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Europe The Top Five countries in Europe for pharma production. All located in Western Europe, Switzerland punches well above its weight to take top spot. This data is taken from the 2021 edition of the EFPIA’s comprehensive annual data review of the European pharma industry.   Switzerland Despite boasting a population just one…

Global The global push to vaccinate populations against COVID-19 has played out differently in different geographies, with a yawning gap still existing between vaccination rates in developed and developing economies and vaccine hesitancy and scepticism rife in certain countries. Here, three country managers from Pfizer – which is aiming to manufacture…

Europe The Top Five countries in Europe ranked by amount spent on pharma R&D. While some of the continent’s largest and most developed nations are represented, other smaller countries are punching above their weight. This data is taken from the 2021 edition of the EFPIA’s comprehensive annual data review of the European pharma…

Sweden Anders Blanck, CEO of Lif, the trade association for the research-based Swedish pharmaceutical industry, writes about the challenges the world faces from antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Sweden has for decades been a pioneer in the field, and Blanck believes that Sweden is an excellent test market for various incentive models that,…

Europe Drawing from the 2021 edition of the EFPIA’s comprehensive annual data review of the European pharma industry, we present the Top 5 countries across a variety of pharma metrics: from market size to R&D spend, production, exports, imports, and generics penetration.   Made with Visme Infographic Maker   Made with…

Global Over the past 12 months, PharmaBoardroom has spoken to the heads of several key regulatory bodies across the world. While the approval processes for COVID-19 vaccines have evidently been top of their priority lists, other key topics discussed included the potential of data and AI to change the drug approval…

Europe Writing in the August edition of DIA’s Global Forum, Sanofi R&D’s Thomas Kühler outlines the bumpy journey towards the full adoption of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) across Europe.   More than three years ago, in January 2018, the European Commission published a draft Regulation on Health Technology Assessment for the EU.…

Switzerland Aspen’s European Head Thomas Kerscher explains how the sale of the company’s thrombosis portfolio to Mylan has led to an organisational transformation in Europe with a leaner approach and an exclusive focus on anaesthesia. Kerscher also outlines the South African company’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic amid skyrocketing demand for…

Europe Boehringer Ingelheim’s Hubertus von Baumbach, the newly appointed president of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), shares the goals of his presidency and the role of the innovative European pharma industry in building a healthier future for the continent’s citizens in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.…

Ireland The Top 10 pharma companies in Ireland, ranked by annual turnover in The Irish Times Top 1000 list for 2021. Dublin-headquartered Allergan tops the list, followed by global giants MSD, Pfizer, and Gilead. Made with Visme Infographic Maker

Denmark Novo Nordisk, Lundbeck, and LEO Pharma are the major players in the Danish pharmaceutical industry, all with significant R&D and manufacturing operations in the country. Made with Visme Infographic Maker Made with Visme Infographic Maker   Moreover, Denmark is the Nordics’ leading exporter of pharmaceuticals, as the below charts show. Made with Visme…

Europe Jasper Kunow, MSD’s managing director for Central Eastern Europe, outlines the threat that cancer still poses to Europe, the challenges of enacting the EU’s Beating Cancer Plan across the CEE region, and how policymakers and payers can help overcome them   “In 2020, while we were all fighting against the…