Belgium Germany and Belgium have long held an important trading relationship, says Margit Kunz of AHK Debelux, the German chamber of commerce in Belgium and Luxembourg. She outlines some of the key industrial investments and trends for German companies within Belux and why Belgium should be better known as an investment…
Vietnam Despite a decline in pharmaceutical sales during the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam is among the 17 countries with the most rapidly growing pharmaceutical industries in the world, as reported by nganhduoc.vn in its 2022 pharma industry forecast. With a market value of some USD 10 billion in 2020, according to another…
Singapore The SGC’s Dr Tim Philippi introduces the sizeable Singaporean-German trading relationship and the importance of healthcare and the life sciences within it. Dr Philippi also outlines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the SGC’s members and why Singapore remains the premier investment destination for European companies in Asia. …
Asia-Pacific On 15 November 2020, the world’s largest trade deal in terms of GDP – the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) –was signed virtually by 15 countries: the ten members of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) – Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and…
USA Market access and pricing expert Barbara Jaszewski outlines the issues inherent in the USA importing drugs from Canada and why such proposals retain political capital despite massive and proven flaws. Drug importation is a curious “zombie” proposal that never seems to die Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have one…
Switzerland The USA is now Switzerland’s biggest export market and in 2019 Switzerland exported more to the US than to France, Italy, the UK and Austria combined and twice as much as Brazil, Russia, India and China combined. However, as Martin Naville of the American Chamber of Commerce in Switzerland recently…
Switzerland In a wide-ranging conversation, Martin Naville of AmCham Switzerland looks at the evolution of the Switzerland-US trade relationship and the importance of pharma within it, the pressing need for a free trade agreement between the two countries, and why Switzerland needs to “wake up” to remain globally competitive. In…
Belgium Stakeholders from the Belgian parallel trade industry outline how their activities are helping to solve medicine shortages in Europe and ensure patients have access to the medicines they need. They also tackle some of the criticisms often levelled at parallel distributors and foreground the industry’s vital importance for Belgian, and…
Belgium Tanguy Schmitz, president of the Belgian Association of Parallel Importers & Exporters (BAPIE) outlines some of the recent work that the parallel distribution industry to ensure the supply of medicines across Belgium and Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic, rebuffs some of the negative stereotypes that the industry has garnered, and…
Belgium Filip Van de Vliet and Gérard Lefèbvre of Alter Pharma Group discuss the value that parallel importing is bringing to Belgian patients and the evolving relationship between parallel importers and the wider pharma industry. They also offer insights into Alter Pharma’s planned launch of generic medicines in the US market…
Mexico The United States Trade Representative Office has been engaging with a number of countries, including Mexico, to address concerns related to IP protection and enforcement and market access barriers for pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Mexico remained on USTR’s Watch List in 2019 because there has not been a significant change…
Taiwan With the USA and China locked in a trade war, China’s near neighbour Taiwan – with its strong scientific and technology base, political security and economic reliability – may stand to benefit from the situation, attracting more investment from the US and more closely collaborating with US firms and research…
See our Cookie Privacy Policy Here