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India Managing Director Dr Sharvil Patel outlines the objectives behind the rebranding of the Indian pharma company from Zydus Cadila to Zydus Lifesciences, provides insights into the importance of the US generics market where it launches some 30 to 40 products per year, and Zydus’ newfound focus on innovation with a…

India Dr Viranchi Shah of Saga Lifesciences and the Indian Drug Manufacturers Association (IDMA) outlines the Indian pharmaceutical industry’s potential for growth and its role in global health initiatives. He highlights IDMA’s focus on scaling operations, affordability, accessibility, quality, and compliance to drive positive change across the sector. Dr Shah also…

India KV Subramaniam, president of Reliance Life Sciences, a research-driven medical biotech with a fully integrated value chain that covers everything from research to manufacturing, comments on the firm’s unique positioning and its efforts to diversify its portfolio. Moving beyond plasma proteins and biosimilars, Reliance looks to expand into vaccines and…

Singapore The latest pharma news from Singapore, including J&J Innovation’s continued investment in Singapore; Evotec’s new Singaporean venture, 65LAB; BeiGene’s cancer drug approval in the country; Novo Nordisk’s acquisition of local biotech KBP Biosciences’ late-stage investigational hypertension drug, and Crown Bioscience/JSR Life Sciences’ new manufacturing facility.   Johnson & Johnson Innovation…

UAE With cutting-edge hospital infrastructure being put in place, government authorities rolling out evermore supportive regulatory upgrades, big pharma championing ‘clinical trial diversity’ with greater non-Caucasian representation in trial cohorts, and a high regional prevalence of genetic diseases, it seems that the stage is set for the UAE to assume a…

USA Having become one of the 20 youngest US billionaires as founder and CEO of disruptive biotech firm Roivant Sciences, Vivek Ramaswamy has now set his sights on becoming his country’s president. A long-term critic of how ESG criteria are used in corporate decision-making, Ramaswamy has since gone even further to…

China First set up in 2014, the Guangdong Medical Valley is an investment incubation platform in southern China focusing on the biomedical and medical device industries. CEO Xia Jiasheng explains how the decision to set up the cluster came about, how it differs from the wealth of other science parks in…

Hong Kong Paul Tam, who serves as chair professor & VP at Macau University of Science and Technology as well as emeritus professor and honorary clinical professor of surgery at the University of Hong Kong, has made important contributions to advances in paediatric minimal invasive surgery, genetics, and regenerative medicine of birth…

Hong Kong As managing director of the CR-CP Life Science Fund, whose shareholders, CR Group and CP Group, are on the Fortune Global 500 List, Da Liu leads investments in life sciences companies globally, especially those in emerging sectors such as RNA therapeutics and cancer screening. In conversation with PharmaBoardroom, Liu discusses…

India Top stories from Indian pharma including Sanofi India’s plans to demerge its healthcare businesses; Junshi Biosciences and Dr. Reddy’s anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody partnership; Venus Remedies’ new oncology approvals; CORONA and Ferring’s maternal health agreement and Ipca Laboratories and Sun Pharma’s quality issues.   Zydus Lifesciences reports smallest profit in 14…

UAE Marwan Abdulaziz Janahi, Senior Vice President of Dubai Science Park, discusses the park’s key milestones and plans for the future, the positive changes in the UAE’s regulatory landscape since COVID, and his excitement about digital health trends and technologies.   At Dubai Science Park, we are proud to play a…

China A roundup of some of the biggest pharma and biotech news from China including the collaboration between Elektr and Sinopharm; Biocytogen’s partnership with Janssen and deal with Chipscreen Biosciences; China’s first personalised neoantigen-targeted cancer vaccine approval; the final green light for Sino Biopharm’s purchase of F-star, and AstraZeneca’s deal with…