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Hong Kong Based at Gilead Sciences’ Hong Kong hub, as VP & GM of Asia, Turkey, and the Middle East, American Dustin Haines oversees a vast region that includes the “Asia 5” territories Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea and is the biggest of the company’s intercontinental areas with respect…

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…

Mexico The latest from Mexican pharma, including the distribution agreement between Dow and Azelis, Neuraxpharm’s new LatAm subsidiaries in Mexico and Brazil; Landsteiner Scientific’s restructure, and Merck’s plant expansion in Naucalpan.   Dow and Azelis México, distribution partners for the pharmaceutical market (T21, in Spanish) Dow announced its alliance with Azelis,…

China Managing partner Nisa Leung co-founded three healthcare companies before starting the venture capital firm Qiming Venture Partners, a pioneer in China that has backed over 530 fast-growth companies, including Xiaomi, Gan & Lee, Tigermed, reflecting its strength in identifying innovative startups. She outlines the  growth of the Chinese healthcare industry…

Belgium Belgian healthcare performs strongly across most metrics and international comparisons, but – as elsewhere – there remains room for improvement in terms of integrating patient feedback and experience into the care cycle.   Patients are often left to navigate these challenges on their own, without a system in place to…

Global Smart manufacturing has become a key component of today’s industrial evolution and unlocked unprecedented efficiencies and quality enhancements. Smart Manufacturing expert Eric Whitley outlines the specific benefits of smart manufacturing for the pharmaceutical industry, illustrating these benefits with industry case studies.   Smart manufacturing has entered the world of modern…

Global Merck KGaA’s Marco Rauland and Kaushal Kishore examine how artificial intelligence and machine learning can best be applied in pharmaceutical pricing and market access. Noting the significant uptake of such tools in other aspects of the pharma value chain, Rauland and Kishore speculate how they might come to revolutionise pricing…

UAE Only a small percentage of global clinical research takes place in the Middle East and Africa region today. This means that full-service MEA-focused clinical research organisation PDC CRO has a wealth of untapped opportunities to develop, according to the company’s CEO Mohamed Mostafa. He outlines PDC’s important work on COVID-19…

Belgium RaDiOrg aims to support rare disease patients and patient organisations in Belgium, defend their interests, and raise awareness of what can be devastating and little-understood conditions. Director Eva Schoeters – who joined the patient advocacy field following the diagnosis of her son with a rare condition – outlines some of…

Belgium The newly merged Port of Antwerp-Bruges is the world’s first GDP-compliant seaport. CCO Tom Hautekiet explains the significant role the Port is playing in global healthcare supply chains – leveraging Belgium’s positioning as Europe’s leading producer of vaccines -, how it is adapting and driving the green transition, and the…

Europe Rainer Westermann, chairman of the Life Sciences Acceleration Alliance e.V. (LSAA), which lobbies on behalf of European venture capitalists in the life sciences space, launches a critique of current pharmaceutical policies across the EU, arguing that constant cost-containment measures, over-regulation, and bureaucracy are leading to drug shortages and acting as…

Canada On March 29 2023, the Quebec Health Minister (the “Minister”) introduced Bill 15, an Act to make the health and social services system more effective (the “Bill”). The Bill, which is still at the detailed study stage, proposes a major renewal of the framework for the health and social services…