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China Dr Dan Zhang, CEO of Fountain Medical Development (FMD), details the transformation China’s recent membership at the International Conference on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) will bring to the drug development and clinical research landscape in China, the pressures and opportunities local companies…

Spain Joan Puig de Dou, CEO of Kymos Pharma, a Spanish analytical CRO, shares his insights in the changing dynamics of the industry and explains how remaining independent in the face of industry consolidation is a strategic priority to leverage both quality and specialization for the company’s clients.   When[biosimilars] come…

Korea Jia Liu, CEO of DreamCIS, a Korean CRO, part of the Chinese company Tigermed, talks about her vision for DreamCIS to be “the CRO everybody wants to work with”. Liu assesses the changing environment for clinical research in Korea and offers her view on the successes and scope for improvement…

France Dr. Denis Comet, President of AFCRO (the French Association of CROs), talks about the evolution of the clinical research environment in France and the new government actions aimed at speeding up the clinical trial process.   Didier Genot from France Biotech told us that France has lost competitiveness when it…

Portugal Eurotrials is a full-service contract research organization (CRO) with an international footprint in over five territories worlwide. Following the trend of big pharma, Eurotrials recently merged with CTI, an American privately owned clinical trial and consulting service. Maria Queiroz founded the company in 1995 with Inês Costa, and here puts…

India Jonathan Hunt, CEO of Syngene International, one of the fastest-growing and leading contract research and manufacturing organizations in the world, discusses the company’s unique ecosystem of innovation, India’s eye-catching talent resources, Syngene’s partnership model with leading biotech and Big Pharma companies, the company’s ongoing forward integration and its stringent approach…

India The global pharmaceutical outsourcing market was estimated to be USD 115.7 billion in 2016, of which 49 percent is accounted for by contract research organisations (CROs). Within India, the contract research market is scheduled to grow from around USD one billion in 2016 to USD 1.97 billion by 2023 according…

Estonia Rauno Oja, managing director of AS EGeen, discusses the company’s geographical expansion during his tenure, turning to an international full-service CRO, EGeen’s commitment to high standards, and engagement with the community; carrying out communication activities on the ground in each country in which it operates. Rauno, you have worked for…

Pharma India leads the way in terms of the sheer volume of US FDA-approved manufacturing plants with over 100, compared to only 28 in China. In terms of the global competitiveness of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS), China remained out in front between 2012 and 2015, with India…

Canada Introducing Vantage BioTrials, a CRO focused on operational excellence with a lean and holistic approach to each project, Vatché Bartekian, president and co-founder, also advocates for greater visibility for Canada on the international stage and an increase in collaboration within the pharmaceutical industry and regulatory bodies. Vantage BioTrials celebrated its…

Canada Janet McDougall, president and founder of McDougall Scientific and John Amrhein, vice president in charge of business development, discuss the challenges that SME CROs are facing in Canada today, competing with the CRO giants, but also highlight the unique differentiation points McDougall Scientific is able to put forward, such as…

GVK Bio Manni Kantipudi, CEO of GVK BIO, talks about the evolution of the company, which he took from USD 20 million to its current USD 120 million, its future, its strategic competitive advantages within the Indian CRO industry and his personal aspiration to reach the USD 200 million goal by 2021.…