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Italy Speaking exclusively to PharmaBoardroom, Pierluigi Antonelli outlines Angelini Pharma’s progress in transforming from a traditional, Italy-focused, and family-owned firm into a true European innovator. Antonelli outlines the potential impact of Angelini’s USD 960 million Arvelle acquisition, why he is optimistic about success in the challenging brain health space, and how…

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…

Global The top COVID-19 Vaccines by revenue in 2021 and sales projections for 2022 based on Airfinity’s COVID-19 Vaccine Market Revenue Forecast 2022. Pfizer/BioNTech’s vaccine stands to make USD 42.69 billion in 2022, while Moderna’s product has projected sales of USD 25.71 billion. Projected USD 3.97 billion sales for Russia’s Sputnik…

Global When British executive Paul Hudson joined French pharma Sanofi back in 2019, he was quick to launch a “play to win” strategy, shedding underperforming areas and doubling down on its stronger assets.   While the COVID-19 pandemic – and Sanofi’s failure to bring a vaccine to market thus far, despite…

Global In June 2021, as part of a broader restructuring, Merck (MSD globally) spun off its women’s health, legacy products, and biosimilars businesses. The new company formed, Organon, is positioning itself as “the only player of its size (USD 6.3 billion in revenues for 2021, 9,000 employees) focused on women’s health…

Spain Ferrer’s CEO, Mario Rovirosa, outlines how he and a new management team have been building the foundation of the Spanish mid-cap’s transformation to become a specialty pharma company, a 180-degree shift that entailed the divestment of its generics portfolio, new affiliates across the world, and a more focused product pipeline.…

Global Based on analysis from Crunchbase, read on for 2021’s largest VC investments into the biotech industry (which topped USD 65 billion last year) and 2021’s busiest biotech lead investors overall.   Made with Visme Infographic Maker   Made with Visme Infographic Maker

Global As the focus of the global COVID-19 pandemic response shifts downstream from the development and production of vaccines to vaccination campaigns themselves, IFPMA Director-General Thomas Cueni lays out the biopharmaceutical industry’s three new overarching priorities: supporting country readiness, contributing to equitable distribution, and driving innovation.   From the early days…

Global Two years into his role, Ipsen’s EVP and Chief Medical Officer Prof. Dr. med. Steven Hildemann MD discusses his vision of patient-centricity and how he is leading a medical transformation that puts data-driven insights at the core and aims to make a real difference to both clinical practice and patients’…

Global Pfizer’s record-breaking year set the stage for a sound financial year for Big Pharma’s top ten, whose revenue grew on average 19.8 percent in 2021. Posting sales of over USD 80 billion, Pfizer pulled away from second placed Roche and is aiming to break the USD 100 billion barrier in…

France French mid-cap pharma Ipsen achieved total sales of EUR 2.869 billion in 2021, a 12.3 percent increase on results from the pandemic-affected 2020 total. The company also announced plans to divest its consumer healthcare business – which currently accounts for around eight percent of total revenues – to fellow French…

Global Drawing on the findings of EY’s recently published life sciences M&A firepower report, EY Global Life Sciences Deals Leader Subin Baral makes the case for big biopharmas to seek out alliances and partnerships as an alternative to M&A and lists ten considerations that these firms should bear in mind if…