Biosimilars / Alvotech's Four Traits for Success
Alvotech – the biosimilars arm of Icelandic-headquartered generics player Alvogen – is positioning itself for future growth via a very different strategy to that of the Big Pharma players with…
France / ‘Humiliation’ & the Sanofi-Pfizer Vaccine Deal; AntiVax Struggles; Servier’s Neurology Push
The latest from French pharma where Sanofi has inked a deal to produce 125 million doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine as it faces delays with its in-house product and the…
Sweden / Taking the Lead in Precision Medicine?
Anders Blanck of Lif, the trade association for the research-based Swedish pharmaceutical industry, outlines the steps already being put in place for Sweden to become a leading country in the…
Norway / Photocure: Swimming in the “Blue Ocean” of Oncology Drug-Device Combinations
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) firm Photocure is probably Norway’s most significant recent international healthcare success story. CEO Dan Schneider explains how the company was able to action a more effective global…
Norway / Neuroscience: Nobel Prizes & Enduring Focus
Norway has long held a strong international position in neuroscience and is home to Professors May-Britt and Edvard Moser, a married couple and the 2014 winners of the Nobel Prize…
Norway / Ahead of the Curve on Digitalisation
Many countries have struggled to adapt to the shift to remote working and digital communication brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns. However, these tools were already well-utilised…
Spain / Grifols looks to Egypt; New Leadership Generation at Almirall; Ferrer’s EIB Loan; Esteve’s European Expansion
The latest from Spanish pharma, including the wide swathe of COVID-19 syringes, vaccines, masks, and tests being produced in the country, Grifols’ Egyptian entry, a new generation of leadership at…
Italy / Menarini CEO on Averting Future Health Crises; Alfasigma Hackathon; January COVID Vaccines
A roundup of some of the most important recent stories from Italian pharma, including an in-depth interview with Menarini CEO Elcin Barker Ergun, a public health management crisis in the…
Switzerland / What Three Pharma Leaders Want to Share
PharmaBoardroom highlights three of the most enterprising and dynamic pharma affiliate country managers working in Switzerland today and their strategies for success in one of the world’s most innovative nations.…
France / Mid-2021 for Sanofi COVID-19 Vaccine; 1 Million Domestic Cases; Ipsen Growth
A roundup of the latest stories from French pharma, including the progress of Sanofi’s COVID-19 vaccine, how Ipsen has managed to achieve sales growth in 2020 despite the pandemic, diagnostics…
Switzerland / Moving the Needle on Gender Diversity in Pharma Leadership
While Switzerland has Europe’s second-highest proportion of women in the workforce, it trails global standards on gender diversity in boardrooms and in management positions. However, this situation is changing and…
Norway / The Woman Flying the Flag for Norwegian Pharma
Small in terms of market size and without the historic life sciences footprint of neighbouring Sweden and Denmark, Norway nevertheless has excellent credentials as a pharmaceutical hub, with a top…