Tagged with Clinical Trials,

Ukraine Tetyana Dumenko, director of the State Expert Center (SEC) of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the regulatory agency responsible for product registration, pre-clinical studies and clinical trials approval and pharmacovigilance, provides insights into some of her initial achievements since taking the position and her main strategic priorities to further…

Mexico Positioning itself as a flexible local CRO with an in-depth knowledge of the Mexican market, iLS Clinical Research CEO, Alejandro Arias, shares his insights on how to be the ideal partner for international expansion. He speaks about the company’s milestones and background, navigating through the challenges of the Mexican CRO…

Mexico With an impressive achievement of growing the novel “flexible solutions” business unit by an astounding 50 percent in his first year of spearheading the region, Ricardo Uribe, Covance Mexico’s Director of Country Operations, shares his insights into the attractiveness of the region for clinical research. He speaks about the impressive…

Switzerland Despite increasing consolidation in the clinical trial industry, there’s enough market share to go around says SOCAR Research CEO Bridget-Anne Kirwan. For SOCAR Research, it’s the company’s strong academic roots in addition to personalized, tailored and innovative services that have helped to make the difference. To begin, could you please…

Taiwan With more than 100 peer-reviewed articles published and more than ten thousand citations, Guochuan Emil Tsai, founder and CEO of SyneuRx and Professor at the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), is an internationally reputed scientist in neurosciences and brain disorders, whose…

Greece Ioanna Koukli, the owner and founder of Pharmassist Ltd, began the company with a vision of assisting healthcare companies manoeuver through the European regulatory milieu. Today, with Pharmassist established as a full service CRO, Koukli discusses the company’s evolution, the potential of clinical trials in Greece, as well as fostering…

Greece In a landscape starved for innovative medicine, clinical trials stand as a beacon of hope for critical care patients in need of the latest high-value treatments. Pioneering the development of a thriving CRO environment is Andreas Moschos, founder of NextCRO, who fully embodies the forward-thinking values invoked by the company’s…

Greece After an extensive career in pharma spanning multiple geographies, Roche’s Managing Director for Greece, Anne Nijs, is now tackling the Herculean challenge of the Greek pharmaceutical landscape. She speaks about Roche’s focus on bringing differentiated innovation to market, the holistic approach of the organization amidst the crisis, as well as…

Greece General Manager of the Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies (SFEE), Mihalis Himonas speaks about his role spearheading Greece’s main pharma association, the contribution of the pharma industry to GDP, market access challenges, and solutions for creating a sustainable healthcare environment. As the organization representing the united voice of the pharmaceutical…

Switzerland Ulf Claesson provides a fascinating and passionate account of how his firm is aiming to remove ‘guesswork’ and estimations for medical practices whilst highlighting interesting developments in the global clinical research industry. To begin with, we understand that you are a bit of a spin-out & start-up artist, and have…

Taiwan Lawrence Gan, President and CEO of Taiwan’s Development Center for Biotechnology (DCB) explains his vision and strategy to enhance DCB’s R&D expertise by adopting some of the best practices of the corporate world. You became head of Taiwan’s Development Center for Biotechnology after having held prestigious positions in the US…

Mexico This chart gives an insight into the phenomenal importance of the pharmaceutical industry to Mexico, in terms of both monetary value and employment created. Public, private, and out of pocket healthcare coverage in Mexico. The growth of the Mexican pharma industry by patented, generic and OTC segments. API Manufacturing compared…