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Mexico The latest from Mexico’s fight against COVID-19, including news of vaccine tourism into the US, how China’s CanSino is filling the gaps left by Western companies, and AMLO’s call for UN intervention on vaccine rollout.   The Mexican Elites Who Are Traveling to the U.S. to Get Vaccinated (Slate) https://slate.com/technology/2021/02/covid-19-vaccine-tourism-mexico-elites.html…

MEA The latest news from Middle East & North African pharma, including Pfizer’s transformation of its Saudi operations; why India is calling for reform of the import process for pharma products in the Arab world; Hikma’s buyup of GSK assets in Egypt and Tunisia; and Tabuk’s biosimilar distribution deal.   Pfizer…

Russia The latest news from Russian pharma and healthcare including a big funding injection for primary care up to 2025, limits on pharma companies’ ability to patent other forms of already known chemical compounds in Russia, and the Sputnik COVID-19 vaccine’s geopolitical cachet.   Russia to allocate $7.4 bln for healthcare…

Brazil The Brazilian pharma market outperformed the Latin American average in Q1 of 2020 with a growth of 8.2 percent in real terms (inflation adjusted), according to IQVIA. Its size reached USD 21.8 billion, with almost two thirds coming from retail. The overall LatAm pharma market grew 6 percent in average…

India The latest news from Indian pharma, including a 200 percent boost for the country’s pharmaceutical industry in the latest national budget; predictions of rapid growth in the coming decade; Cipla’s potential entry into the COVID-19 vaccine race; and Pfizer’s withdrawal of its emergency use application for its vaccine in India.…

France 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 impact of this on the country’s global scientific standing. Also featured are the rising problem of anti-vaccine sentiment, an exclusive…

Asia-Pacific The latest pharma news from the Asia-Pacific region, including upcoming IPOs for Prestige Biopharma and HH&L Acquisition; logistics challenges for COVID-19 vaccine distributors; and Moderna’s CMO-based vaccine manufacturing strategy in Asia.   Singapore-based Prestige Biopharma prepares for IPO on the Korea Exchange https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/garage/prestige-biopharma-eyes-at-least-18t-won-valuation-in-korean-ipo SINGAPORE-BASED Prestige Biopharma expects an implied market…

Americas The latest news from pharma and healthcare in Latin America, including funding and logistics challenges in national COVID-19 vaccination programs, a new variant of the virus in Colombia, and the impasse between Pfizer and the Peruvian government.   First Covid-19 Vaccines Are Given in Latin America, But Region Faces Challenges…

MEA The latest COVID-19 vaccine news from the Middle East & Africa (MEA) region, including the fallout from Iran’s ban on any imports of US- or UK-produced vaccines, Israel’s world-leading vaccination speed; and how Dubai Airports is working with GMR-Hyderabad to form a ‘vaccine corridor’.   Iran inks deal for Cuban…

China The latest from Chinese pharma, including domestic regulatory approval for Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine, how the country’s online healthcare industry is booming in the wake of the pandemic, and news that companies are slashing prices on new products by an average of 51 percent in order for them to be covered…

Spain 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 Almirall, and Esteve’s European Expansion.   Weapons “made in Spain” in the war against Covid-19 (La Razón – Spanish) https://www.larazon.es/salud/20201214/iecgoyhkpfeifhlfgpracvgtci.html…

Italy 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 south of the country, Chiesi’s latest mobile health partnership, and the potential rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in January 2021.  …