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China This week’s China healthcare and pharma roundup from PharmaBoardroom content partner Selesta covers Gilead’s USD 350mn bet on in vivo CAR-T, GenFleet and Bao Pharma advancing Hong Kong IPOs, Fosun’s USD 670mn global out-licensing deal, new funding rounds for Vibrant and InxMed, and major clinical wins including Akeso’s NSCLC bispecific,…

China A roundup of some ot the biggest stories coming out of China’s biopharma industry: Chinese pharma shifts to local reagent suppliers; WuXi Biologics launches new stable cell line platform; Fosun and Expedition Therapeutics ink respiratory licensing deal, and GSK lands USD 500 million 12-drug agreement with Hengrui Pharma.   China…

USA The latest stories from healthcare and the life sciences in the US. Vinay Prasad is reinstated as head of the FDA’s CBER following a brief resignation; HHS fires Gray Delany amid fallout from abrupt mRNA contract cuts; the federal Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines is revived after three decades…

USA The latest stories from healthcare and the life sciences in the US. The FDA names Stanford’s George Tidmarsh as the new head of CDER; AstraZeneca commits USD 50 billion to new US manufacturing and R&D projects; Moderna cancels its planned mRNA facility in Japan; Sarepta refuses to halt Elevidys shipments…

UK The latest from UK pharma, including teething troubles and industry pushback for the country’s new life sciences strategy; Sanofi snapping up UK vaccines outfit Vicebio for USD 1.6 billion; and why AstraZeneca’s latest US manufacturing investment does little to ease fears that the British firm might choose to relocate across…

Belgium The latest stories from healthcare and the life sciences in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg (BeNeLux). UCB is considering a USD five billion investment in the US to avoid President Trump’s tariffs on the EU; Belgium’s competition authority fines three consumer healthcare companies; and the launch of a EUR 200…

LatAm Some of the top recent stories out of Latin America’s dynamic pharmaceutical and healthcare market. In Mexico, President Claudia Sheinbaum announced new investments from four leading Mexican pharmas totalling USD 560 million; a worrying new report from the Pan-American Health Organisation showing that measles cases are up 29-fold in the…

MEA A selection of top stories coming out of the Middle East and Africa’s pharma sector: Egypt’s Gypto Pharma partners with US drugmaker Dawa to expand the local production of medicines; Jordan’s Hikma makes a USD 1 billion investment pledge for US manufacturing and R&D, and Riyadh-headquartered private equity firm Jadwa…

China A summary of top stories from China’s pharma industry: Sciwind Biosciences presents promising trial data for its obesity contender; Simcere reaches approval for its Idorsia-partnered insomnia therapy; AstraZeneca inks AI-enabled research deal with CSPC Pharmaceuticals, and the FDA blocks clinical trials that export American’s cells to China. Sciwind’s GLP‑1 data…

France The biggest recent stories from French healthcare and the life sciences, including Sanofi’s deal to buy immunology biotech Blueprint; the largest from a European pharma this year. Elsewhere Servier is snapping up a experimental leukaemia treatment from China, while French tech firm OWKIN is touting a new “AI-powered research co-pilot”…

Germany A summary of some of the top stories coming out of Germany’s biopharma industry, including Bayer’s EMA win for its Eylea eye therapy; the oncology deal Merck KGaA has cut with SpringWorks Therapeutics; the bispecific antibody alliance between BMS and BioNTech, and Sartorius’ acquisition of microtissue firm MatTek.   Bayer…

UK A roundup of the biggest UK pharma news, including the industry’s uncertain position after the UK-US trade accord; Haleon’s full takeover of its Chinese joint venture; AstraZeneca’s acquisition of Belgian biotech EsoBiotec and its exit from neuroscience; GSK’s liver disease asset deal with Boston Pharmaceuticals, and CellCentric’s US expansion.  …