Basic Research “If you look at the cuts in the public sector, the science budget has been relatively lightly touched. This sends a signal at a very high level that science, the knowledge economy, and the smart training of people are very important for our economic recovery,” says Mark Ferguson, Director General,…
Choice Pharma Full service CRO Choice Pharma moved its operations from Europe to Asia in 2008, and since then the company has thrived. The managing director and business director for the company discuss the merits of Taiwan for CROs, and how the environment is better today in Asia than in Europe for…
Clinical trials TaiGen is on the brink of releasing Taiwan’s first innovative drug. In this interview, the Chairman and CEO of the company discusses the development path the company chose to take, and explains the decision to market the drug first in China. Nemonoxacin will be the first-ever pharmaceutical developed in this…
Clinical trials The President & CEO of Vita Genomics talks about the advantages that genomic testing offer both to sick and healthy patients, as well as the opportunities to catalogue the science behind Traditional Chinese Medicine. What is the vision behind Vita Genomics? Vita Genomics was founded in 2001. At the time,…
clinical research Industry veteran and CEO of JSS Medical research explains what he thinks is going wrong with clinical research in Canada today, how Canadian CROs are losing out at the hands of global CROs, and offers some advice on how to stay in the game. What are the biggest challenges facing…
Clinical trials The chairman and CEO of Medigen shares his insights on a significant past three years for the company, which included both an IPO and major developments for the company’s innovative molecule PI-88. He also offers his perspective on the increasing synergies between Taiwan and China in the biotech sector. During our…
clinical trials You are the CEO of GCP CMIC ClinPlus in addition to R&G PharmaStudies, and before that you headed a number of companies as well. Could you introduce yourself and all the many moving parts you lead to our readers? To begin with, I was a physician for 10 years before…
Australia Would you begin by outlining the role & importance of George Clinical within the George Institute, highlighting recent milestones & achievements? George Clinical is an important division of the Institute, contributing to its research goals in several ways: We provide operations teams to deliver clinical trials i.e. the (usually) randomized,…
Infinite Clinical Research We understand that Mexico has a lot of advantages for holding clinical trials, including the large population, access to specialized patient populations, higher patient retention rates and cheaper costs by up to 30% when compared to the United States and Europe. In your opinion, what is the most common reason…
Latam Clinical Trials While LatAm originally emerged from the SIPLAS organization, how was it evolved since then to be where it is today? LatAm was born in 2000 as a business unit of SIPLAS labs and was known at the time as SIPLAS Research Organization. We decided to change our name to LatAm…
Medicilon/MPI Preclinical Research Shanghai You completed your higher education in the US and worked there for a period afterwards; what caused you to move back to China and start this company? A lot of people are now returning to China after gaining extensive experience in the US. I personally enjoyed the vast experience that…
Association of Clinical Trials Organizations (ACTO) The primary objectives of this association are to promote Russia as a clinical trial destination, optimize the regulatory and legislative environment, and promote the interests of ACTO members. Can you give us an overview of the current clinical trial environment in Russia, and explain why a unified organization like ACTO…
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