Japan It is said that ostriches have the strongest immune system of any animal in the world. Because of this, they have shown great promise in preventative healthcare in humans and the beauty industry. The antibodies are resistant to higher pH levels and can remain active even when exposed to heat…
Belun Ring The Belun (magical) ring invented by a Hong Kong start-up helps you achieve a healthier night’s sleep without wasting valuable snooze time on going to the clinic. Anybody that struggles with sleep will be aware of the time, money and dedication it can take to come up with a cure.…
China This week, China has fast-tracked approval for 48 “much-needed medicines.” Regulators gave special consideration to new treatments for rare diseases as well as drugs that target serious, life-threatening illnesses, like cancer. Authorities were made to sit up and listen following the box office success of a low budget film called “Dying to…
China One of China’s biggest vaccine manufacturers was found to have falsified rabies vaccine records causing nationwide parenting chaos. Executives from China’s second largest pharmaceutical company, ChangSheng biotechnology (Changsheng literally translates to ‘Long Life’) in Northeast China, admitted to having falsified records for over 250,000 substandard vaccines for DPT (diphtheria, pertussis,…
India Although most industry observers expect that Indian pharma exports to the US will pick up again in the coming years, Indian companies have – in the meantime – been rapidly increasing their efforts to develop stronger footprints in strategic emerging market such as Brazil, Russia and some Asian and African…
India In a context where even well-established, multi-billion-dollar domestic companies have received warning letters from the US FDA, quality compliance has clearly become strategically important across all layers of Indian organizations, including formulation and API companies as well as both B2B and B2C players. My approach is extremely simple: quality…
India One issue grinding the gears of the Indian pharmaceutical industry over recent years has been quality compliance. With a number of pharma manufacturers the recipients of warning letters from the US FDA, increased regulatory scrutiny has caused some consternation, but also progress in quality standards across the board. “I see…
China Guangdong province and neighbouring Hong Kong have long been fundamental to China’s metamorphosis into an economic superpower. Notable as one of the country’s most open and dynamic regions, the Pearl River Delta (PRD), as that area previously used to be known, historically formed the soft underbelly via which the outside…
China One of the more eye-catching and ambitious initiatives to come out of last March’s National People’s Congress, Premier Li Keqiang’s grand vision for the cultivation of a globally competitive cluster of metropolises and “innovation super-hub” in China’s Greater Bay Area (GBA), is now starting to take shape as the country…
R&D With the USD 62 billion deal from Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical to buy Irish firm Shire finally agreed after months of wrangling, we asked PharmaBoardroom’s readers whether this deal would herald a flurry of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) within the pharma world. “Biotech and pharma M&A activity dropped to its lowest…
India The global pharmaceutical outsourcing market was estimated to be USD 115.7 billion in 2016, of which 49 percent is accounted for by contract research organisations (CROs). Within India, the contract research market is scheduled to grow from around USD one billion in 2016 to USD 1.97 billion by 2023 according…
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