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Global Amgen has forged a solid position as one of the world’s largest independent biotechnology companies. With a market capitalisation of some USD 130 billion and 27 approved medicines, the US-based firm has come a long way from its original biotech upstart status in 1980. Nonetheless, Amgen has faced obstacles in…

Morocco Maphar, a 72-year mainstay of the Moroccan pharma industry with both production and distribution arms, has achieved considerable success in recent years, expanding its international network to now reach over 42 big-name partners. General Manager Pierre Labbé outlines the significant footprint of the company – part of the CFAO Group…

Middle East & Africa As profit margins in established markets decreased, “pharmerging markets” became the new El Dorado for pharma and medtech companies in the 2010s. Many put in big investments only to discover that the volatility of these geographies often meant that the expected returns did not materialise. However, especially post-COVID, emerging markets…

UAE Rodrigo Rodriguez, as area head for UMEA at Takeda, leads a vast and varied region that includes Ukraine, the Middle East and Africa and is characterised by what he calls “geographical and economic volatility,” with an extreme example being the conflict in Ukraine. He discusses the challenges presented by the…

Middle East & Africa Head of the Middle East region and GM for the Middle East & Africa affiliate, Basel Thaher outlines his 18-year career at Menarini and discusses the Italian family-run company’s footprint in the region where it has a direct presence in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Egypt and plans to…

Global  Speaking as GM and head of the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa region, Andrew Bird, who has since become Acino’s Interim Chief Executive Officer, discusses the Swiss company’s “being global but acting local” approach to emerging markets and outlines the importance of the META region, which accounts for 35 percent…

Belgium Univercells is a group of companies founded a decade ago based around the concept of revolutionizing the availability of biologics around the world through making essential medicines affordable to all, in both quality and price. CEO Hugues Bultot outlines the scale and scope of the organisation today, its fundraising and…

Africa Writing in the July 2023 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Nevena Miletic of Roche and the IFPMA’s Africa Regulatory Network and Ian Hudson from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation look back on the progress made towards instituting an African Medicines Agency and the next steps in this important…

Africa The third and final piece in Lenias Hwenda of Medicines for Africa’s series looking back at the challenges and successes of HIV/AIDS treatments over the past 40 years and potential medical breakthroughs to come (read part one here and part two here). Here, Hwenda examines the persistent challenge of HIV/AIDS…

Africa The second in a three-part series looking back at the challenges and successes of HIV/AIDS treatments over the past 40 years and potential medical breakthroughs to come (read part one here) from Lenias Hwenda of Medicines for Africa. Here, Hwenda shines a light on the importance of preventing mother-to-child transmission…

Middle East & Africa The Middle East and Africa (MEA), the fifth-largest regional pharma market in the world, is rapidly becoming a pharmaceutical powerhouse with both global and local firms taking advantage of the region’s population and life expectancy growth as well as greater government funding for healthcare and the progress of universal healthcare…

Africa In the first of a series looking back at the challenges and successes of HIV/AIDS treatments over the past 40 years and potential medical breakthroughs to come, Lenias Hwenda of Medicines for Africa shares her personal meditations on the HIV pandemic, the impact of expanded access to antiretroviral therapy, and…