Goodyear Minister for Science shares with us how the Canadian Government has taken a different approach to funding innovationand the benefits it has reaped in the pharma industry as a whole in the country. You became Minister of State for Science and Technology in 2008, a position that had previously not…
Eucodis Bioscience Previously you worked for a pharmaceutical company, before moving to head up Eucodis Bioscience. What was your main motivation for switching from the pharmaceutical to the industrial biotech industry? The main motivation was the portfolio of the company and that it is in biotech. Austria is not a big country…
Health Sciences Authority HSA celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2011. How different is the organisation today from when it started? HSA covers the regulation of health products in Singapore. However, we are quite unique because we also run the national blood service and we have an Applied Sciences Group that looks into laboratory…
Science Foundation Ireland Prof. Ferguson, when you were recently appointed to direct SFI, local newspapers ran headlines such as “New SFI head to drive economic impact from research investments.” What do you understand as the mission of this organization, and what is your strategy for running it? At SFI, we are focused on…
Business & Decision Life Sciences Business & Decision Life Science was founded back in 2007, although that department existed within the group’s structure long before that. Could you highlight the reasons why a special business unit dedicated to the life sciences industry needed to be created back in 2007? Founded in 1992, Business & Decisions…
Department of Industry Would you outline the commitment of the Ministry to foster a positive business environment for the Australian pharmaceutical industry to prosper? Issues faced by the pharmaceutical industry are not unlike those in many other industries and the high value of our dollar has brought a sharp focus to industry productivity…
Crown Bioscience Hu Jintao recently announced his ambitions for China to be “an innovative country” by 2020? Could you speak to the likelihood of achieving this in terms of biotechnology as you see it? In the biotech area, China has come a long way. I got my college undergraduate degree in China…
Qatar Science and Technology Park What was the vision behind the creation of the Qatar Science and Technology Park in 2006—what was then a $600Mn first-phase investment? Qatar Foundation, and Qatar Science and Technology Park as a member of QF are helping Qatar on its journey from a hydrocarbon based economy to a knowledge based…
HUYA Bioscience International - China Your business is very much relationship based here in China. You’ve now established a number of relationships with institutes, universities and companies, but I can imagine that breaking into this market and building those relationships was a challenge. How did you grow this business in the early days? The early…
DHL Life Sciences and Health Rogerio, you were one of the people responsible for integrating two well-established companies in the Brazilian market with the acquisition of Exel by DHL in late 2005. How challenging was the integration process to you as a former Exel director? Exel Brazil first got involved in the life science business…
Lorenz Life Science Group In 2010, South Africa officially joined the BRICS grouping. The Indian and Russian work environments are familiar to you, considering your significant experience in these countries. How would you compare South Africa with its BRIC counterparts in terms of its regulatory environment? It has been eight months since I first…
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