Asia Pacific

The world’s second-largest economy is fast moving away from reforms and open to a "dual circulation" model, focusing on domestic market consumption while reducing export-driven production. Executives and investors shared views at a conference on whether multinational pharma firms are still welcome in China and what opportunities may lie in the drastic policy shift.

Pharmaceutical companies are ratcheting up voluntary efforts to control discharges of antimicrobials from their plants and those of their active pharmaceutical ingredient suppliers so they won’t contribute to antimicrobial resistance. But will it be enough to fend off regulation in countries like India?

Growing over 9% and domestic study sponsors take over 70% of the drugs in different stages, China clinical study sector attracts renewed interests post COVID, but underneath an uneven and less efficient field, noted a just released regulatory report.

Emergex is preparing to begin a Phase I study of its T-cell priming vaccine, RedHill BioPharma has completed enrolment in a Phase II/III study of upamostat, and Australia is assessing Moderna’s Spikevax for use in 6-11 year olds.

First LinkedIn, now Yahoo, the exodus of global tech giants from China indicates a toughening regulatory environment over personal data collection, storage and use with implications for pharma. Buckle up for a bumpy ride, experts say.

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India’s draft policy to catalyze R&D and innovation seeks to create a “regulatory bias” towards innovation and aims to cut approval timelines sharply, among a raft of other proposals that include enabling differential pricing for “innovation with therapeutic benefits.” The Pink Sheet explores multiple nuances of the plan with industry experts.

Legislation introduced in Australia aimed at mitigating shortages, that enshrines in law provisions of new five-year pharmaceutical industry pacts agreed by the government, has been hailed as a “landmark” development by the GBMA.

The European Medicines Agency has OKd new manufacturing sites and a ready-to-use formulation for Comirnaty, while Australia has provisionally approved Ronapreve for treatment and post-exposure prophylaxis. The UK has secured supplies of two investigational antiviral products from Pfizer and MSD.

As China's regulators renew moves to encourage the development of pediatric medicines, indication expansion may give health players a new growth engine, despite remaining policy challenges and lingering market uncertainties.

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The inaugural Informa Pharma Intelligence Awards Japan will be held in Tokyo on 12 May 2022 to recognize and reward the very best innovations and achievements in pharma and biotech, highlighting Japan’s integral role in the global healthcare market.