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GCB Mr. Lin, you enjoyed a decades-long career in the ICT industry before making the transition to healthcare. What can you tell our readers about the evolution of General Biologics Corp. under your leadership? GBC was established in 1984. Government shareholders held 70 percent ownership, with the remaining 30 percent distributed…

Aspen Labs Marked socio-economic differences in Mexico are playing an important role in pushing the uptake of generics, and these issues are starting to affect multinational corporations (MNCs). MNCs are being forced to open up and diversify, quite simply to have their fingers in as many pies where they can compete successfully.…

Generics The president & CEO of Canada’s largest generics player considers the current market dynamics for generic products, including IP regulation, generic penetration, and the advantages of balancing branded and non-branded products.  What was the strategy behind the integration of Novopharm into Teva? Novopharm is one of the pioneers in the…

Clinical trials TaiGen is on the brink of releasing Taiwan’s first innovative drug. In this interview, the Chairman and CEO of the company discusses the development path the company chose to take, and explains the decision to market the drug first in China. Nemonoxacin will be the first-ever pharmaceutical developed in this…

Generics In the first part of this two-part interview, the Chairman of TTY Biopharm considers the success of his long-term strategy to streamline TTY’s portfolio and focus on the company’s strengths, and talks about the opportunities in Asia for companies that have followed a similar path to TTY. To read the…

Clinical trials The President & CEO of Vita Genomics talks about the advantages that genomic testing offer both to sick and healthy patients, as well as the opportunities to catalogue the science behind Traditional Chinese Medicine. What is the vision behind Vita Genomics? Vita Genomics was founded in 2001. At the time,…

Gene Health The President of Gene Health, a company specialized in genomics testing, talks about the current market situation for genomic testing, and building the business in the Chinese market, as well as the company’ relationship with Vita Genomics. What interested you in the genomics business, and what are your strategies for…

Generics Janssen has historically had a very strong focus on emerging markets. In today’s world, where growth for the pharmaceutical industry overwhelmingly comes from emerging markets, where do we find the Nordics?  What is the relevance of the Nordics for the country’s global footprint?  Jansen has preserved the cluster model. We…

GGD The co-managing partner of one of Canada’s leading IP law firms discusses the landscape for intellectual property in the pharmaceutical industry in Canada today, the legislative challenges facing his clients, and the incentive schemes in place to bring innovation to Canada.  What have you seen as the key trends of…

Generics Calvin Tsai and Jack Wu talk about their two-pronged international approach through pharmaceuticals and nutricare. The head of the nutricare business elaborates on the challenge of introducing milk products to the Asian market in the current climate, and the head of the pharma business explains the company’s long-term strategy for…

Generics A perspective on Indonesia’s booming market for contraceptive products from Hendra Gunawan, managing director of PT Tunggal Idaman Abdi, one of Indonesia’s leading players in the sector. To cope with the growing demand for contraceptive driven by 65 million women of reproductive age, the company is building a second hormone…

Generics Tom Rönnlund discusses the current state of the pharmaceutical industry in the Nordics in this time of austerity, and offers opinions on reference pricing and cooperation in the region. How have the markets in Denmark and Sweden evolves over the past five years, since the financial crisis started and austerity…