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India Indian pharma companies have been building a broader presence in LatAm markets over the past two decades. With well-established trade relations already in place, the region offers a series of unique opportunities that have led India to become its fifth-largest supplier of pharmaceuticals and attracted widespread Indian investments in local manufacturing…

Morocco Salim El Guermaï of leading Moroccan generics manufacturer Galenica outlines how, in the past three years, the firm played a key role in Morocco’s COVID-19 pandemic response, continued to serve Moroccan patients with essential medicines, and bolstered the country’s standing as a pharmaceutical hub for the African continent.    Our…

Morocco From Morocco to the world, ABA Technology is an industrialisation, integration, and software development service partner providing solutions to private and public sector stakeholders in four continents. Vice President Amer Benouda lays out some of the company’s key success stories thus far; its future international expansion plans; and its mission…

Morocco Three years on from his last PharmaBoardroom interview, Karim Lahlou highlights the evolution of Moroccan pharma manufacturer Iberma as it expands its activities from solely in-licensing to developing and selling its own products, growing its global partnership base, and looking to penetrate international markets while leveraging the growing reputation of…

Morocco Recently rebranded from its former name, AMIP, the Moroccan Federation of Pharmaceutical Industry and Innovation (FMIIP) represents the local manufacturers operating in Morocco, which hold a domestic market share of 75 percent. Executive Director Layla Laassel Sentissi highlights some of the key trends in the Moroccan pharma market today, how…

Morocco Servier Morocco, with its robust portfolio of 15 products and a turnover of EUR 30 million, has forged a leading position in the local market. Managing Director Florent Darchez explains the affiliate’s goal to expand its oncology footprint while aligning with national coverage policies to broaden overall access to its…

Morocco The COVID-19 pandemic exposed Africa’s dependence on overseas production as vaccines were quickly rolled out in other parts of the world while  African countries remained at the bottom of the list. The need to build capacity on the continent has been widely recognized, but few Western actors have yet made…

Morocco MARBIO, a new vaccine manufacturing joint venture in Morocco, is the result of a partnership between the BAB banking consortium (Bank of Africa, Banque Centrale Populaire, and Attijariwafa Bank), Swedish CDMO Recipharm and the Mohammed VI Fund. Recipharm CEO Marc Funk and MARBIO General Manager Younès Hillali outline the scale…

UAE Less than two years into position as CEO of MENA-wide pharma and consumer health player Dar Al Dawa, Khaled Harb looks back on what has already been achieved and the ambitious strategy he has put in place for the short-, medium-, and long-term. Harb also outlines some of the key…

Hong Kong The Guangzhou production site of HKEX-listed RNA therapeutics biotech Sirnaomics is overseen by pharma industry veteran Edward Wang. Here, Wang explains his contribution to the development of good manufacturing practices (GMP) in China and why southern China makes sense as a manufacturing location for a local biotech with global ambitions.…

Belgium Janssen has the lofty aim of reaching USD 60bn dollars in sales by 2025, an 8bn increase on the 2021 figure, despite some high-profile losses of exclusivity and the spin-off of its consumer healthcare branch. This massive growth plan involves both existing products as well as new CAR-T and autoimmune…

Belgium Perhaps to the surprise of many, Belgium is the world’s second-largest producer of vaccines, behind only the US, and – capitalising on its years of experience in the field – played a vital role in the development, production, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines over the past three years. An ecosystem…