Tagged with Oncology

Global PharmaBoardroom has spoken to leaders from several important global patient advocacy organisations in 2021 who shared their concerns on crucial global healthcare issues. These range from the greater levels of pharma industry investment needed in childhood cancers; the myriad of patient explanation and expectation management needed around CAR-T therapies; how…

Switzerland Barbara Fritsche-Surchat outlines Servier’s historic commitment to Switzerland, how the French mid-cap’s global oncology pivot is translating into its Swiss operations, and comments on the evolution of pharma salesforces post-pandemic.   Over the years, we have developed a real expertise, predominantly in the cardiovascular field, but we will leverage this…

USA Claire Saxton and Lauren Kriegel of Cancer Support Community, the largest professionally led non-profit network of cancer support worldwide, discuss how cancer patient and caregiver perspectives need to be better integrated into the treatment process. This is an especially prescient issue for next-generation cell and gene therapies such as CAR-T…

Global Carlo Toniatti, chief scientific officer of IRBM, gives his insights into how the increased participation of early-stage ventures in the drug R&D process and the plethora of new research approaches that are recalibrating the role of CROs such as IRBM. An experienced oncologist, Toniatti also weighs in on the key…

Global Carlo Toniatti, chief scientific officer of IRBM, gives his insights into how the increased participation of early-stage ventures in the drug R&D process and the plethora of new research approaches that are recalibrating the role of CROs such as IRBM. An experienced oncologist, Toniatti also weighs in on the key…

Europe The Lymphoma Coalition’s Natacha Bolaños outlines the fundamentals of the lymphoma patient experience today, the growing number of innovative new treatment options available, and the issues surrounding their integration as earlier lines of treatment.   CAR-T is not necessarily the best treatment option for everyone. There could be other second-best…

Denmark Julie Enevold Brooker discusses what she sees as Janssen’s responsibility to help improve the Danish healthcare system beyond just bringing innovative medicines to patients, gives her thoughts on the new Danish National Life Science Strategy, and outlines how Danish patients could have even better access to innovation.   All stakeholders…

USA Dr Sam Volchenboum outlines the progress that has been made in the paediatric oncology field in recent years and his hopes for its future. Dr Volchenboum also explains the important role that data will play in the new era of targeted and personalised therapies and the impact of the work…

Argentina Dr Guillermo Chantada, incoming president-elect of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) highlights the progress of paediatric oncology in Latin America and gives a call to arms to the global pharmaceutical industry to situate more research in this field in his continent.   We could accelerate knowledge, save more…

Singapore AstraZeneca (AZ)’s country president for Singapore, Vinod Narayanan, outlines the challenges of taking the reins at an affiliate against the backdrop of a pandemic and how the Anglo-Swedish company’s quest for a COVID-19 vaccine has opened up new partnership opportunities in the region. Narayanan also touches on Singapore’s open ecosystem…

Japan Experienced global leader Takafumi Horii explains the rationale behind returning to his home nation of Japan to head up Takeda’s Japan Oncology operations. Horii also touches on the significant burden of cancer in Japan, how Takeda’s solutions help meet some of the country’s most significant unmet cancer needs, as well…

Singapore In 2020, the FDA granted its first approval to a comprehensive liquid biopsy, potentially representing a paradigm shift towards using liquid biopsies upfront as an easier, safer, faster, and more effective tool for diagnosing cancer patients than traditional invasive tissue biopsies.   The company behind the Guardant360® CDx test, Guardant…