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Italy Historically, SIFI has been a modest local player focused on ophthalmic products, but in recent years the company has set some ambitious goals for itself—becoming a leading force in European ophthalmic markets, breaking into orphan drugs and adding value in the glaucoma field—and is now seeing its ambitions become a…

Egypt Takeda Egypt’s Samy Khalil gives an overview of the company’s presence in the country and the fundamentals behind its double-digit growth there, provides his view of the healthcare transformation of the country – both achievements and challenges – and explains why Egypt was added to Takeda’s Access Markets cluster.  …

Egypt Amgen’s country director for the ELI cluster (Egypt, Levant, and Iran), Ahmed Kishta, dives into the dynamics shaping the Egyptian market, Egypt’s Vision 2030 and how Amgen is contributing to the health of Egyptian patients.   The effort to transform healthcare in Egypt has been tremendous during the last 5-6…

Spain Kyowa Kirin’s head of the South Europe cluster, Norberto Villarrasa, explains the Japanese company’s presence in Spain, its focus on rare diseases and onco-haematology, and comments on the challenges around access to rare disease treatments. In addition, the executive provides the company’s view on the potential and advantages of risk-sharing…

Italy Pierre Fabre Italy’s Charles-Henri Bodin highlights how the French firm’s offering has expanded far beyond its dermo-cosmetics heritage to today encompass a wide range of pharmaceuticals, including the key growth area of oncology. Bodin also outlines the importance of Italy – one of PF’s first international affiliates – to the…

Sweden Anders Blanck, CEO of LIF, the industry organisation for the research-based pharmaceutical industry in Sweden, describes the Sustainability Strategy that the pharma industry in Sweden is now launching. Central to the Strategy is a Manifesto with nine commitments that covers the entire value chain of medicines – from research and…

Italy Organon Italy’s Alper Alptekin introduces the newly formed women’s health company, his priorities for the Italian affiliate, and how improvements in women’s health can improve gender equality and give women the ability to be stronger, more vocal, and more independent.   While Organon’s portfolio is meeting the needs of women,…

Japan Japanese firm Kirin, part of the Mitsubishi Group and best known for its brewing operations, has pledged to invest JPY 100 billion (USD 870 million) into its healthcare/pharma operations amid a slowdown in the Japanese beer market.   Beer Today, Gone Tomorrow Japan’s rapidly ageing population and the effects of…

Europe Having moved early on a promising phase II monoclonal antibody, Almirall is inching closer to entering the Sanofi-dominated European market for eczema after posting, along with Eli Lilly, positive phase III results for Lebrikizumab. The Catalan company says it is on track for a 2023 launch on the continent; Lilly…

Global Exactly five months after concluding that it was the right time to “monetize” its investment in a cross-town rival – providing Roche “full strategic flexibility” in the process – Novartis has announced a major restructuring; this time, too, citing financial motives.   The Swiss giant – fifth in the global…

Spain Almirall CEO Gianfranco Nazzi dives into the new strategic focus of the global biopharmaceutical company with HQ in Barcelona as it seeks to serve the European medical dermatology market. The Italian executive reflects on his first few months at the helm, the cumulative experience of Almirall’s management board, the global…

Italy Claudia Coscia outlines how the geographic and portfolio transformation of Kyowa Kirin has played out in Italy in recent years. Coscia also touches on access challenges for rare disease therapies in the Italian pharma market, rising levels of rare disease awareness, and the digitalisation status of the country’s healthcare system. …