Tagged with Technology

Italy Dr. Paola Pozzi, the head of the Office of Biotechnology Transfer at the San Raffaele Scientific Institute, discusses the crucial role the OBT occupies as a link between the industry and early-stage research at the institute, as well as her views on the changing culture surrounding the commercialization of research…

Singapore GEA, a global leader in pharma manufacturing solutions, has recently implemented a successful reorganization to increase their country-level presence both globally and across the Asia-Pacific region with the objective to ensure an increased “customer-centric focus”. GEA is an innovative leader in automated manufacturing and processing technologies for the pharma industry…

Ireland Sorcha McKenna, Partner at McKinsey & Company in Ireland, discusses the current trends in the Irish healthcare and life sciences sector, the potential behind both tech and integrated care for the industry, as well as some of the biggest evolutions she has seen during her 14-year career with the company.…

Switzerland Ensuring a fair allocation of rights and returns from collaboratively developed technologies is a continual challenge for university Tech Transfer Offices – swiTT president Stefan Kohler discusses the current challenges and shares his perspective on the role of university developed IP in the Swiss life science ecosystem. What are some…

Switzerland How would you present the strengths of the Lake Geneva region’s strengths to our international audience? The Lake Geneva region, which we often call the ‘health valley of Switzerland’, benefits from having two intersecting innovative clusters, one in MedTech and another in biotech. Looking at the course of life sciences…

Ireland Bill Doherty, MD of Cook Ireland and EVP of Cook Group Europe, one of the largest private medical device companies in the world, discusses his main priorities at the moment, the impact of the Group’s transformation on EMEA, his thoughts on the successful evolution of the Irish MedTech sector, and…

Ireland Frederic Secail, General Manager of Servier’s second strategic and international production facility within Servier Industry, located in Arklow, Ireland, outlines his ambitious transformation program, Arklow 2020, to anticipate and prepare the site for the future. You have been GM of Servier’s Arklow facility since 2013. What was the mandate given…

Singapore The chairman of Singapore’s Medical Technology Industry Group, Albert Lee discusses the association’s key priorities, how they serve to advance the interests of both multinational and local members, and the key challenges that the medtech industry faces in transition from product-based to solutions-based care. Can you provide an overview of…

Ireland Dan McAlister and Ramy Michael, two of EIDA Solutions’ cofounders, tell us the exciting story behind EIDA Solutions’ rapid growth to become one of the best intelligent construction software companies for the pharmaceutical industry in Ireland, the key features of their software and their plans for internationalization to make EIDA…

Switzerland Advances in delivery technology and manufacturing costs have driven a surge of activity in peptide drug development, says Thomas Früh, CEO of Bachem –  the largest and most advanced peptide drug CMO in the world. Peptide therapeutics are a hot topic in the pharma industry today – what’s the story…

Ireland Donal Higgins, MD of Prochem Engineering, provides an overview of their life sciences operations, the key innovations they are bringing to the industry like computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and his mission to position Prochem as the  leading multi-disciplinary engineering company in the southeast of Ireland. Donal, can you give our…

Healthcare Orange Healthcare CEO Elie Lobel discusses the importance of digitalization to the healthcare industry, major challenges, and the tremendous work that has already been done in the e-health regulatory field both in France and internationally. Could you give us a brief introduction to Orange Healthcare? What are the milestones and achievements…