Tagged with Africa

Middle East & Africa Diginova Health Solutions is a platform that incubates and invests in digital health startups and collaborates with governments and regulators to bring digital solutions to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Healthcare management veteran, founding partner & CEO, Sarper Tanli, discusses the opportunities and challenges posed by digitilisation…

Middle East & Africa Approaching two years in her position as GSK’s Vice President and General Manager for the Gulf region, Gizem Akalin, PhD, outlines the tremendous growth potential of her region, draws on her digital marketing expertise to reflect on the future of commercial teams post-COVID, and highlights why the UAE should become…

Middle East & Africa Within the context of the MEA region’s maturing regulatory environment, the expansion of healthcare coverage and regulatory changes aimed at making the New Molecular Entities (NMEs) review process more efficient, registrations have increased in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Tunisia and Egypt, but slowed down in other territories. Results from the second…

South Africa Some of the top pharma news coming out of South Africa including Afrigen’s partnership with US National Institutes of Health (NIH), BioNTech’s efforts to bring an mRNA start-to-finish vaccine manufacturing network to Africa and Ascendis Health’s deal with Austell Pharmaceuticals for its pharma division.   Afrigen partners with US National Institutes…

Middle East & Africa Most of the Middle East & Africa’s largest markets continue to grow, but Saudi Arabia remains at the top with the region’s largest pharma market, valued at USD 8.5 billion.   Hecho conVisme Infographic Maker   See the complete set of Saudi Arabia Facts & Figures from PharmaBoardroom’s Healthcare &…

Middle East & Africa  Fujifilm’s managing director for the Middle East, Michio Kondo, outlines the company’s move from products to comprehensive healthcare solutions, and how this transformation aligns with the GCC region’s view on the future of healthcare. In addition, Kondo comments on the recognition of the made-in-Japan brand, the implementation of AI in…

Africa David Mukanga of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gives an overview of the latest developments on the long road towards the creation of an African Medicines Agency and the push to establish vaccine manufacturing facilities on the continent.   Since the minimum number of 15 ratifications by African Union…

Middle East & Africa Mediclinic Middle East’s CEO David Hadley explains the UAE’s response to the pandemic and how Mediclinic was involved. He also discusses the oversupply of hospitals and other healthcare trends in the region. The pandemic encouraged people to focus more on their health in one way or another. This creates the…

Italy Octapharm’s Abramo Brandi, Managing Director of Italy and VP Africa, outlines the particularities of the plasma derivatives business in general and the Italian market in particular. He also explains the company’s new opportunities in Africa. … 60-70 percent of current Italian needs are covered self-sufficiently. In Italy plasma is for…

MEA The Middle East and Africa, combined, represent the world’s fifth largest regional pharma market. According to IQVIA’s recent figures, most of the largest markets grew, although slowly due to COVID lockdowns, with Saudi Arabia in the top position. Multinational companies continue to “dominate” the region with Gilead Sciences experiencing huge…

Kenya Medicines for Africa’s Lenias Hwenda examines the significance of Moderna’s USD 500 million investment into African manufacturing, other agreements in place to boost manufacturing capacity on the continent, and why a more equally distributed global pharmaceutical manufacturing network is in the interest of the entire planet.   Many Africans welcome…

MEA In the February edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine Sybil Nana Ama Ossei-Agyeman-Yeboah of the West African Health Organization, Jane H. Mashingia from the East African Community Medicines Regulatory Harmonization Programme, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s David Mukanga examine the state of joint assessment procedures in the East…