CEE / The Czech Republic’s Long Road Towards Innovation
The Czech Republic is aiming to carve out a space for itself among Europe’s most innovative countries by 2030 as…
EUROPE
Report / New Sweden Pharma Report December 2019 Out Now
Belying its small size, the Nordic nation of Sweden punches well above its weight in scientific innovation. Despite…
Oncology / Sweden's Excellence in Cancer Care: Behind the Figures
Key stakeholders in Swedish pharma explain why Sweden’s record on cancer care is the best in Europe and what…
Czech Republic Pharma Snapshot 2019
Czech Republic’s overall pharma market value increased 5 per cent in 2019, while its units produced decreased…
Company Spotlight / Gedeon Richter: Open to Collaboration
As the only one of Hungary’s four historical pharmaceutical manufactures to have resisted international…
Contract Manufacturing / Recipharm: Sweden's CMO Champion
Since going public five years ago, Recipharm, Sweden’s iconic indigenous contract development and manufacturing…
Company Spotlight / Zentiva's Aggressive Internationalization Strategy
Despite being recently divested from multinational pharma giant Sanofi, Czech firm Zentiva is becoming one of the…
Drug Shortages / Hitting Hungary Hard
Like many of its European counterparts, Hungary is suffering from medicine shortages. Vaccines, vitamins, and…
Romania Healthcare Snapshot 2019
Healthcare spending in Romania in comparison to the EU average. Made with Visme Infographic Maker Romania…
In Conversation
Interview: Ana Tsakova – Managing Director, Merck Bulgaria; General Manager Biopharma
Ana Tsakova, managing director at Merck Bulgaria, emphasizes the duty of the industry to raise the bar of treatment quality in the country and shows the commitment of Merck in this regard to collaborate with both physicians and patients in key therapeutic areas such as oncology, fertility, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, and thyroid diseases. Could you please introduce yourself and your…
Pharma Faces
Valerie Poinsot
Deputy CEO | Boiron
Deputy CEO | Boiron
Paolo Marcucci
CEO & President | Kedrion
CEO & President | Kedrion
Wolfgang Marguerre
CEO | Octapharma AG
CEO | Octapharma AG
Latest Reports
Focus on France
France: AI & The Quest for Life Sciences 4.0
With Minister of the Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, emphasizing the…
French Cell & Gene Therapy: Finding the Funding
France – one of the most influential countries in the development of gene…
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Focus on Spain
New Spain Pharma Report September 2019 Out Now
Building on the topics covered in our March 2019 report, the latest edition of…
Jazz Pharmaceuticals Spain: Playing to a Different Beat
Though still one of the younger and lesser-known outfits inhabiting the European…
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Focus on Switzerland
Outsourced Manufacturing: A Swiss Specialty
Unknown to some, Switzerland meanwhile remains both influential and relevant in…
Switzerland: Fresh Tactics in the War on Cancer
With cancer now causing one in eight deaths globally and, in Europe, even…
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Focus on Sweden
New Sweden Pharma Report December 2019 Out Now
Belying its small size, the Nordic nation of Sweden punches well above its…
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Legal Q&As
Regulatory Reforms: United Kingdom
Want to know more about regulatory reforms in United Kingdom? Read on! Prepared in association with Clyde &…
Patents & Trademarks: Croatia
Patents and trademarks in Croatia – a comprehensive legal overview. Prepared in association with Danijel…
Patents & Trademarks: United Kingdom
The ins and outs of patents & trademarks in United Kingdom. Prepared in association with Clyde & Co, a…
Digitalizing Healthcare in Portugal
Similar to many Western economies, Portugal is attempting to embrace digitalization in healthcare, but unlike…
Diabetes in Lithuania: A Silent Crisis
With over 120,000 people whose lives are affected by the disease in Lithuania; diabetes stands as one of the…
A Pivot Towards Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) in the Baltics
As the Lithuanian market matures, profound shifts have been taking place in the arena of human resources and how…
GSK and Pfizer Consumer Health Divisions to Merge
The two Big Pharma giants today announced the merger between their consumer healthcare businesses, with the joint…
Italian Switzerland: Creativity & Excellence
The southern Swiss canton of Ticino does not have the life science reputation of Basel, Zurich or Geneva, but…
Botanics / Legacy Healthcare: Countering A Silent Pandemic
Worldwide, severe side effects from classic medicine are becoming a health risk in themselves, often misdiagnosed…