Tagged with Innovation

Hong Kong The Hong Kong Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry (HKAPI) represents the interests of the global R&D-based biopharmaceutical industry in Hong Kong and Macau. Senior Executive Director Sabrina Chan outlines the access to innovation scenario in the territory today, the niches in which Hong Kong stands out from the crowd as…

Hong Kong AstraZeneca, the largest overseas pharmaceutical company in mainland China by sales, is also the market leader in Hong Kong and Macau, a territory overseen by General Manager Shan Wu. She outlines the fundamentals behind the company’s success in Greater China, how AstraZeneca is working to bolster Hong Kong’s innovation and…

Hong Kong Well established as Asia’s leading financial services and trading hub, Hong Kong is now looking to better position itself as a centre for biotechnology investment and start-ups. However, in a risk-averse investment environment with strong basic research but little tradition of translational science, such a transformation will take time, capital,…

Hong Kong Professor Michael Yang of City University of Hong Kong (CityU) introduces the ‘HK Tech 300‘ programme he oversees, the largest university-based entrepreneurship programme in Asia. Drawing on his own experience as co-founder of Prenetics and Cellomics, biotech companies based on technologies developed in his laboratory at CityU, Professor Yang assesses…

Hong Kong Hong Kong’s Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry since July 2022, Professor Dong SUN is a pioneer in robotic manipulation of biological cells and robot control, whose research has led to breakthroughs in the use of robotics combined with various micro-engineering tools. Now with responsibility for developing Hong Kong into…

UAE Zeina Sfeir Lahoud of Biologix, a Dubai-based firm that represents international pharma companies by bringing innovative drugs to market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, highlights important recent developments for the company – including a groundbreaking “value management agreement” in the UAE – and her hopes for…

Belgium Alexander Alonso, GM of medtech giant BD’s Benelux affiliate explains the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its operations, the company’s 2025 strategy, and some of the most significant recent developments in Belgian healthcare such as the creation of hospital networks.   We are optimising internal and external processes while…

UAE PhRMA MEA’s Samir Khalil highlights some of the key trends at play across the Middle East and Africa’s dynamic and fast-changing pharmaceutical ecosystem, including several wide-ranging national health transformation plans, the move towards health technology assessment (HTA), and the importance of maintaining robust intellectual property (IP) protection.   We can…

UAE Marwan Abdulaziz Janahi, Senior Vice President of Dubai Science Park, discusses the park’s key milestones and plans for the future, the positive changes in the UAE’s regulatory landscape since COVID, and his excitement about digital health trends and technologies.   At Dubai Science Park, we are proud to play a…

Global The UHC2030 Private Sector Constituency (UHC2030 PSC), which is hosted by the World Bank Group, has released a statement on the private sector commitments toward universal health coverage (UHC), ahead of Multi-stakeholder Hearings on UHC that will take place in New York on 9th May 2023. The IFPMA’s Thomas Cueni…

Belgium pharma.be is the association of the Belgian R&D-based pharmaceutical industry, representing over 42,000 employees at 130 companies. CEO Caroline Ven outlines the crucial role that pharma.be and its members played in Belgium’s COVID-19 response and recognition of the role that innovative pharma plays in Belgium. Ven also outlines the persistent…

China China has made major healthcare strides over the past decade with regulatory reforms, infrastructure improvements, and the advancement of universal healthcare. While the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the need for further reform, the country continues to pursue the healthcare transformation goals established in its Health China 2030 program. These aspirations are…