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Spain A roundup of the latest news from Spanish pharma, including Almirall’s licensing deal with EpimAb Biotherapeutics; the opening of Insud Pharma’s oligonucleotides centre in India, and Esteve Química’s new FDA-cleared manufacturing site.   Almirall licenses bispecific platform in $210m EpimAb deal (BioProcess International) EpimAb Biotherapeutics has out-licensed the rights for…

India Indian pharma companies have been building a broader presence in LatAm markets over the past two decades. With well-established trade relations already in place, the region offers a series of unique opportunities that have led India to become its fifth-largest supplier of pharmaceuticals and attracted widespread Indian investments in local manufacturing…

Denmark LEO Pharma has been in the midst of a shakeup since the beginning of 2022. After naming a new CEO and announcing a major restructuring, the Danish dermatology pharma has let a considerable number of employees go, closed research centres and restructured its R&D team. While LEO’s financials look promising…

India The top 10 Indian pharma companies ranked by market capitalization as of June 2023, compiled by Global Data. Way out in front is Sun Pharma, followed by Dr Reddy’s and Cipla. Made with Visme Infographic Maker

Morocco Morocco is undergoing ambitious reforms, extending universal healthcare coverage to all its citizens while resolving the shortcomings laid bare during the COVID-19 pandemic. Endorsed by a USD 450 million Program-for-Results loan from the World Bank, the government’s plans have been well received by the country’s healthcare and life sciences stakeholders…

UAE Globally, while there is broad stakeholder alignment on topics like clinical trials and innovation, there is real divergence in approaches to pharmacoeconomics and health technology assessment (HTA). This is perhaps in part due to the differences between systems like those in Europe where these functions are state mandates and those,…

China After four years away, Brendan Shaw recently returned to China to attend the ChinaBio Innovation and Investment Conference in Suzhou. Although geopolitical tensions, the fallout from COVID-19, and local market challenges have dampened stakeholder optimism around China somewhat in the last few years, Shaw feels that the country still has…

UK Could the UK’s re-joining of Horizon Europe, the EU’s EUR 95 billion research funding programme, be the latest sign that the country is ready to win back its global scientific relevance? The announcement comes just months after an ambitious government plan to “cement” the UK’s position as a science superpower,…

Morocco From Morocco to the world, ABA Technology is an industrialisation, integration, and software development service partner providing solutions to private and public sector stakeholders in four continents. Vice President Amer Benouda lays out some of the company’s key success stories thus far; its future international expansion plans; and its mission…

Global Well-informed and data-driven healthcare decision making has never been more important. Healthcare systems across the world – in both developed and developing contexts – are grappling with the challenge of providing quality treatments and services to patients while ensuring that their money is well spent. At the forefront of helping…

Morocco As North Africa cluster lead Pfizer veteran Diego Forero heads up Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, and Algeria in addition to being the country manager for Morocco. He describes the company’s 57-year presence and its local manufacturing site that produces almost 70 percent of Pfizer’s medicines marketed in Morocco as well as…

China A roundup of some of the latest pharma news from China including Pfizer’s first Asia launch of Rimegepant migraine treatment in Hong Kong; Zhifei and GSK’s shingles vaccine deal, and the collaboration between the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Olympus Corporation.   Chinese University of Hong Kong and…