Germany The biggest pharma industry and healthcare stories from Germany, including the country’s legalisation of cannabis; the MASH potential of Boehringer Ingelheim’s obesity candidate; Bayer’s further share price drop and expansion into the US; the antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) specialist Tubulis’ series B2 financing, and Novartis’ deal with biotech MorphoSys. Germany’s…
Portugal Boehringer Ingelheim has a 60-year history in Portugal and, despite challenges in terms of market access and reimbursement delays, remains fully committed to providing innovative healthcare solutions in the country. General Manager Sandra Marques outlines how the firm has established itself as a major player in Portugal’s prescription retail market,…
China Two leading regional pharma executives, from Eli Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim respectively have recently moved to head up China operations; perhaps a sign that despite recent geopolitical tensions, multinational biopharma is again/still betting on the country. With innovation-friendly healthcare reforms in place, as well as measures to encourage foreign investment,…
Germany The latest pharma industry news from Germany, including Lilly’s new German plant; Bayer’s aborted anti-clotting drug trial and legal worries; Boehringer Ingelheim’s acquisition of Swiss biotech T3 Pharmaceuticals, and Hermes Pharma’s plans to spend EUR 25 million euros to enhance its production capabilities. Eli Lilly plans new 2 billion…
Morocco Dr Anthony Y. Lauw, GM & Head of Human Pharma Northwest Africa at Boehringer Ingelheim, explains the operations of a cluster that has typically worked with local partners, but that now has also opened a new scientific office in Casablanca with the idea of expanding the company’s on-ground operations in…
Hong Kong While much of PharmaBoardroom’s recent report on Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area looks at how Hong Kong is attempting to position itself as a development and financing hub for health tech start-ups, just as important are the multinational pharma companies with commercial operations in the city, providing Hong…
Global Mohamed Meshref M.D, PhD is a Professor of Oncology at Cairo University and Regional Medical Director at Boehringer Ingelheim for India, Middle East, Turkey & Africa (IMETA). Here, Prof. Meshref discusses the importance of an ‘early medical affairs mindset’ within the pharma industry whereby medical affairs personnel engage much earlier…
India A roundup of some of the top stories from the Indian pharma industry including the suspension of the National Medical Commission’s (NMC) guidelines making the prescription of generic drugs mandatory; the government’s revision of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) in light of deaths linked to Indian-made cough syrups; Torrent Pharma’s new…
Global 2023 got off to a good start for Boehringer Ingelheim’s human pharma division. Not only has the year begun with substantial sales growth thanks to the German firm’s diabetes and heart failure drug, Jardiance, the company is also advancing on a number of other fronts. While Jardiance is expected to…
Hong Kong Malaysian national Jonathan Chin culminated his 20+-year career at Boehringer Ingelheim and became GM of the firm’s Hong Kong and Macau affiliate in 2022. He explains his career path through multiple international roles, the shift arising from COVID-19 in Southeast Asia and China, as well as the characteristics of the…
LatAm A vibrant and diverse continent, home to over 650 million people and the highest life expectancy among developing regions, Latin America is now emerging as a globally relevant life sciences investment destination. LatAm has a robust heritage of scientific achievement – Bernardo Houssay (1947) and César Milstein (1984) of Argentina…
Rare Diseases With February’s Rare Disease Day behind us, it can be easy to forget the impact of these diseases on individuals, their families and care givers, and our communities throughout the other 11 months of the year. But if we – in healthcare, in government and in academia – are to…
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