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How Pharma Is Adapting to a New Era

This series explores how geopolitical competition is transforming the pharmaceutical industry and what it means for Switzerland’s role in innovation, manufacturing and positioning as a global pharma hub. 

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The numbers behind China’s pharma rise

This content was published on China now has its own cutting-edge pharma industry, creating opportunities and competition for big pharma players.

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Swiss non-profit drugmakers team up as funding shrinks

This content was published on Waning commitments to global health causes and big pharma’s financial imperatives are threatening the development of innovative drugs to help patients left on the sidelines of medicine.

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The average cost of developing a new drug, from discovery to launch, reached $2.23 billion in 2024 for the world's 20 biggest biopharma companies – a 65% jump from 2014.

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Why drugs are becoming more expensive to develop

This content was published on Drug development has always been expensive and risky, but now it’s measurably more so than a decade ago. Here are three reasons why.

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