Tagged with Asia-Pacific

Singapore The Big Picture Singapore’s real GDP per person has grown incredibly since independence in 1965, helping the country make the leap from third world to first world in less than half a century. Switzerland is the world’s leading nation for investor friendliness in terms of ease of doing business, labour…

Singapore Frederik Beelaerts van Blokland, Panalpina’s regional head of marketing and sales for Asia Pacific, explains how the company’s focus on the Asia Pacific region is a key growth driver and how Panalpina adds value for the healthcare and life sciences industry by being a reliable and forward-thinking logistics partner. What…

Singapore Pierre Fabre Medicament’s MD for Asia Pacific, Ng Tian Wee, on the growing importance of the region for PF, the significance of choosing Singapore as a regional hub, and the company’s strategy moving forward. In a few words, what is Pierre Fabre’s set up and mandate? The company is owned…

Singapore Singapore’s location at the heart of the APAC region, expertise in logistics and cold chain management, and smart investment in infrastructure has helped make the Lion City an indisputable global heavyweight in pharma logistics. “From a logistics standpoint, Singapore serves as a pivotal gateway to the broader region—namely because of…

Singapore Christopher Snook discusses his dual role as Head of Group Country Management as well as Country President for Singapore, highlighting the importance of adhering to in-house as well as country-specific regulatory frameworks and the continued importance of Singapore to the global group.   We will continue to see Singapore in…

Singapore The Asia-Pacific region is a vast geographic area, home to almost half of the world’s population and numerous emerging and developed markets with great investment potential for healthcare and life sciences companies. However, the degree of diversity within Asia-Pacific creates formidable challenges for MNCs operating in the region. “APAC is…

Philippines Stephanie Franco, Managing Director of Fresenius Medical Care in the Philippines, emphasizes the strategic importance of the Asia-pacific region to Fresenius Medical Care’s future growth and outlines her goals for the company and its role within both the renal space and the Filipino healthcare ecosystem. We have seen an increased…

Allergan Dublin-based Allergan has undergone many changes recently, with the acquisition by Actavis, the failed merger with Pfizer, and the divestiture of the generics business to Teva. The company’s SVP and President of Asia Pacific, Rajkumar Narayanan, speaks about the bold new Allergan that has emerged following these events and details their…

Singapore Renaud Jonquieres, Vice President Asia-Pacific of bioMérieux Industry, enthusiastically conveys the company’s scope and significance in the Asia-Pacific region, the competitive landscape, as well as the key strategic objective to foster long-term growth. To begin, please provide a brief overview of bioMérieux’s history, including the scope that it encompasses and…

Pharma President of K8 Global and Senior Advisor to McKinsey, Jean-Luc Butel, explains the major healthcare trends impacting the Asia Pacific region and stresses the need for companies to disrupt current business models in order to effectively tackle the region’s growing burden of unmet needs. You have held several positions in…

Asia-Pacific Many of your counterparts have spoken about the unique operational and strategic challenges China poses to their organizations. How does PAREXEL adapt itself to compete in China, and how does it work differently here than elsewhere in the world? First off, we know that within another two to three years…

Philippines In an exclusive interview, Benjamin Liuson, president of The Generics Pharmacy in the Philippines on the company’s illustrious history, remarkable growth, and increasing acceptance of generics more generally in the Philippines. The Generics Pharmacy originated from a family business and you are the visionary who transformed it into what it…