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Europe: EMA Medicine Approvals 2020

The full list of medicines recommended for approval by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in 2020 divided by therapeutic area and with drugs that…

Mexico: On the Brink of Becoming the World’s Largest Legal…

Last Wednesday, the lower chamber of the Mexican Congress approved a bill that would legalise recreational marijuana. With a population of nearly 130…

Brazil’s Largest Private Pharma Company Under Threat

Founded in 1950, EMS is one of the top two domestic pharma companies in Brazil. As a key player in the largest and most populous nation in Latin…

Accelerated Regulatory Assessment of Innovative Medicines in…

Writing in the March edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, EMD Serono's Ana Padua outlines the findings of a recent study into accelerated…

The COVID-19 Vaccine Rush: Nationalism, Access & IP Issues

The global rush to secure access to COVID-19 vaccines has led to accusations that richer countries are hoarding supply at the expense of poorer…

Nawal Roy – Founder & CEO, Holmusk

Nawal Roy of global digital health platform Holmusk which aims to establish data as a core utility to the treatment of behavioural health disorders…

Japan PMDA New Drug Approvals 2020

Following on from our recent compilations of 2020 new drug approvals in the USA, China, and Switzerland, see below for the Japanese PMDA's new drug…

Dan Leonard – President & CEO, Association for…

Dan Leonard, president and CEO of the Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM) since August 2020, outlines his key agenda priorities as head of the…