Interview with Darren Ji, CEO, PharmaLegacy
Could you give us some personal background and tell us why you choose to come to the CRO side after a successful career at a multinational? A lot of people…
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Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (also known in China as Beijing Kexing Bioproducts) specializes in the research, development, commercialization, and sales of human vaccines for infectious illnesses such as Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B, influenza and “SARS”. Sinovac is one of the leading emerging biotechnology companies in China.
Working closely with Chinese public health officials, Sinovac focuses on manufacturing and marketing human-use vaccines and related products, and currently markets its vaccine for Hepatitis A. Sinovac is the first and currently the only company in the world to have been granted permission to begin clinical trials for a vaccine to prevent SARS.
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Could you give us some personal background and tell us why you choose to come to the CRO side after a successful career at a multinational? A lot of people…
First, let me briefly introduce myself. I used to work in Fuxin, a small city in the industrially advanced province of Liaoning which is equivalent to a state in the…
Please introduce to our readers the general situation and driving force behind the creation of the Beijing Pharma and Biotech Center and its core mandate? Established in 1996, BPBC is…
You have an MD and you’ve worked in industry, but then you decided to become and entrepreneur. What challenges did you face in transitioning to starting your own company and…
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Venturepharm is the most diversified company we’ve seen, throughout many verticals, taking a full-service plus model from venture capital, merchant banking, CRO, CMO, CSO, compound partnering to royalty sharing. That’s…
Could you please introduce the history and main characteristics of Biotech Pharmaceutical? Biotech Pharmaceutical was established in the year 2000, so we are a relatively young company for biopharmaceutical products…
You’ve run a number of life sciences companies now, but before that you started Telephia, an information services provider to the wireless industry. How did you make the jump to…
What initially attracted you to China and what kept you here over the years? I initially became interested in China during university where I studied the country and wrote a…
You have had significant experience at GSK and Pfizer, and also at Frontage Labs doing more entrepreneurial work. What ultimately brought you to Covance? I worked in Big Pharma for…
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