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Germany A roundup of some of the biggest recent stories from German pharma, including the latest on beleaguered Bayer CEO Werner Baumann, Merck KGaA’s latest investments in France and Germany, and STADA securing the first authorized treatment in Europe for the rare kidney disease immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN).   Bayer’s hunt…

Egypt MSD’s managing director for Egypt, Libya, Sudan and Yemen, Hazem Abdel Samie, shares his perspective on recent changes within the American multinational and explains why Egypt’s move from a predominantly out-of-pocket market to a public system will open up many new opportunities. He also offers his view on the possibility…

Italy Collectively representing almost 400 companies operating in Italy, Farmindustria, Egualia (formerly Assogenerici) and Assobiotec respectively promote the interests of innovative pharmaceutical companies—both foreign and Italian-owned— the generics, biosimilars and value-added medicines sector, and biotech. Massimo Scaccabarozzi, former President of Farmindustria; Michele Uda, director general of Egualia, and Leonardo Vingiani, managing…

Italy As the European Union’s largest beneficiary of the Next Generation EU (NGEU) package, aimed at boosting the EU’s economy following the COVID-19 pandemic, Italy will receive some EUR 235 billion in grants and loans over the lifetime of its National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP). With respect to healthcare, the…

Egypt Roche Pharma General Manager in Egypt Mohamed Swilam shares his experience implementing a new operational model that is “challenging the status quo” of the pharma industry. He also explains the changing dynamics of the Egyptian pharma market – the fastest growing in the Middle East and Africa region – and…

China China healthcare and life sciences news. Top stories include the NMPA approvals of CanSino’s inhaled COVID-19 vaccine and AstraZeneca’s CKD treatment, HitGen/Unison’s anti-infectives deal and the funding secured by cell therapy biotech Neukio Biotherapeutics.   Neovii & Fosun Pharma sign deal to bring transplantation medicine to China (BioSpectum Asia) Switzerland-based…

LatAm A roundup of some of the latest from Latin American pharma, including India’s interest in the South American market, Bayer’s USD 361 million investment in Mexico, the EU’s partnership to boost investment in vaccines and drug production in the region, Panama’s cannabis strategy, and Brazil’s manufacturing attractiveness.   Indian pharma…

Mexico The director of Mexican pharmaceutical industry association CANIFARMA, Rafael Gual Cosío, speaks out about the current contradictions plaguing Mexico’s pharma sector. Gual Cosío highlights the fact that market growth and revenue increases are being seen despite regulatory backlog and medicine shortages due to inefficient handling of the public system. He…

UK “Life sciences are at the heart of my vision to build a country fit for the future,” tweeted new UK Prime Minister Liz Truss last month. Now installed as leader of a country facing a once-in-a-generation cost of living and energy cost crisis compounded by geopolitical turbulence and the continuing…

Italy ENEA Tech and Biomedical is a foundation supervised by the Italian Ministry of Economic Development that aims to strengthen Italian R&D and the industrial transformation of the country’s biomedical sector. Its managing director, Marco Baccanti, outlines the organisation’s strategy to support and fund projects and analyses the current state of…

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…

Egypt The head of the French Chamber of Commerce in Egypt, Karim Wissa, dives into the current state of the Egyptian economy, the reasons behind its healthcare boom, explains why companies are rushing in under the umbrella of the universal healthcare law, and the role of France in helping Egypt grow.…