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Europe The Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) sector has flousished in recent years as Big Pharma has shifted its attention to its core R&D activities and outsourced other supply chain components, including manufacturing, to independent CDMOs. In Europe the CDMO market is expected to reach a revenue of nearly USD…

CEE Some of the most important stories emanating from the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region’s pharma industry, including Polpharma’s bid for Zentiva, Richter’s acquisition of OC Distributors and MDD approval in the US, Hungary’s windfall tax on pharma, Presage’s collaboration with Pure Biologics and Lithuania’s biotech ambitions.   Polpharma working…

Greece DEMO, founded in 1965, is a mainstay of Greek pharma and one of its largest companies, accounting for 25 percent of the total investment across the entire Greek pharmaceutical sector. Throughout its long history DEMO has shifted its focus, moved towards exports and weathered Greece’s financial crisis. Today, the family-owned…

Greece Takeda’s Cornelia Zanetti, a recent implant into Greece following stints in Germany, Switzerland, and Singapore, shares her first impressions of the Greek pharma market, and how the Japanese giant is making a difference for Greek patients in oncology, gastroenterology, plasma-derived therapies, and rare diseases. Zanetti also highlights some of the…

Greece One of Greece’s leading domestic pharmaceutical companies, RAFARM has had a stellar recent history, including a momentous entry into the US market. Now looking to establish itself as one of Europe’s major players in ophthalmics and complex injectables, VP Aris Mitsopoulos outlines his ambitious growth plan for the firm and…

Europe Edward Mc Gettrick and Sharon Gorman of Pfizer, writing in the January 2023 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, examine the scope and impact of the European Union’s new Regulation on Health Technology Assessment.   In December 2021, the European Commission (EC) adopted the Regulation on Health Technology Assessment (EU HTA…

Greece The European Union’s decision to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic by launching its Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) and moving away from its past austerity policies is particularly significant for Greece. Severely hit by the financial crisis a decade ago and thrown off its course to recovery by…

Global Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), or the resistance of pathogens to antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals and antiparasitics has been declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as one of the top 10 global public health threats and was associated with the death of some 5 million people in 2019. The latest WHO report…

France The latest news from French pharma, including fears of medicine shortages and suspension of online sales of paracetamol, CARMAT’s artificial heart product entering a study in France, Sanofi’s expanded deal with Innate Pharma and new funding for cell and gene therapy biotech Cellectis.   France suspends internet sales of paracetamol …

Germany In response to a looming deficit of EUR 17 billion, Germany’s new Financial Stabilization of Statutory Health Insurance System Act (GKV-Finanzstabilisierungsgesetz, or GKV-FinStG) is aimed at containing costs in the country’s health insurance system by distributing the financial burden amongst all healthcare stakeholders, yet biopharma companies stand to be hit…

Europe Based on current discussions by the European Commission, launch conditionalities would not account for the distinct nature of small and mid-sized companies, OMPs and ATMPs. EUCOPE’s Alexander Natz breaks down this aspect of the revision of the general pharmaceutical legislation and why it would prove unsustainable for smaller companies and…

Europe Writing in the special December 2022 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Eli Lilly’s Mark Mayer, Pfizer’s Nick Sykes and Julie O’Brien, and the EFPIA’s Sini Eskola, Magda Chlebus, and Chloé Garay look at the EU regulatory system’s resourcing challenges and call for long-term multi-stakeholder engagement to help resolve them.…