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18 stories in this topic

Rose Pharmacy
General
1 min read

Pharma firms see profits soar post-Covid

Many pharmaceutical firms have reported record profits in 2022 thanks to high demand for drugs and other healthcare products post-Covid. DHG Pharma reported a profit of VND988 billion (US$42.1 million), a 27% increase from 2021 and 29% higher than the…

Rose Pharmacy
Food
1 min read

ANZ Pharma becomes Fiji Kava’s distributor in New Zealand

Fiji Kava (FIJ) has appointed healthcare wholesale company ANZ Pharma as its exclusive distributor in New Zealand. As part of the agreement, ANZ Pharma will launch the Fiji Kava range of capsules and drinking kava in the New Zealand market. The products will…

korea china drug medicine
General
3 min read

China is Becoming a Global Center of the Pharmaceutical Industry

China’s pharmaceutical industry is in the midst of a transformation. China is one of the largest markets in the world for medicine – and it is poised to become a global hub of drug innovation/a global leader in drug development technology. An increasing…

pharmaceutical
General
1 min read

Pharma industry growth slows down

The pharmaceutical industry’s revenues rose by just 3 percent in 2020, down from an average of 11.8 percent in the previous five years. But it was a notable year for mergers and acquisitions. According to analysts at SSI Securities, the total value of M&A was…

Sigma
Living
1 min read

Sigma chairman Resigns after remuneration protest

Brian Jamieson, chairman of Sigma Healthcare, has said he intends to step down within the next 12 months after shareholders protested the remuneration report at Sigma’s annual general meeting on Wednesday. Shareholders delivered an 18 percent vote against the…

healthcare
Logistics
3 min read

Singapore Transforms into Pharma and Medtech Hub

Singapore is undergoing a significant infrastructure upgrade as its regional and international reach gains prestige. Research and consulting firm, GlobalData estimates Singapore’s pharmaceutical market at $948 million and increasing to $1.2 billion by 2021.…

logistics 1
Logistics
2 min read

A community approach in maintaining pharma shipments

In recent years, the demand for reliable end-to-end transport for pharmaceutical cargo has seen a tremendous rise, bringing to light the lack of reliability and data sharing, that affects the entire supply chain. As with every growing industry, the need for…

Pharma Transport
Logistics
1 min read

Another first for Hactl’s pharma handling

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has been confirmed as complying with all the requirements of IATA CEIV Pharma. Hactl is the first handler in Hong Kong to obtain the certification. Hactl’s certification is the result of an initiative sponsored by…

healthcare 1
Living
2 min read

Pharma in Indonesia: Competing for Higher Margins

IPMG members – including Novartis, Merck, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Pfizer – have invested more than USD $1 billion in Indonesia’s pharmaceutical industry over the past few years, particularity for the construction of factories and clinical research…

Kimia Farma
Living
1 min read

Kimia Farma builds pharmaceutical raw material factory

In cooperation with Sungwun Pharmacopia of South Korea, Indonesias state-owned pharmaceutical company PT Kimia Farma will build the first factory for pharmaceutical raw materials to meet the needs of medicine producers in the country. The construction of the…