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Singapore DKSH’s VP of Healthcare in Singapore and Malaysia, Dr. Varun Sethi deconstructs the essence of what it means to be a Market Expansion Services provider, while highlighting aspects of the value chain where they can drive the most value for healthcare companies. He also comments on the strategic importance of a…

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…

Singapore In an exclusive interview, Zuellig Pharma CEO John Davison provides insight into the new Zuellig Health Solutions unit that is providing strategic, topline-focused services in order to support Pharma companies in the region. He highlights the challenges the industry faces in penetrating the market and how Zuellig Pharma is closing…

Singapore Martin Dewhurst of the Global Pharmaceuticals and Medical Products Practice at McKinsey & Company provides his view of the Asia Pacific Medtech Forum 2016 in Singapore and elaborates on the prominent trends for the industry in the region. What have been your first impressions of the MedTech Forum and your…

Singapore Boehringer Ingelheim’s (BI) country managing director in South East Asia and South Korea (SEASK), Gerrard McKenna characterizes the recent changes within the family-owned business as “evolutionary” in nature, while highlighting the key role that Singapore plays in capitalizing on the blossoming opportunities in the region. It seems it’s been a…

Singapore Philips general manager of Health Systems, South East Asia, Johan Vooren highlights the company’s renewed commitment to Singapore with the recent opening of their APAC Center, while detailing the qualities that make the country as such an ideal testing ground for Philips’ new telehealth program. He further elaborates on the value…

Singapore Takeda’s President of Emerging Markets Business Unit, Giles Platford, speaks about his assignments across various global markets, his leadership philosophy, as well as the impressive international growth of the company.   I feel a strong sense of responsibility and obligation working for a company that has potentially life-saving and life-transforming…

Singapore Eli Lilly and Company General Manager of South ASEAN, Dr. Faiz Ansari speaks about the expanded scope of his role,  Lilly’s pipeline, and the approach that Lilly has taken to support healthcare delivery and improve patients‘ access to treatment and to support programs in a region that is so inherently…

Singapore In an exclusive interview with Alan Ong, Executive Vice President of Asia Pacific and Global Head of Medical Devices and Diagnostics at INC Research, he highlights the current trends facing CROs in the region and the increasing capabilities and footprint of INC Research in Singapore. As the Executive Vice President…

Singapore In an exclusive interview with Stephen Ooi, Senior Executive Advisor at Zimmer Biomet, he emphasizes the strategic benefits of the global merger between Zimmer and Biomet and how through leveraging their synergies, Zimmer Biomet will continue to raise the standards of quality and take an active role in bringing musculoskeletal…

Singapore In an interview with Takeda’s President of Emerging Markets Business Unit, Giles Platford portrays a vitalized focus on emerging markets and explains why those countries are positioned as one of three key growth drivers for the company. With Takeda’s recently unveiled Access-to-Medicines (AtM) strategy, he also characterizes the role of…

Singapore Cerner’s managing director of Southeast Asia, Rebecca LaNasa highlights the key importance that Singapore—as the company’s third office outside the U.S.—serves in implementing and piloting new forms of health care information technology (HIT), while elaborating on how the company’s comprehensive portfolio of solutions can actually help both developed and developing…