Sweden The Top 20 pharma companies in Sweden ranked by sales in 2018. Out in front is Swiss giant Novartis with approx USD 256 million in sales, followed by MSD with USD 220 million and Pfizer with USD 212 million. The companies with the highest levels of sales growth since 2017…

Top 10 Novartis takes the top spot for the third consecutive year, while Takeda reports the highest growth.   

Rankings The Top 20 Pharma Companies in Egypt for 2018, ranked by sales value. Big Pharma makes up the Top Three positions in the shape of Novartis, GSK and Sanofi, followed by local players Pharco, Amoun and Eipico.   Made with Visme Infographic Maker  

Alzheimer's Alzheimer’s drugs represent a high-risk, high-reward proposition for global pharma. As David H. Crean recently wrote for PharmaBoardroom, “Except for one good piece of news in 2014 — for a dementia drug, Namzaric — there’s nothing by way of an FDA approval going back to 2002, 17 years of failure…

Europe The European MidPharma Performance Ranking 2019 is taken from The Novasecta European Midpharma Report 2019, which examines how European mid-cap pharma companies are surviving and thriving. With scores assigned to R&D investment, commercial revenues and business development, this is a comprehensive list of the recent performance of some of Europe’s…

Sweden Over EUR 1 billion was spent in Sweden on pharmaceutical R&D in 2015, a similar level to spending seen in Italy and Denmark. Made with Visme Infographic Maker   Sweden is playing host to a growing number of clinical trials. The number of projects in clinical development in Sweden more…

Sweden The size of the Swedish pharma market is dwarfed by those of the EU5, but Sweden does host the largest market in the Nordics region, ahead of  Denmark, Finland and Norway. Made with Visme Infographic Maker   Sweden produced over EUR 7 billion worth of pharmaceuticals in 2015, a considerable…

Taiwan As part of its ‘Asia Silicon Valley Development Plan’, Taiwan has designated a special focus to each of its regions. The Taiwanese government is aiming to develop a new economic model and make Taiwan, “the stage for innovation talent in Asia and example of innovation and entrepreneurship, with the goal…

Sweden Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death among both men and women in Sweden, followed by cancer and diseases of the nervous system.   Made with Visme Infographic Maker  

Rankings A new report from specialist pharma and biotech consultancy Novasecta explores how the world’s top 100 pharma companies are shaping the future of healthcare. Novasecta’s Global 100 is based on total group revenues (2018) of all organisations that have pharmaceutical interests, with the aim of benchmarking industry performance in its fullest context.    …

Korea Ten of the top contract research organizations (CROs) currently operating in South Korea, as selected by KoNECT, the Korea National Enterprise for Clinical Trials. Six domestic firms and four international operators make up the top 10.   Made with Visme Infographic Maker     To find out more about Korea’s…

Top 10 The Top 10 bestselling orphan drugs in the USA in 2017. Celgene’s Revlimid (generic name lenolidamide) leads the way with sales of USD 5.4 billion, followed by Roche’s Rituxan (rituximab) with USD 4.2 billion in sales and TEVA’s Copaxone (glatiramer acetate) with USD 3.1 billion. The most expensive drug in…