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Asia-Pacific Asia-Pacific, as home to 50 percent of the world’s new cancer cases each year and with deaths caused by cancer expected to increase by 36 percent by 2030, has a pressing need for more patient-centric, data-driven, value-based, and precise solutions in oncology. Additionally, Asian cancer patients’ healthcare needs can differ…

Singapore J&J Singapore’s Guillermo Frydman outlines how his affiliate negotiated the COVID-19 pandemic; why managing J&J’s pharma, medical devices, vision care and consumer businesses together offers unique opportunities to engage as a ‘broad healthcare company’; and Singapore’s role as an innovation hub for the region.   There are many learnings on…

APAC COVID-19 has pushed diagnostics to the forefront of healthcare conversations across the world. Here, three leading lights from the Asia-Pacific medtech industry weigh in on what the new diagnostics paradigm might look like as the pandemic recedes.   Sanjay Prabhakaran, president Asia Pacific, Hologic “One positive outcome of this pandemic…

Singapore Lucas Chan, Scientific Founder and CSO of CellVec, a Singapore-based CDMO that specializes in the development and manufacture of viral vectors for clinical gene therapy, discusses how his company is helping companies with mature preclinical gene therapy projects wanting to progress into the clinic. Moreover, he discusses why Singapore is…

Singapore Shiva Kannan, VP and Chief Information Officer for GE Healthcare in over 120 countries, discusses the company’s journey over the past few years and the company-wide digital transformation he has led the implementation of. Moreover, he explains why GE is looking at a subscription-based model for some of their hospital…

Singapore Regulatory harmonisation for medical devices between countries in Asia-Pacific has long been a challenging issue, predominantly due to the extreme variation in cultures, economic development, governmental models, and healthcare systems in the region.   Greater harmonisation would allow solutions introduced in APAC’s most developed markets to filter down to its…

Singapore Mervyn Lim, Vice President, ResMed Asia, shares the company’s journey through COVID-19 in the region, how the company is building on their digitalisation experience, his view on how different stakeholders have to come together to improve reimbursement, and the huge opportunity in a market where 80 percent of patients with…

Singapore Leonora Lim, DHL’s Asia-Pacific VP for Life Sciences and Healthcare, Customer Solutions & Innovation, dives into the industry’s challenges during the pandemic, the continuing importance of Singapore as a regional hub, DHL’s multi-billion-dollar investment in digitalization, and why she believes that the industry will never go back to the way…

Singapore Siemens Healthineers Singapore’s Ai Li Siow outlines how her affiliate has pivoted in order to continue to support its customers in what was an “unprecedented 2020.” She also explains how Singapore acts as a reference market for the entire APAC region and why the digitalisation of healthcare is here to…

Singapore Changi Airport Group’s Ching Kiat LIM reflects on a challenging 2020 for the airline industry, Changi’s longstanding excellence in pharmaceutical distribution, and how COVID-19 has pushed a greater embrace of cutting-edge digital tools.   We see ourselves as the conductor of an orchestra, where all the instruments must play in…

Singapore Andrew Frye of medtech giant Baxter outlines his management strategy for the diverse APAC region, how growth was achieved in 2020 despite the drop in non-essential hospital visits and treatments that the COVID-19 pandemic brought about, and the increasing importance of homecare and telehealth post-pandemic.   Healthcare is becoming more…

Singapore Singapore – despite its modest USD 1.22 billion domestic market – has long been one of Asia’s leading biopharmaceutical hubs and a magnet for top talent. Multitudes of biopharma and medtech multinationals, as well as domestic start-ups, have based regional functions in the clean, English speaking, and well-developed city-state with…