’s Treatment?

With the US FDA’s controversial recent decision to approve Biogen and Eisai’s aducanumab – the first approval…

Moderna / Bullish Bancel “Not Losing Sleep” over COVID-19 Vaccine IP Waiver, Looking to mRNA’s Future in Rare Diseases & Oncology

The day the Biden administration announced its support for the waiver of IP rights for COVID-19 vaccines,…

Switzerland / Ichnos CEO on Glenmark Legacy, Biotech Transformation & CAR-T Complementarity

After an illustrious career in oncology R&D, contributing greatly to the development of cutting-edge cancer…

Global / PharmaBoardroom's Top 5 Op-Eds in 2021 (So Far)

As our thoughts here at PharmaBoardroom turn towards the summer holidays, we are happy to share the five most-read…

Africa / Continent's Biggest Pharma Company Gets $700 million for Vaccine Manufacturing Know-How

With Africa struggling to vaccinate its populations against COVID-19, the World Bank – along with government…

Ingrid Drechsel – Pharma Cluster Division Head, Bayer Turkey & Iran

Ingrid Drechsel, head of Bayer’s pharma operations in Turkey and Iran, discusses the complexity of managing two…

Michael Sidler – Co-Founding Partner, Redalpine Venture Partners,…

Redalpine Venture Partners’ Dr Michael Sidler highlights some of the key trends in the European biotech VC…

Erika Pagani – Country Manager, Pfizer Singapore

Erika Pagani, country manager for Pfizer Singapore, shares her journey with the company from Brazil to New York,…

Australia / Growing Clinical Trials Even in Pandemic’s Wake

In an exclusive new podcast, DIA Global Forum Australia/New Zealand Regional Editor Richard Day (University of…

Takeda / Pivoting to Growth Amid Renewed Focus on “Core Assets”

“This marks a significant moment in Takeda’s history and is an exciting step forward as we accelerate our…

Julie Enevold Brooker – Country Director, Janssen Denmark

Julie Enevold Brooker discusses what she sees as Janssen’s responsibility to help improve the Danish healthcare…

Switzerland / A Sea Change in the Biotech Start-up Ecosystem?

In a recent conversation with PharmaBoardroom, Michael Sidler of Redalpine Venture Partners, a venture capital (VC)…

Saudi Arabia / KAIMRC's Dr Ahmed Alaskar on KSA's Road to Clinical Trial Hub Status

Dr Ahmed Alaskar is executive director of the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC);…

Global / Sanofi Genzyme EVP Bill Sibold Reflects on 30 Years of Rare Disease CSR Program

Bill Sibold, Executive Vice President and Head of Sanofi Genzyme, highlights the achievements of the company’s…

Switzerland / Lonza Goes Big with Investments in Biologics, ADCs & Vaccines Manufacturing

In the last month alone, CDMO giant Lonza has announced three major upgrades to its manufacturing footprint in…

China / Fosun-Kite Yescarta Approval Signals Beginning of CAR-T Era

A historic approval for Fosun-Kite’s CAR-T therapy Yescarta in China looks set to pave the way for further…

China / Hong Chow Leaves Roche for Big New Role at Merck

In a big career move on a personal level and a sign of China’s continuing significance to global pharma, Hong…

Burak Dağlıoğlu – President, Investment Office of the Presidency of the…

The president of the Investment Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey, Burak Dağlıoğlu, outlines…

CEE / EU5/CEE Healthcare Disparity; Novavax's Big Czech Investments; Polish Vaccine Hesitancy a Boon for Aussies

The latest pharma news from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), including a new report on the disparities between the…

Saudi Arabia / In Conversation with Tamer Group Chairman Ayman Tamer

Aymen Tamer, chairman and managing partner of historic Saudi healthcare firm Tamer Group, outlines how, informed by…

Lucas Chan – Scientific Founder & CSO, CellVec

Lucas Chan, Scientific Founder and CSO of CellVec, a Singapore-based CDMO that specializes in the development and…

China / BioNTech-Fosun JV; Patent Law Revamp; Hong Kong as a Biotech Listing Hub

The latest news from Chinese pharma, including an overhaul of the country’s patent law; a BioNTech-Fosun tie-up…

Germany / Highest Honours for BioNTech Founders; Bayer’s Growth Predictions; Merck Making Further French Investments

A roundup of some of the most important recent news from German pharma, including state honours for the founders of…

Ersin Erfa – CEO, Centurion

Ersin Erfa, CEO of Centurion, a Turkish manufacturer, discusses the company’s high ambitions, R&D…

The Long Read / Dominican Republic: A Hidden Manufacturing Gem

The rise of the Dominican Republic as a regional medtech manufacturing hub might have come as a surprise to many,…

Praful Chakkarwar – Country Manager, Novo Nordisk Pharma Singapore

Novo Nordisk Singapore’s Praful Chakkarwar explains how he leverages his experience in a range of geographies…

Paediatric Oncology / Dr Sam Volchenboum on Data's Crucial Role in Research & Treatment

Dr Sam Volchenboum outlines the progress that has been made in the paediatric oncology field in recent years and…

USA / Drug Innovations Are Delivering for Patients; We Need Innovation In How They’re Paid For

John M. O’Brien, recently appointed president and CEO of the US National Pharmaceutical Council, calls for…

Global / Is Everything So Wrong at GSK?

British pharmaceuticals giant, GSK, one of the UK’s largest companies by market capitalization, is once again…

Mohammed Al-Tawil – Regional Managing Director & Head of Human Pharma…

Boehringer Ingelheim’s Regional Managing Director and Head of Human Pharma in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa…

Clarence Ngui – Regional VP, Medical Education, Asia Pacific, Zimmer…

Clarence Ngui describes how global orthopaedic product giant Zimmer Biomet has pivoted in APAC in response to the…

Switzerland / What Novartis & Roche's Domestic Market Means to Them

The Novartis and Roche names are synonymous with Swiss pharmaceutical innovation. But for these two Basel-based…

Thomas Köppel – CEO & Founder, This AG

Thomas Köppel, CEO & Founder of This AG, a high-tech start-up company that offers innovative ophthalmic…

Colombia / $25 million US Cannabis Deal; COVID-Related Consumer Health Boom; Bayer Prioritises Innovation

The latest news from the Colombian pharma market, including a new (legal) US cannabis deal; Bayer’s updated…

Canada / Concrete Steps Toward National Pharmacare

Writing in the September edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Dr Judith Glennie examines the specific…

Laurent Massuyeau – CEO, iQone Healthcare, Switzerland

Laurent Massuyeau introduces Swiss biosimilar commercialisation specialist iQone healthcare, why it made sense to…

Ayman Sharaiha – Co-Founder & COO, Altibbi

Altibbi’s Ayman Sharaiha outlines the evolution of the company to date to become the largest digital health…

Katrien de Vos – Country President, AstraZeneca Switzerland

AstraZeneca’s recently arrived Switzerland country president, Katrien de Vos, gives her first impressions of…

Dimitri Livadas – President & General Manager, Lilly Saudi Arabia

Lilly Saudi Arabia’s Dimitri Livadas shares some of the misconceptions he had before moving to the Kingdom a…

Piers Ingram – Co-Founder & CEO, Hummingbird Bioscience

Dr Piers Ingram, PhD, co-founder, and CEO of Singapore-based biotech Hummingbird Bioscience, shares his motivation…

Marco Lee – Vice-President & General Manager, APAC, Avanos Medical

Marco Lee, APAC head for medical device firm Avanos explains how the company’s products are catered to…

Zeina Sfeir Lahoud – GM, Biologix

Biologix is a Dubai-based firm that represents international pharma companies by bringing innovative drugs to…

APAC / Aligning Combination Product Regulations: A Distant Dream?

Writing in the April edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Dhiraj Behl, Janine Jamieson, and Harikesh Kalonia…

MEA / Bristol Myers Squibb's Oscar Delgado on Saudi Market Transformation

Bristol Myers Squibb’s General Manager for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) Oscar Delgado outlines the…

Fabian Gerber – Senior Relationship Manager Primary Markets, SIX Swiss…

Fabian Gerber of SIX Swiss Exchange, Switzerland’s principal stock exchange, outlines the importance of life…

Trad Alkhelaiwi – Country Director, Amgen Saudi Limited

Trad Alkhelaiwi, country director for Amgen in Saudi Arabia, discusses the intricacies of the Saudi healthcare…

COVID-19 Vaccines / Valneva: A Success Story for France?

While Big Pharma companies like Pfizer, Janssen and AstraZeneca, have grabbed the headlines over the past year for…

Mohamed Fawzy – Country Manager, Pfizer Saudi Arabia

Mohamed Fawzy highlights how Pfizer’s work in Saudi Arabia dovetails with the country’s ambitious ‘Vision…

LatAm / COVAX Rollout in Colombia; União Quimica to Manufacture Sputnik Vaccine in Brazil; Mexico Cannabis Update

The latest LatAm pharma news, including COVID-19 vaccine rollouts in Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico as well as legal…

SeokHoon Kang – General Manager Turkey, Celltrion Healthcare

Best known as the company that launched the world’s first “antibody biosimilar,” Celltrion is looking to…

Global / Top Insights from Regulators 2021

Over the past 12 months, PharmaBoardroom has spoken to the heads of several key regulatory bodies across the world.…

Dun Yang – President & CEO, Anticancer Bioscience

Anticancer Bioscience is an exciting international precision oncology company, applying synthetic lethal approaches…

Japan / Takeda’s Revenue up 5x; First Domestic COVID-19 Vaccine; Industry Opposes IP Waiver

The latest from Japanese pharma, including Takeda’s big profit jump, British Linepharma’s quest to get the…

Europe / Health Technology Assessment in the EU: Back and Forth in Giant Strides

Writing in the August edition of DIA’s Global Forum, Sanofi R&D’s Thomas Kühler outlines the bumpy…

Bandar Reda – CEO & Secretary General, Arab-British Chamber of…

Bandar Reda outlines the evolution of the trading relationship between the UK and the Arab world, the role of the…

Europe / Can The Beating Cancer Plan Make it an Innovation Leader?

The EFPIA’s Nathalie Moll outlines the significance of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan to cancer patients in…

Ashish Mahajan – Partner, Deloitte Life Sciences & Healthcare…

Ashish Mahajan, Partner in Deloitte’s Life Sciences and Healthcare Consulting Practice in Southeast Asia,…

Turkey / A Pharma Talent Hotbed

Drawing on over a dozen interviews with C-level pharmaceutical industry executives in Turkey, PharmaBoardroom has…

Italy / Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccines for Healthcare Workers; Chiesi & Angelini’s AI Investments; Sputnik V Manufacturing

The latest Italy Pharma News, including the government’s decision to make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for all…

Saudization / Local Staffing Obligations & Big Pharma’s Saudi Salesforce Overhaul

Historically dependent on oil, Saudi Arabia, like most countries in the Arabian Peninsula, is now investing a large…

Mexico / Bayer Targets Cancer; Novartis Gets Aggressive; J&J Vaccines Arrive; Doctors Denied Jabs

The latest news from Mexican pharma, including Bayer’s big bet on oncology and Novartis’ aggressive expansion…

Latvia / Striving to Catch Up to its Neighbours on Innovation Access

Dr Valters Bolevics, director general of the Association of International Research-based Pharmaceuticals…

Demet Russ – Managing Director, Janssen Turkey

Janssen’s Managing Director for Turkey, Demet Russ, discusses her return to the country after 25 years abroad,…

Fayad Al Dandashi – CEO, Tamer HealthCare

Dr Fayad Al Dandashi, CEO of Tamer HealthCare, a leading Saudi healthcare company, discusses how the group aims to…

Mexico / Novartis Gets “Aggressive”; Country President Foresees Outcome-Based Contracts

During a year where the Mexican economy shrank 8.5 percent, Novartis Mexico experienced a modest one percent growth…

Tolga Karakan – President, Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency…

TITCK is the regulatory agency in charge of ensuring the safety of medicines, health products, cosmetics, and…

Indonesia / National Pharma Champion Optimistic of COVID-Related Growth

With a market value of USD 5.2 billion, Kalbe Farma has consolidated into Indonesia’s undisputed national pharma…

Alan Goh – CEO & Co-Founder, NDR Medical Technology

Alan Goh of NDR Medical Technology, a pioneer in intelligent navigation and image processing for minimally invasive…

Spain / Market Growth; Esteve’s US Expansion; PTS Acquisition

The latest from Spanish pharma, including the acquisition of PTS by a private equity group for its nanoparticle…

MEA / In Conversation with Amgen's Mohamed Nasser

Amgen’s Middle East and Africa General Manager Mohamed Nasser discusses the company’s approach to the region;…

Hussein El Hakim – Managing Director & General Manager Pharma, Bayer…

Hussein El Hakim, managing director for Bayer Saudi Arabia and general manager for its pharmaceuticals division in…

Saudi Arabia / SFDA CEO Sets Out Strategic Priorities

In a recent conversation with PharmaBoardroom, Prof. Hisham Bin Saad Al-Jadhey, CEO of the Saudi Food and Drug…

Jakob Skaarup Nielsen – CEO, Healthcare DENMARK

Healthcare DENMARK is a non-profit organization and public-private partnership representing Danish healthcare…

Marine Queniart-Stojanovic – GM General Medicines Thailand, Malaysia…

Industry veteran Marine Queniart-Stojanovic outlines the significance of the Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore country…

Christiane von der Eltz – Country Speaker, Merck Switzerland

Merck Switzerland’s Christiane von der Eltz highlights the German firm’s recent big investments in Switzerland…

Bee Lim – Director, Healthcare Strategy & Marketing, UPS Asia Pacific

UPS APAC’s Bee Lim describes how the logistics giant responded to the unprecedented challenges thrown up by…

Global / Five Ways That AI Can Transform Pharma Market Access

Merck VP for Global Market Access & Pricing Strategic Planning Marco Rauland outlines how AI has already begun…

China / Sinopharm Looks to mRNA Vaccines; Hong Kong Biotech Investment Continues to Boom; Another Big Manufacturing Investment for Lonza

The latest news from Chinese pharma and biotech, including news that state-owned Sinopharm is now developing its…

Thomas F. Schmidt – Managing Director, Roche Pharma Switzerland

Thomas F. Schmidt, country manager of Roche Pharma in its home market of Switzerland discusses adjusting to his…

APAC / Self-Medication in the Age of COVID: The Country-Specific Role & Acceptability of OTC Medicines

Writing in the May edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Toshiyoshi Tominaga of the Asia-Pacific…

Pharma Faces / Marine Queniart-Stojanovic, Sanofi Thailand, Malaysia & Singapore

Industry veteran Marine Queniart-Stojanovic, a self-described “global citizen with a French passport,”…

Switzerland / Michael Altorfer - CEO, Swiss Biotech Association

Michael Altorfer, CEO of the Swiss Biotech Association, a membership organisation representing the interests of the…

Spain / Grifols Invests in Nigerian Manufacturing; Almirall Nabs EMA Approval for AK Treatment; Zendal TB Vaccine Candidate Trials

The latest from Spanish pharma, including the Patent and Trademark Office’s warning of the importance of IP…

Russia / Biocad Ramps up Sputnik V Manufacturing; Unlicensed Remdesivir Generics; Chinese Vaccine Rejection

The latest Russia Pharma News, including Biocad’s ramping up of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing,…

Andrew Frye – SVP & President, APAC, Baxter

Andrew Frye of medtech giant Baxter outlines his management strategy for the diverse APAC region, how growth was…

Egypt / Trade Deficit Plummets; Big UAE Investments; Vaccine Manufacturing Developments

As of today, the Evergreen boat that blocked global shipping when it got stuck in the Suez Canal has still not been…

Patients / Inserting the Patient Voice: Ethical Challenges in the Use of Healthcare Data

Patient advocate and regular PharmaBoardroom contributor Monica Weldon examines how healthcare’s data revolution…

Global / PharmaBoardroom’s Top 10 Most Read Interviews of 2021 (So Far)

PharmaBoardroom has spread its wings far and wide in 2021 (albeit digitally!), from well covered markets such as…

Hong Kong / HKEX’s Aim to Become World’s #1 Biotech Listing Hub & Challenges for New CEO

With three years having passed since the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX)’s decision to allow pre-revenue biotechs…

China / Sinopharm Tops Brand Value Rankings; Simcere Splashes $565M on Alzheimer’s Drug; Innovent-Ascentage Tie-Up A Sign of Biotech Deals to Come?

The latest news from the Chinese pharmaceutical industry, including recent deals between domestic pharma giant…

Switzerland / MSD AVP on Recent Zurich R&D Investment

In February 2020, US giant MSD announced the launch of a new site in Zurich specialising in R&D, data…

Enrique Álvarez – Managing Director & General Manager, Merck Denmark

Spanish native Enrique Álvarez gives an overview of Denmark’s importance to Merck as a key European early launch…

Erhan Akdoğan – President, Turkish Health Institutes (TUSEB)

The president of the Turkish Health Institutes (TUSEB), Dr Erhan Akdoğan, provides a behind-the-scenes look at…

Catherine Williams – Managing Director, MSD Denmark & Iceland

MSD’s Catherine Williams, a recent arrival in Copenhagen, gives her first impressions of the Danish…

Haijun Dong – CEO, BioDuro-Sundia

Dr Haijun Dong, recently appointed CEO of BioDuro-Sundia, shares his priorities for the newly merged entity, one of…

Eric Schulze – CEO, Lifetrack Medical Systems

Lifetrack Medical Systems’ Dr Eric Schulze explores the origins of his company, how its software platform has…

Saudi Arabia / Three Key Industry Trends to Watch

Looking to diversify its economy while simultaneously improving its healthcare system, Saudi Arabia has been…

Denmark / A Life Sciences Force to Be Reckoned With

On April 16, the Danish government unveiled, to great anticipation and fanfare, a brand-new National Life Science…

USA / U-Turn as Biden Pledges Support for Waiver on COVID-19 Vaccine IP

In a shock move, Joe Biden’s administration looks set to support a waiver on intellectual property (IP)…

China / A New Era of Reform Transforming Regulatory Professionals

Writing in the June edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Harbour BioMed’s Fang Zhou, in conversation…

Diana Arsovic Nielsen – Director, Danish Life Science Cluster

The Danish Life Science Cluster is Denmark’s new national business cluster for life science technology,…

Genald Senior – General Manager, Leterago

Genald Senior, general manager for Leterago, the leading pharma distributor in the Dominican Republic, discusses…

Eric ten Kate – Vice President, Global Life Science, Agility

Eric ten Kate, VP for Global Life Science at logistics and distribution firm Agility, highlights how the company…

Antonella Santuccione Chadha – CEO pro-bono, Women’s Brain Project…

Antonella Santuccione Chadha*, Head of Stakeholder Engagement for Alzheimer’s disease at Biogen and co-founder…

Korea / Samsung Bioepis Goes Down Under; Blockchain-Based Vaccine Certificates; The First Korean Blockbuster?

The latest news from Korean pharma, including how Korea can put the infrastructure in place to develop a homegrown…

CEE / EU’s Beating Cancer Plan: Making it Our Own

Jasper Kunow, MSD’s managing director for Central Eastern Europe, outlines the threat that cancer still poses to…

Kathy Pritchard-Jones – President, International Society of Paediatric…

Kathy Pritchard-Jones, Professor of Paediatric Oncology at University College London (UCL) and President of the…

Sizhen Wang – CEO & Co-Founder, Genetron Health

Genetron Health is a publicly-traded China-based precision oncology company, covering the “full-cycle” of…

Vaccines / Industry Warns of Manufacturing Bottlenecks; Specific Data Still Lacking

Big Pharma’s representatives are warning of upcoming bottlenecks in the COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing supply…

USA / Importance of the Patient Voice in Drug Development: Eosinophilic Esophagitis as a Case Example

Writing in the May edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Erica Lyons, Sarrit Kovacs, Matthew Kowalik, and…

Remo Gujer – General Manager, BMS Switzerland & Austria

Dr Remo Gujer gives an overview of the BMS footprint in Switzerland and Austria, the ongoing integration of legacy…

Global / 3 Pfizer Country Managers on COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout & Learnings

The global push to vaccinate populations against COVID-19 has played out differently in different geographies, with…

Vincent Forster – CEO, Versantis

Dr Vincent Forster of Versantis, a Swiss biotech aiming to develop a new generation of liver disease therapeutics…

Linn Mandahl – General Manager, AbbVie Scandinavia

In a wide-ranging interview, AbbVie’s Linn Mandahl discusses how the reorganisation of Scandinavian operations…

Ching Kiat LIM – Managing Director, Airhub Development, Changi Airport…

Changi Airport Group’s Ching Kiat LIM reflects on a challenging 2020 for the airline industry, Changi’s…

Bülent Akarcali – Chairman, NBA Consulting, Turkey

Turkey’s former Minister of Health, Bülent Akarcali, outlines the country’s healthcare system evolution over…

Morocco / New Recipharm & Sinopharm Deals on Road to “Health Independence”

After implementing the most successful COVID-19 inoculation campaign on the African continent, Morocco is looking…

Vincent Gruntz – General Manager Oncology, Novartis Pharma Switzerland

Vincent Gruntz looks at the market dynamics for oncology in Switzerland, where an increasingly cost-conscious…

Frederico Silva – General Manager, Gilead Sciences Middle East

Frederico Silva outlines the highlights of his two years heading up Gilead Sciences’ relatively young…

USA / Impact of COVID-19 on US Clinical Studies Conducted by Japan-Based Pharmaceutical Companies

Writing in the June edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, representatives of Japanese pharmaceutical companies…

China / EpimAb Looks to 2022 IPO & Global Leadership in Bispecific Antibodies

Hot on the heels of a USD 120 million fundraising round, Shanghai-based EpimAb Biotherapeutics is now looking…

Josua Jordi – CEO & Co-Founder, EraCal Therapeutics

Josua Jordi of Swiss biotech EraCal explains the company’s technology platform, their work with zebrafish larvae…

APAC / The Challenges of Regulatory Convergence in Medtech

Regulatory harmonisation for medical devices between countries in Asia-Pacific has long been a challenging issue,…

Switzerland / Tillotts CEO Talks SME M&A Principles

Thomas A. Tóth von Kiskér, longstanding CEO of Tillotts Pharma AG, a specialty pharma player focused on the…

Michael Hübner – New Venture Lead, Johnson & Johnson Innovation…

Johnson & Johnson Innovation focuses on accelerating all stages of innovation worldwide, forming collaborations…

Ai Li Siow – Managing Director, Siemens Healthineers Singapore

Siemens Healthineers Singapore’s Ai Li Siow outlines how her affiliate has pivoted in order to continue to…

Europe / New EFPIA President Hubertus von Baumbach on Building Back Better from COVID & a Healthier European Future

Boehringer Ingelheim’s Hubertus von Baumbach, the newly appointed president of the European Federation of…

Charles Stacey – President & CEO, Cerecin

Cerecin’s Charles Stacey outlines the company’s progress in expanding its lead asset into migraine and…

Spain / Entering the COVID-19 Vaccine Race Through Animal Health Champion

The Spanish pharma industry has entered the race to develop COVID-19 vaccines through an unexpected contender: an…

China / New Country President for MSD Amid Changes at HQ & Access Challenges

MSD, which has had a presence in China since 1990, recently appointed Belgian national Anna van Acker to lead its…

Germany / Merck KGaA Expecting More COVID-Related Deals; Digital Health Woes; CureVac Vaccine Potential vs Variants

The latest news from German pharma, including a new US leadership team and more COVID-related investment at Merck…

Héctor Orellana – VP North Latin America, Medtronic

Medtronic’s VP for North Latin America, Héctor Orellana, outlines the largest company’s new vision for that…

Savas Malkoc – Secretary General, IEIS, Turkey

The secretary general for Turkey’s Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (IEIS), Savaş Malkoç, highlights…

Subra Suresh – President, Nanyang Technological University (NTU),…

Professor Subra Suresh, president of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and former director of the US National…

Hamdi Akan – Head of the Executive Board, Clinical Research Association,…

Dr Hamdi Akan, head of Turkey’s Clinical Research Association, dives into the country’s opportunities and…

China / Striving for First-In-Class Drug Innovation with New Patent Law

In a comprehensive new piece, European Patent Attorney André Bourgouin and Adjunct Professor at CEIBS Eric…

Mexico-US Vaccine Tourism / Closed Borders, Fear of Fakes & Plane Crashes

While Mexico struggles with its COVID-19 vaccination campaign, residents of the country’s northern states have…

Stefan Berg – General Manager, Pharmaplan AG Switzerland

Stefan Berg, general manager of Pharmaplan, one of the leading pharma engineering partners in Europe, outlines the…

Shiva Kannan – Vice President, Commercial Chief Information Officer, GE…

Shiva Kannan, VP and Chief Information Officer for GE Healthcare in over 120 countries, discusses the company’s…

Abhay Bangi – Partner, Life Sciences & Healthcare Lead ASEAN, EY

EY’s Abhay Bangi highlights the key trends across the ASEAN life sciences space, how the COVID-19 pandemic has…

Saudi Arabia / Pharma Leaders Have Their Say on Centralised Procurement Body NUPCO

As part of Saudi Arabia’s ambitious ‘Vision 2030’ economic transformation plan, the country has centralised…

Evren Özlu – General Manager, Boehringer Ingelheim Turkey

Evren Özlü, General Manager of Turkey and Sub-Saharan Africa at Boehringer Ingelheim, discusses the company’s…

Ireland / Abbott Splashes the Cash on New R&D Investment; Bausch & Lomb Ramps Up Manufacturing Footprint; Looming Pricing Crisis

The latest news from Irish pharma, including a big new R&D investment for Abbott; contact lens giant Bausch…