Tagged with research

Mexico Arturo Rodríguez Jacob, CEO at Infinite Clinical Research (ICR) and president of the national association of CROs (ACROM), explains what make Mexico the regional clinical research hub and showcases how ICR is developing clinical studies for allopathic, biotech, medtech, and herbal medicine companies. Only 15 years ago, the Mexican clinical…

Italy Prof. Luca G. Guidotti discusses the esteemed positioning of San Raffaele within the global scientific community, their core mission of translational medicine and the challenges Italy faces today with the development of young scientific talent and the bridging of the public-private gap. Prof. Guidotti, could you begin by describing the…

Italy The division of neuroscience at the San Raffaele Scientific Institute is one of the best worldwide performers in academic research. Division director Professor Gianvito Martino discusses the institute’s unique operative model, national limitations, and the future of the neuroscience field as an investment opportunity. Prof. Martino, to start off, the…

Italy Professor Angelo Corti, Director of the Experimental Oncology division of the SRSI, discusses approaches to oncology research and the institute´s significant contribution to the field in Italy. What is the philosophy of the SRSI’s oncology division towards oncology research? The development of new strategies to improve cancer prevention, detection and…

Italy Dr. Paola Pozzi, the head of the Office of Biotechnology Transfer at the San Raffaele Scientific Institute, discusses the crucial role the OBT occupies as a link between the industry and early-stage research at the institute, as well as her views on the changing culture surrounding the commercialization of research…

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…

Ireland Much like the Irish sport of hurling, conducting R&D in Ireland is something often overlooked – unfairly, as proponents would say. Ireland has always faced a number of intrinsic hurdles in this space, not least the small patient population and more recently, the economic crisis, which forced the Irish healthcare…

Taiwan Jonas Wang Ph.D., Chairman and CEO of StemCyte, a global leader in Regenerative Therapy field including cell processing and transplantation located in the US, Taiwan, and India, provides us with an overview of the impressive phase II results recently received by its breakthrough regenerative therapy for spinal cord injury. While…

Switzerland Jesús Martin-Garcia, Chairman and CEO of GeNeuro, discusses their positive partnership with Servier to develop an antibody against a possible cause of MS, as well as the reasons for choosing Geneva when working with multiple sclerosis. Following 15 years of research performed by French-based Institut Mérieux and INSERM, GeNeuro was…

Ireland Dr. Terry McWade, CEO of Valitacell, discusses the founding of his company, the ground-breaking technology they are producing, and how this technology can help to bring new biologic medications to market faster and more cost-effectively. Having just won the Seedcorn Competition as well as being placed on the list of…

Taiwan The co-founder and president of Mycenax Biotech, Dr. Karen Wen details the key lessons learned from the development of their first in-house product TuNEX® and how they have been applied to their second flagship product LusiNEX (tocilizumab). She also details the company’s transition from a platform-driven service provider to a…

Switzerland Ensuring a fair allocation of rights and returns from collaboratively developed technologies is a continual challenge for university Tech Transfer Offices – swiTT president Stefan Kohler discusses the current challenges and shares his perspective on the role of university developed IP in the Swiss life science ecosystem. What are some…