USA Daniel Camardo is the President of Immedica Pharma US Inc. (Immedica), the US affiliate/subsidiary of Immedica Pharma AB, a Sweden-based rare disease company that entered the American market in 2024. Bringing together his experience building Astellas’s US presence and leading rare disease commercialization at Horizon, Camardo joined Immedica to lead…
Europe Childhood cancer survival rates in high-income countries now exceed 80 percent, but that masks a more uneven picture: paediatric drug development lags far behind adult oncology, follow-up and psychosocial care remain patchy across Europe, and survivors can face life-altering side effects that surface decades after treatment ends. Carina Schneider and…
Europe The European Commission has set itself an ambitious target: making Europe the world’s most attractive destination for life sciences by 2030. In recent conversations with PharmaBoardroom, executives leading Europe for AbbVie, BeOne Medicines, CSL, Merz Therapeutics, and Novartis would love to see this realised and agree that Europe’s scientific fundamentals…
Saudi Arabia Mostafa Abdelrahman, General Manager of Lilly Saudi Arabia, discusses the company’s evolution from medicine supplier to healthcare partner, supporting Vision 2030 through innovation, public-private collaboration and localisation. He highlights advances in obesity, Alzheimer’s disease and oncology, alongside technology transfer, clinical research and talent development, while outlining priorities to expand patient…
Germany Stephan Pilsinger, Member of the German Bundestag (CSU) and Deputy Chair of the Health Committee, has publicly criticised the government’s savings package over cuts to organ-donation counselling — even as he defends the broader austerity drive as necessary. In this conversation, the practicing GP and CDU/CSU lead rapporteur on pharmaceutical…
USA Our next phase of evolution is moving from pure-play generics to something more complex across branded products, biosimilars, and NCEs Punit Patel, President and CEO, of Zydus Americas, speaks about leading the company’s pivot from a pure-play generics business into complex generics, biosimilars and new chemical entities. Anchored by its…
Germany We have set out a clear strategy, but strategy only provides direction; ultimately, trust is built through execution Europe pioneered the biosimilars industry and remains its most advanced market, yet sustaining that leadership is becoming increasingly challenging as pricing pressures, manufacturing economics and global competition reshape the sector. As Formycon…
Europe The opportunity now is to ensure that the policy and access environment evolves at the same pace as the science Europe possesses one of the world’s strongest scientific ecosystems, yet its ability to translate scientific excellence into timely and equitable patient access is becoming the defining challenge for the region’s…
USA Chris Posner, President of Esteve Pharmaceuticals LLC, the US affiliate of Spanish specialty player ESTEVE, speaks about the process of building its US affiliate from the ground up since joining in January. With an ambition to build a 1 billion USD global business (the US is expected to drive more…
Greece The future of Europe’s pharmaceutical industry will be shaped as much by manufacturing and industrial policy as by scientific innovation. Theodore Tryfon outlines how ELPEN is investing to strengthen healthcare resilience, expand internationally and support Greece’s emergence as a strategic pharmaceutical manufacturing hub, while reflecting on the policy choices that…
Global Affordability and innovation are usually framed as a zero-sum trade-off in drug pricing debates. Zeba M. Khan, editor-in-chief of ISPOR’s Value & Outcomes Spotlight magazine, makes the case that they don’t have to be — if pricing policy is grounded in evidence rather than blunt instruments. Khan walks through the…
MEA Once regarded as a strategic afterthought by international biopharma, the Middle East has undergone a profound transformation in recent years, emerging as an early adopter of next-generation therapies for rare diseases. Regional regulatory authorities are accelerating approval timelines, reflecting an aggressive institutional ambition to secure speedy access to cutting-edge medical…
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