Medigen Biotechnology Corp. Medigen was created in 1999 and is a listed company. How did the vision for the company come about, and what was it that attracted today’s main shareholders to Medigen? Medigen was registered at the MOEA in 1999, but the company was actually established in 2000. In the beginning, the…
IRPMA (International Research-Based Pharmaceu Please describe the activities of the IRPMA to our readers, and explain the membership advantages of your association. Today the IRPMA consists of 37 multinational research-based pharmaceutical manufacturers, as well as some local R&D companies. Also, eleven individual members representing distribution and start-up biotech companies registered IRPMA for their preparation…
Development Center for Biotechnology The Development Centre for Biotechnology was founded in 1984 as a tool for connecting biotechnological academia to the Taiwanese industry and promoting the strengths of Taiwan’s biopharmaceutical sector to the global audience. The centre was established by both government and private industry as a non-profit organization. How do you think…
Abiogen You created Abiogen in 1997, following the acquisition of Istituto Gentili by MSD, in order to maintain your family’s entrepreneurial tradition, keeping building on the legacy of your great-grandfather Commendatore Alfredo Gentili, combining it with your personal innovative vision to create a “new reality”. To have a better understanding of…
LSK Global PS South Korea has a short history of participating in global clinical trials, but now the country is seeing exponential growth in this area. What has changed in recent years leading to this new trend? South Korea has been behind in terms of global clinical trials due to unfriendly regulations, but…
Bioneer Could you provide our international readers with a profile of Bioneer as it stands today? Bioneer, having a strong basis of technology and experiences in molecular biology since 1992, we have optimized various products we offer from oligonucleotides, siRNA, PCR products, the kits, instruments that are necessary from basic scientific…
Zambon You declared in a recent interview that Zambon Group will always keep complying with the vision of your father Alberto, who has always refused acquisition offers from multinationals- a striking approach, in a context of pharmaceutical clusters when so many Italian players have been swallowed by wider structures. Which specific…
Chungcheongbuk-do Although Chungcheongbuk-do is a small province in terms of territory and population, it has gained increasing importance in Korea’s economy. What are the main drivers of this growing economic progression? Chungbcheongbuk-do (Chungbuk) was traditionally an agriculture-based province until its economy started to shift towards more knowledge intensive activities in the…
Bristol-Myers Squibb The pharmaceutical industry in Asia is undergoing a period of specialization with R&D booming in places like Australia, Singapore and South Korea and manufacturing in places like China, India and now Vietnam – how does Indonesia fit into the overall picture? Indonesia has a number of very strong fundamental, macroeconomic…
Depolabo As the market leader in the French pre-wholesale market, Depolado had a quite impressive market share growth in the previous 3 years, now being responsible for a quarter of the French market. As the one responsible for these changes, what was your strategy to further consolidate Depolabo’s leadership in France?…
Biogaran Biogaran was an initiative from Servier in the mid 1990s before there was even a generic pharmaceutical market in France. Could you speak of your history and of the origins of Biogaran and the vision behind starting this company? Biogaran is in line with my previous experience as I was…
Lyonbiopôle As a majority of our readers are American that may be used to a different model of clusters can you explain the unique characteristics of the pôles de compétitivité? The biggest differentiating point is that the clusters have been founded on government initiative to create competitive zones across multiple industries.…
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