Europe / Top 5 Countries for Pharma Production
The Top Five countries in Europe for pharma production. All located in Western Europe, Switzerland punches well above its weight to take top spot. This data is taken from the 2021…
Russia / WHO Sputnik V Suspension; Vaccine Hesitancy at Home; Untreated Pain Crisis
The latest news from Russian healthcare and life sciences, including the WHO’s decision to suspend the approval process for the country’s Sputnik V COVID vaccine, hesitant uptake of Sputnik V…
Denmark / 5 Pharma Country Managers Talk Market Access
Long established as a premier early launch country for innovative medicines within Europe, the Danish market access system has become more complicated of late as the Danish Medicines Council –…
China / Sinopharm Looks to mRNA Vaccines; Hong Kong Biotech Investment Continues to Boom; Another Big Manufacturing Investment for Lonza
The latest news from Chinese pharma and biotech, including news that state-owned Sinopharm is now developing its own mRNA vaccine; an update on Hong Kong’s biotech investment ecosystem three year…
ASEAN / Regulatory Cooperation & Joint Assessments
Writing in the September edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Rosilawati Ahmad of Malaysia’s National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency; Tharnkamol Chanprapaph of the Thai FDA; and Samvel Azatyan, Valerio Reggi, and…
Canada / Concrete Steps Toward National Pharmacare
Writing in the September edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Dr Judith Glennie examines the specific steps that have been taken in the journey towards a National Pharmacare program in…
Global / 3 Pfizer Country Managers on COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout & Learnings
The global push to vaccinate populations against COVID-19 has played out differently in different geographies, with a yawning gap still existing between vaccination rates in developed and developing economies and…
CEE / EU5/CEE Healthcare Disparity; Novavax's Big Czech Investments; Polish Vaccine Hesitancy a Boon for Aussies
The latest pharma news from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), including a new report on the disparities between the region’s healthcare systems and those of Western Europe; why US companies…
Europe / Top 5 Pharma R&D Spenders
The Top Five countries in Europe ranked by amount spent on pharma R&D. While some of the continent’s largest and most developed nations are represented, other smaller countries are punching…
Sweden / A Global Testbed for AMR Incentive Models
Anders Blanck, CEO of Lif, the trade association for the research-based Swedish pharmaceutical industry, writes about the challenges the world faces from antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Sweden has for decades been…
South Africa / Vaccines Made in Africa to Stay in Africa; Aspen Profits Up 21%; Adcock Ingram’s Down 3%
A roundup of the latest news from South African pharma, including Aspen’s impressive annual growth, Adcock Ingram’s full year profit drop, and Entos Pharma’s approval for Phase II clinical rials…
Global / Enough COVID Vaccines for World Population Says IFPMA: Calls for End to Vaccine Stockpiling & IP Waiver Requests
Pharma industry leaders have called for rich nations to stop stockpiling excess COVID-19 vaccine doses and stated that there will be enough production by the end of the year to…