China A selection of the latest stories from Chinese pharma, including Novartis’ bet that the country will become its second biggest market by 2024 through the introduction of 50 new drugs, a new report by McKinsey that evaluates China’s impact on the global biopharma industry, AstraZeneca’s respiratory plans, and Gilead’s USD…
Poland Some of the top stories emanating from Poland’s pharma industry, including Polish biotech Ryvu Therapeutics’ exclusive deal with Exelixis, the partnership between Polpharma and startup Pikralida on a promising epilepsy candidate and Adamed’s expansion of its laboratory facilities. Exelixis and Ryvu Therapeutics Sign Agreement to Develop Novel STING Agonist-Based…
Spain Its unorthodox name reflecting a somewhat unconventional approach, mAbxience has achieved some significant milestones in its short history, including becoming the only privately-owned company in the world with less than 500 people to have launched a monoclonal antibody biosimilar. “This is not usually a small company game, and mAbxience did…
South Korea South Korea has carved a place for itself as a dominant player in the global pharma and med-tech manufacturing industry with national companies Samsung Biologics and Celltrion leading the way. In 2019, the South Korean government announced a USD 1.7 billion five-year plan to fund biotech-related projects with the intention…
Global AstraZeneca recently announced plans to continue investing in China, the company’s second largest market after the United States, with the construction of a production facility that will serve as its regional headquarters in Qingdao, Shandong. The plans were announced during the third Qingdao Multinationals Summit. “To further promote the development…
China Some of the most significant recent stories emanating from Chinese healthcare and life sciences, including why the development of a domestic mRNA COVID vaccine – widely acknowledged as an essential tool to shifting away from the country’s zero-COVID policy – is under threat from new mutations of the virus. Other…
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…
Saudi Arabia Sameh ElFangary, Country President for GCC and Pakistan at AstraZeneca, highlights AstraZeneca’s alignment with, and commitment to, Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 and the opportunities that the Vision is creating. ElFangary also explains the significance of a new memorandum of understanding to create a clinical research hub in Riyadh and how…
Global The oncology field has exploded in the past 20 years and pharma companies now have a wide range of approaches available to them as they look to identify, treat, and in some cases even cure, cancer patients. Here, five industry experts weigh in on the exciting new tools and technology…
UK After a tumultuous year, AstraZeneca is creating a standalone vaccine unit and will begin to charge for its COVID-19 vaccine shot, having previously provided it at cost. PharmaBoardroom looks back at the reputational hits (some fair and some less so) that the firm has suffered over the past 12 months…
UK The latest news from UK pharma, including AstraZeneca’s decision to create a dedicated business unit for its COVID-19 vaccines, GSK’s raised profits forecast, and CDMO Almac’s move to create over 1,000 new jobs at its facilities in Northern Ireland over the next three years. AstraZeneca to create dedicated Covid…
China The latest news from Chinese pharma, including Fosun Pharma’s 2021 interim results; how AstraZeneca, Bayer, Eli Lilly, Merck & Co., Novartis, Novo Nordisk, and Sanofi have achieved China growth in the first half of the year despite pricing squeezes on their mature brands; and why Bayer sees huge growth potential…
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