💊📊 A New Chapter of "Pharma Geopolitics" Begins

The world's seventh most traded good (pharmaceuticals) gets geopolitical

One of the most high-profile examples of how the pharmaceutical sector is navigating geopolitics is with AstraZeneca.

The British firm, made famous during Covid-19 for producing billions of low-cost vaccines, unveiled in 2024 that it was building supply chains for different markets. In particular, it was establishing one manufacturing base to supply the US and Europe (West) and, separately, another base to supply China.

It is no coincidence that these governments are also “at war” to decide the course of the 21st century.