Tagged with Clinical Trials,

Spain Sobi’s VP and general manager for Spain and Portugal, Pablo De Mora, comments on his experience during the pandemic, the Swedish company’s haematology and immunology portfolio, including its EMA-approved COVID-19 treatment, and the reimbursement challenges faced by rare disease players in Spain. Moreover, De Mora highlights Sobi’s vast clinical trials…

Spain Lilly’s Nabil Daoud highlights the evolution in the firm’s Spanish manufacturing and R&D footprint in recent years, discussed launch plans for its next-generation diabetes and obesity treatments, and outlines some of the key trends currently impacting healthcare in Spain.   Four years ago, a molecule discovered and designed by scientists…

Italy   In a wide-ranging and candid conversation, Amgen Italy General Manager Soren Giese outlines the strategy he put in place to restructure Amgen’s operations in the Italian market, the company’s third largest in Europe and sixth largest globally. Giese also touches on ensuring the affiliate’s product launch readiness, consistently increasing…

Spain A rundown of five things to know about the healthcare and life sciences industry in Catalonia. Nestled in Northeastern Spain and bordering France, Catalonia’s capital and largest city is Barcelona. The region boasts a strong scientific output by European standards, is the birthplace of many of Spain’s pharma success stories,…

Denmark Denmark boasts plenty of strong fundamentals as a clinical trials hub, but is perhaps constrained by a population of just 5.8 million and a correspondingly small patient pool. However, international collaboration, not least with neighbouring Sweden (population 10.4 million), has the potential to greatly increase the pool from which trial…

Australia Australia’s international outlook, strong science base, multi-ethnic English-speaking population and high educational and regulatory standards make it an attractive location to undertake clinical trials for medicines and vaccines. These fundamentals were foregrounded during the COVID-19 pandemic, when Australia was able to pivot quickly and develop capabilities in technology and tele-monitoring…

Denmark Trial Nation is a non-profit public-private partnership organisation consisting of all five Danish regions, the Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs, the Ministry of Health, the umbrella organisations for patient organisations and physicians respectively, and several life science companies dedicated to running clinical trials in Denmark. CEO Marianne Pilgaard…

China Perhaps Chinese biotech’s biggest success story, cancer-focused Beigene has evolved from the commitment of founders John Oyler and Xiaodong Wang to conducting clinical research in China with a global outlook. Fresh from recent announcements of an IPO in Shanghai to add to listings on NASDAQ and in Hong Kong and…

Turkey Becoming the clinical trials country leader in the region has been set as a primary goal for Turkey’s pharma industry to achieve global competitiveness. The government’s strategy is to increase its share of global clinical studies both in numbers and investment. Today, the country occupies the 26th position with 529…

Australia In conversation in the November issue of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Australian Pharmaceutical medical and scientific Professionals Association (APPA) Past President David Grolman highlights the contributions that Australia is already making to the global innovative pharmaceutical industry and why his country remains a particularly attractive clinical trials hub.   “We…

Denmark Data has been collected within Danish healthcare for more than 40 years, extending beyond the national patient registry to include a broad range of data points, from IVF to the birth registry, abortion, the weight and height of children, and much more. Danes tend to have a high level of…

Turkey After being present in the Turkish market for more than 28 years, MSD seems confident that it will be able to seize upcoming opportunities due to the country’s high prevalence of chronic disease, strong national immunization program and increasing life expectancy. Its general manager for the Turkey cluster, Gözde Güllüoğlu,…