Neena Brizmohun

Neena Brizmohun

Executive Editor

London, UK

Neena has been covering regulatory, business and market access developments that impact pharmaceutical and medical device companies since 1997. She explores the challenges and opportunities that developments worldwide introduce for industry and regulators. Her areas of expertise include regulatory schemes for getting products to market faster. Neena's other specialist areas include new medicines coming to market in the EU, pricing and reimbursement, clinical trials, real-world evidence, post-marketing safety monitoring, transparency policies relating to the publication of trial data, and global harmonization initiatives for pharma and medtech.

Latest from Neena Brizmohun

UK’s Plan To Become World’s Third Top Life Sciences Economy Falls Short, Says ABPI

The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry says that while the government’s newly published Life Sciences Sector Plan includes many positive commitments, they are not enough.

England Leads Europe In Reimbursing Vertex’s Next-In-Class CF Drug Alyftrek

Vertex said it reached “a broad reimbursement agreement” with the National Health Service for its once-daily, triple combination treatment for cystic fibrosis. As for reimbursement in the rest of Europe, the company is targeting Ireland, Denmark and Germany next.

EMA’s PRIME Scheme Explored: Growing Designations - But Are Accelerated Assessments Slipping?

While the first six months of the year saw eight new drugs targeting a range of diseases enter the European Medicines Agency’s priority medicines scheme, and three PRIME-designated treatments go on to win EU marketing approval, use of the accelerated assessment mechanism appears to be limited.

What Pharma Needs To Know About Vietnam’s Drug Registration Reforms

Newly introduced rules for streamlining drug registration in Vietnam are said to present both opportunities and challenges for stakeholders.

Here At Last: Canada’s Long-Contested Guidelines For Curbing Excessive Drug Prices

Final guidelines explaining how staff at Canada’s Patented Medicine Prices Review Board should go about identifying drugs that could be considered for an excessive price hearing will come into force soon.

EU Biosimilar Filings, Opinions And Approvals

A list of EU biosimilar filings, CHMP opinions and EU marketing authorizations, including details of the biosimilar company, the brand name/INN, indication(s), the reference product/company, and the date and type of event.