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Asia-Pacific Asia has experienced a biotech boom in the past five years. In 2020, almost 50 percent of the region’s clinical trials were led by biotechs and by 2025, biotech-led clinical trials will far exceed those led by Big Pharma, according to IQVIA. However, the region’s biotechs face a myriad of…

Singapore Angeline Ho gives an overview of the patient advocacy landscape in Asia-Pacific, why an Asian model of patient engagement – distinct from those in Europe and the US – needs to be developed, and how Novartis has been working with patients in the region around its CAR-T therapies.   It…

Global The global push to vaccinate populations against COVID-19 has played out differently in different geographies, with a yawning gap still existing between vaccination rates in developed and developing economies and vaccine hesitancy and scepticism rife in certain countries. Here, three country managers from Pfizer – which is aiming to manufacture…

APAC The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is home to around 1.44 billion people, over 60 percent of the world’s population, and a vast diversity of cultures, infrastructures, and economic development. Managing a life sciences company across multiple countries in this region can be extremely challenging but hugely important on both a human…

Singapore Ashish Mahajan, Partner in Deloitte’s Life Sciences and Healthcare Consulting Practice in Southeast Asia, outlines some of the key trends playing out in the region, the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic has sped up the industry’s digitalisation efforts, and how Asian innovation stands to develop in the coming years.…

Singapore Professor Subra Suresh, president of Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and former director of the US National Science Foundation, explains how the university has managed to consistently be among the top academic institutions in the world despite having only three decades of existence, and outlines Singapore’s strengths as an innovation, trade,…

Singapore Marco Lee, APAC head for medical device firm Avanos explains how the company’s products are catered to patient needs in the region and talks through key growth drivers, the impact of COVID-19, and the talent development strategy he has put in place.   The COVID-19 pandemic has led to improved…

Global Over the past 12 months, PharmaBoardroom has spoken to the heads of several key regulatory bodies across the world. While the approval processes for COVID-19 vaccines have evidently been top of their priority lists, other key topics discussed included the potential of data and AI to change the drug approval…

Singapore AstraZeneca (AZ)’s country president for Singapore, Vinod Narayanan, outlines the challenges of taking the reins at an affiliate against the backdrop of a pandemic and how the Anglo-Swedish company’s quest for a COVID-19 vaccine has opened up new partnership opportunities in the region. Narayanan also touches on Singapore’s open ecosystem…

Singapore One of the main supporting pillars of Singapore’s pharmaceutical industry is its magnificent manufacturing base. Not only does the city-state rank as one of the few countries on the planet that manages to export more medicaments than it imports, but it also plays host to over 50 pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities,…

Singapore Cindy Engelbart, director of mid-sized logistics player Agility’s life science operations in APAC, highlights some of the key trends in global logistics that have emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic, how digital and data-driven solutions are being utilised in Asia, and the ways in which Agility differentiates itself in a crowded…

Global PharmaBoardroom has spread its wings far and wide in 2021 (albeit digitally!), from well covered markets such as Singapore and Switzerland to new frontiers like Saudi Arabia. Our interviewees have ranged from regional Big Pharma and medtech general managers, to the CEOs of important local players, and the heads of…