JB Chemicals has purchased a number of leading brands from Sanzyme, which it plans to scale up and institutionalize within India. The transaction, worth over $80m, is expected to close within the next two weeks.

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.

Neuraxpharm has appoints Viatris’ head of finance in Germany as its new commercial central region officer and country manager to strengthen its position in the German market, while Stada has hired a new head of consumer health in Germany. Meanwhile, the AAM has made multiple key appointments and Hyloris, Siegfried and Mayne Pharma have made top-level additions.

The Association for Accessible Medicines has appointed former Biotechnology Innovation Organization representative Joanne Duncan as its new chief operating officer.  Meanwhile, Coherus has names the new chair of its scientific advisory board, while women’s health specialist Theramex has added to its board of directors.