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Denmark / 5 Pharma Country Managers Talk Market Access

Long established as a premier early launch country for innovative medicines within Europe, the Danish market access…

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…

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…

Italy / Market Access Reform: A Watershed Moment?

In recent months, a profound transformation has been occurring right at the core of the Italian pharmaceutical…

Samir Khalil – Executive Director, PhRMA Middle East & Africa

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents many of the world’s leading…

Demet Russ – Managing Director, Janssen Turkey

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

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…

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…

Annie Tan – General Manager, Singapore, Thailand & Malaysia, BMS

Annie Tan highlights the strategy she laid out to navigate the BMS Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia affiliates…

Turkey / Koçak Farma & The Push for Homegrown COVID-19 Vaccines

As the international community continues its quest to vaccinate the global population against COVID-19, shortages…

Antonio Francesco Di Naro – President & Founder, ADIENNE

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

APAC / Diagnostics in the Post-COVID Era

COVID-19 has pushed diagnostics to the forefront of healthcare conversations across the world. Here, three leading…

Vincent Forster – CEO, Versantis

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

Lucas Chan – Scientific Founder & CSO, CellVec

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

Asli Özelli – Executive Director, AmCham Turkey

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Genald Senior – General Manager, Leterago

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

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…

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 / 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…

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

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

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…

Katrien de Vos – Country President, AstraZeneca Switzerland

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Turkey / A Pharma Talent Hotbed

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

Charles Stacey – President & CEO, Cerecin

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

Ashraf Daoud – General Manager, AbbVie Saudi Arabia

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

Vinod Narayanan – Country President, AstraZeneca Singapore

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

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…

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…

Tore von Würden – Country Director Denmark & Iceland, Amgen

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

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…

Saudi Arabia / Three Key Industry Trends to Watch

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

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…

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…

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…

Simranjit Singh – CEO, Guardant Health AMEA

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

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…

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…

Switzerland / Michael Altorfer - CEO, Swiss Biotech Association

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

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…

Burak Cem – VP & General Manager, Novo Nordisk Turkey

Dr Burak Cem, Novo Nordisk Vice President and General Manager for Turkey, outlines the company’s big bet on…

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…

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…

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

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

Haitham Habashi – General Manager, Merck KSA

Haitham Habashi, general manager for Merck Saudi Arabia, outlines his affiliate’s approach to the big reforms…

Flemming Sonne – CEO, Amgros, Denmark

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

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…

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…

Sizhen Wang – CEO & Co-Founder, Genetron Health

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

Denmark / Data Crucial To Innovative Access Agreements

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

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…

MEA / The Skills That Regional Pharma Leaders Need

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

Bülent Akarcali – Chairman, NBA Consulting, Turkey

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

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…

India / Global Implications of COVID Crisis; April Market Rebound; Roche/Regeneron Approval; Lilly baricitinib Partnerships

The latest from Indian pharma, including the year-to-year 51.5 percent growth of the pharma market in April,…

Haijun Dong – CEO, BioDuro-Sundia

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

Andrew Frye – SVP & President, APAC, Baxter

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

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,…

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…

Alex Pombo – Co-Founder & CEO, Nerum Pharmaceuticals

Nerum Pharmaceuticals, a Switzerland-based start-up, is supplying high-grade cannabis products to nine countries…

Andy Suter – CEO, A. Vogel

A. Vogel CEO Dr Andy Suter outlines the Swiss herbal medicine market leader’s expansion in recent years, why it…

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…

Zack Pemberton-Whiteley – CEO, Leukaemia Care

Zack Pemberton-Whiteley, CEO of UK-based blood cancer charity Leukaemia Care, discusses the importance of patient…

Opinion / Note to Biogen: Your Marketing is Showing

In his latest PharmaBoardroom piece, John Singer looks at Biogen’s marketing campaign for its new Alzheimer’s…

Muzzafer Bal – CEO, Ali Raif

Muzaffer Bal, CEO of Ali Raif, a Turkish generics firm, highlights the company’s new investment in a…

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…

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…

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…

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

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

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…

Eric Schulze – CEO, Lifetrack Medical Systems

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

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…

Catherine Williams – Managing Director, MSD Denmark & Iceland

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

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…

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…

Stefan Berg – General Manager, Pharmaplan AG Switzerland

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

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…

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…

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)…

Singapore / Advanced Manufacturing Fortitude

One of the main supporting pillars of Singapore’s pharmaceutical industry is its magnificent manufacturing base.…

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)…

Singapore / A Myriad of Biotech Financing Strategies

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

Ida Sofie Jensen – CEO, The Danish Association of the Pharmaceutical…

Ida Sofie Jensen introduces the strong fundamentals underpinning the Danish innovative life sciences industry,…

Erika Pagani – Country Manager, Pfizer Singapore

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

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…

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…

Singapore / Building a Globally Competitive Innovation Ecosystem

Singapore recently outlined its latest Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2025 plan, with plans to invest…

Australia / Opportunities for the Life Science Industry post-COVID

Regular PharmaBoardroom contributor Brendan Shaw outlines how his home country of Australia has so far successfully…

Brian O’Callaghan – CEO, ObsEva

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

APAC / The Challenges of Regulatory Convergence in Medtech

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

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…

Switzerland / Upcoming Cost Containment Packages: Industry Key Concerns

While once considered the land of milk and honey within Europe in terms of market access and reimbursement for…

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…

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…

Laurent Massuyeau – CEO, iQone Healthcare, Switzerland

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

The Long Read / Switzerland: Staying the Course

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

Avinash Potnis – Managing Director, Novartis Pharma Turkey

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

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…

Beh Kian Teik – Deputy CEO, National Research Foundation (NRF), Singapore

Beh Kian Teik of Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF) outlines the importance of the life sciences…

Philippe Hügli – CEO, hystrix medical

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

Canada / Concrete Steps Toward National Pharmacare

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Mervyn Lim – Vice President, ResMed Asia

Mervyn Lim, Vice President, ResMed Asia, shares the company’s journey through COVID-19 in the region, how the…

Global / Is Everything So Wrong at GSK?

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

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…

Diana Arsovic Nielsen – Director, Danish Life Science Cluster

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

Vincent Gruntz – General Manager Oncology, Novartis Pharma Switzerland

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

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…

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…

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

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

Mustafa Kemal – President, Turkish Society of Cardiology

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

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…

Pharma Faces / Dimitri Livadas, Lilly Saudi Arabia

Having commenced his journey with American giant Lilly in 2008, and after almost eight years working in the…

Alejandro Paolini – Managing Director Mexico, Central America &…

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

Michael Bauer – CEO & Board Member, Cellestia

Dr Michael Bauer, a Novartis early development veteran, now serves as CEO of Basel-based Cellestia. Here, Bauer…

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…

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…

Turkey / In Conversation with DEVA CEO Philipp Haas

As one of the leading pharma companies in Turkey, DEVA is pioneering a new approach to generics in the country.…

Trad Alkhelaiwi – Country Director, Amgen Saudi Limited

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

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 / 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…

Susanne Caspar – CEO, Linnea

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

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

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

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…

Evren Özlu – General Manager, Boehringer Ingelheim Turkey

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

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…

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…

Julie Enevold Brooker – Country Director, Janssen Denmark

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

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…

Savas Malkoc – Secretary General, IEIS, Turkey

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

APAC Oncology / Professor Ashok Venkitaraman Talks New Frontiers in the War on Cancer

Professor Ashok Venkitaraman introduces his work in Singapore, coordinating and catalysing research on the causes…

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…

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…

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;…

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…

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…

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…

Europe / Aspen's Region Head Talks Anaesthesia, COVID-19 & Organisational Transformation

Aspen’s European Head Thomas Kerscher explains how the sale of the company’s thrombosis portfolio to Mylan has…

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…

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…

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…

APAC / Liquid Biopsies & The Future of Cancer Diagnostics

In 2020, the FDA granted its first approval to a comprehensive liquid biopsy, potentially representing a paradigm…

László Svinger – VP & MD, 3M Middle East & Africa

3M, an American multinational conglomerate, has been in the limelight since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic…

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…

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…

Georg Schroeckenfuchs – President & Cluster Head MEA, Novartis

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

Japan / Life Science VC Funding: Signs of Growth & Untapped Opportunities

Toshio Fujimoto, MD, MBA, the General Manager of Shonan Health Innovation Park examines why Japan – despite being…

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…

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…

Piers Ingram – Co-Founder & CEO, Hummingbird Bioscience

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

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,…

Sanjay Prabhakaran – President, Asia Pacific, Hologic

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

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…

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

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

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…

Dun Yang – President & CEO, Anticancer Bioscience

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

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…

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,…

Katharina Gasser – Managing Director, Biogen Switzerland

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

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

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

René P Buholzer – CEO, Interpharma, Switzerland

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

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…

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…

Ahmed Alaskar – Executive Director, KAIMRC, Saudi Arabia

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

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…

US Generics & Biosimilars / Five Takeaways from Access! 2021

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

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…

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…

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…

Ümit Dereli – Secretary General, AIFD, Turkey

Ümit Dereli is secretary general of the Turkish Association of Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (AIFD),…

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…

Jakob Skaarup Nielsen – CEO, Healthcare DENMARK

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

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.…

Zeina Sfeir Lahoud – GM, Biologix

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

Sweden / A Global Testbed for AMR Incentive Models

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

Mohamed Fawzy – Country Manager, Pfizer Saudi Arabia

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

Uğur Bingöl – General Manager Turkey, Middle East and Africa, Menarini

Menarini’s general manager for Turkey, the Middle East and Africa Uğur Bingöl discusses the Italian company’s…

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…

Tashia Lentz – Managing Director, Biogen Denmark

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

Guillermo Frydman – Managing Director, J&J Singapore

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

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…

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…

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…

Personalised Medicine / Miro Venturi - CEO, Sintetica

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

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…

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…

Pharma Faces / Demet Russ, Janssen Turkey

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

APAC / 5 Management Tips from Life Science Leaders

The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is home to around 1.44 billion people, over 60 percent of the world’s population,…

Ashish Mahajan – Partner, Deloitte Life Sciences & Healthcare…

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

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…

China / Fosun Sales up 20%; MNC Price Manoeuvres Lead to Growth; Bayer Sees ‘Golden Age’ Ahead

The latest news from Chinese pharma, including Fosun Pharma’s 2021 interim results; how AstraZeneca, Bayer, Eli…

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…

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…

Ufuk Kumrulu – Chairman, Polifarma

Polifarma is a Turkish pharma company dedicated to the hospital sector and biosimilars. Its chairman, Ufuk Kumrulu,…

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…

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…

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…

Hatice Öncel – CEO, Ilko Pharmaceuticals

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

Switzerland / Swissmedic: Taking Its Own Path

Regarded as one of the world’s leading regulatory bodies, Swissmedic stands alongside its equivalents in Europe,…

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…

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

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

Denmark / In Conversation with New Danish Medicines Agency Head Lars Bo Nielsen

In a wide-ranging interview, incoming director general of the Danish Medicines Agency Lars Bo Nielsen discusses the…

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…

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)…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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

Frederico Silva – General Manager, Gilead Sciences Middle East

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

Opinion / If the "Primary Endpoint" in an Alzheimer's Study is Outcomes, Think Biogen + Spotify

Taking the example of music’s effect on Alzheimer’s disease patients, John G Singer makes the case for…

Aileen Lai – CEO & Founder, HealthBeats

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

Thomas Köppel – CEO & Founder, This AG

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

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,…

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…