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Pharma Legal Handbook The requirements for conducting preclinical and clinical trials in Brazil.  Prepared in association with Trench, Rossi e Watanabe one of Brazil’s most prestigious law firms, this is an extract from The Pharma Legal Handbook: Brazil, which can be purchased for GBP 119, here.   1. Are clinical trials required to be conducted locally…

Pharma Legal Handbook A brief legal overview of the situation regarding the regulation, pricing and reimbursement of pharmaceuticals in Brazil.  Prepared in association with Trench, Rossi e Watanabe one of Brazil’s most prestigious law firms, this is an extract from The Pharma Legal Handbook: Brazil, which can be purchased for GBP 119, here.…

LatAm The latest from Latin American pharma, including Moderna’s push to build a regional presence and partnership network; Pfizer’s health equity challenges in the region; and Brazil’s local manufacturing of AstraZeneca’s vaccine and approval of three new cannabis-based products.   Moderna partners with Latin American Pharma https://endpts.com/covid-19-roundup-scottish-government-invests-27m-in-valnevas-covid-19-manufacturing-moderna-partners-with-latin-american-pharma/ In a move to…

Global Based on IQVIA’s pharma market rankings for 2020, we give a rundown of the global top 10, key companies, important trends, and where you can go to learn more.   1. United States Way out in first place with a market value of USD 533.5 billion in sales in 2020,…

LatAm The latest from the healthcare industry in Latin America, including an alarming OECD report about the decline of well-being in the region due to Covid-19, Bayer’s USD 350 million investment in Costa Rica and Argentina combined, Mexico’s slow drug approval process, and Pfizer’s upcoming PR challenge.   Well-being weakened in…

Brazil The latest news from Brazil, including Pfizer’s plans to vaccinate the entire Brazilian city of Toledo, what the US can learn from Brazil’s successful vaccine campaign, and a new deal to import the vaccine candidate from China’s CanSino Biologics.   Pfizer will vaccinate entire city in Brazil as part of…

Brazil The latest news from Brazilian pharma, including an investigation into the country’s deal with Indian lab Bharat Biotech to purchase COVID-19 vaccines; the IP and regulatory challenges around personalised medicine in Brazil; and how domestic champion EMS surged in performance in 2020 thanks to COVID.   Brazil probes Health Ministry…

Saudi Arabia Rubens Hannun, president of the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, discusses the commercial relationship between Brazil and Saudi Arabia, which now reaches over US USD three billion between imports and exports, the role of pharmaceuticals, the opportunities in halal products and their efforts to inform the Arab and Brazilian business…

Americas The latest LatAm pharma news, including COVID-19 vaccine rollouts in Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico as well as legal and regulatory updates on the status of medical cannabis in the region.   COVAX initiative begins in Latin America with 117,000 Pfizer vaccine doses for Colombia (Spanish) https://elpais.com/sociedad/2021-03-01/la-iniciativa-covax-debuta-en-america-latina-con-117000-vacunas-para-colombia.html   At least 13…

Brazil Founded in 1950, EMS is one of the top two domestic pharma companies in Brazil. As a key player in the largest and most populous nation in Latin America, the company has around 13 percent of the Brazilian market share with gross sales of USD 2.5 billion in 2019.  …

Brazil The Brazilian pharma market outperformed the Latin American average in Q1 of 2020 with a growth of 8.2 percent in real terms (inflation adjusted), according to IQVIA. Its size reached USD 21.8 billion, with almost two thirds coming from retail. The overall LatAm pharma market grew 6 percent in average…

Americas The latest news from pharma and healthcare in Latin America, including funding and logistics challenges in national COVID-19 vaccination programs, a new variant of the virus in Colombia, and the impasse between Pfizer and the Peruvian government.   First Covid-19 Vaccines Are Given in Latin America, But Region Faces Challenges…