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Egypt The latest news from Egyptian healthcare and life sciences, including progress towards the launch of a massive new oncology hospital, why local manufacturer EIPICO is expanding into Kazakhstan, increased governmental investment in education and health, and lessons from the country’s successful battle against Hepatitis C.   Egypt gears up for…

Africa Nigeria has become the first country to roll out a new meningitis vaccine. The product, a shot able to protect against the five causes of meningococcal meningitis, was developed by the Serum Institute of India (SIIPL) and health equity non-profit PATH. With more meningitis vaccine-based projects in the pipeline, stakeholders…

Saudi Arabia Baxter Saudia Arabia GM Faisal BinDail shares some insights into the renal care specialist’s local manufacturing hub, the sole manufacturing site for peritoneal dialysis products in the Middle East, and the company’s plans to expand its reach in Saudi Arabia and the broader region.   We aim to provide our…

Saudi Arabia Basel Al-Qahtani, General Manager of Boston Scientific Saudi Arabia, discusses how Boston Scientific has expanded its operations to establish a fully fledged regional headquarters in the kingdom. He outlines the company’s commitment to Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 agenda through public-private partnerships and potentially through accountable care organizations, and underlines the…

Saudi Arabia Since joining Moderna as its first ex-US commercial employee in Spring 2020, Dan Staner has played a leading role in developing what is now one of the world’s top 20 biggest pharma companies. Speaking exclusively to PharmaBoardroom, Staner describes how Moderna has been able to fashion a new, optimised company…

Saudi Arabia Mohamed Mostafa explains how PDC-CRO’s successful 2023 was driven by a direct-to-biotech strategy, with the company now well-established as a comprehensive partner for biotech firms across the Gulf and Levant regions. Mostafa also outlines why Saudi Arabia is a key market for PDC-CRO, especially with recent healthcare sector developments and…

Saudi Arabia Founded in 2016, the groundbreaking healthtech start-up Aumet has set out to digitize the procurement cycle within the pharmaceutical sector with its AI-enabled business-to-business healthcare platform. Co-founder and managing director for Saudi Arabia, Mohamed Mazen Batterjee, explains the strong foothold the company has established in the region and how its…

Saudi Arabia Maher Abouzeid outlines Medserve’s role as a healthcare projects incubator, focusing on identifying and filling gaps in healthcare services across the Middle East & Africa region. Their hands-on approach includes conducting market assessments, securing funding, and assembling operational teams. Abouzeid also explains the company’s latest venture, Ardens Health, the first…

MEA Peter Lane lays out IQVIA’s nuanced and ambitious vision for healthcare in the vast AMESA region, focused on empowering smarter healthcare and improving patient outcomes. Lane explains how IQVIA hopes to do this through clinical research, maximizing data value, providing technology and analytics to healthcare systems, and ensuring global health…

Saudi Arabia As the GCC’s largest market, Saudi Arabia, with its growing population, strong healthcare infrastructure and government commitment to developing the economy beyond oil through its Vision 2030, is increasingly attractive for multinational pharma and local players alike. In 2024 government reforms will continue to encourage investment and local production while…

MENA With a healthcare system marked by both progress and difficulties due to the country’s economic overreliance on the oil and gas sector and its recent political instability, Algeria, is the second largest pharma market on the African continent. Recent reforms have also sped up drug approvals and are turning the…

Morocco Sanofi’s Adrien Delamare-Deboutteville describes the access to innovation landscape in Morocco today, how Sanofi is aiming to bolster access in line with the country’s universal healthcare transformation, and the lessons he took from his last position managing the company’s Ukraine operations as war broke out.   We want to be…