Tagged with Diagnostics

Switzerland The General Manager of bioMérieux Switzerland and Austria highlights the significance of Switzerland for the company’s regional cluster and furthermore explains how Switzerland contributes to the global development of the company. Could you please introduce yourself and bioMérieux’s organization in Switzerland and Austria? “Our overall mission is naturally to improve…

Taiwan Jui-Lin Chen, CEO of MiCareo, provides insights into the development of MiSelect, Micareo’s pioneering platform for the analysis of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC) and other rare cells, which proudly stands as the best product available to physicians for cancer prognosis as well as the perfect companion diagnostic for drug development…

Mexico “Equipment is not everything that GE can contribute with!” – The CEO and President of GE Healthcare’s Mexican Unit elaborates on how GE provides added value to its customers by focusing on innovating access, cost and quality.   “The mission for me and all my peers around the world is…

Greece “There is nothing so stable as change” says chairman of the medical devices and diagnostics committee for the American Chamber of Commerce and GM for J&J Medical Hellas, Theodore Liakopoulos. Having spearheaded the affiliate through the economic crisis, Liakopoulos speaks candidly about his strategic priorities, the importance of staying agile to…

Mexico Enrique Carballido, general manager Mexico and Latin South America at Bio-Rad, showcases Bio-Rad’s offering in both diagnostics and life sciences and the crucial role of the entire industry in helping public health institutions more effectively allocate their resources based on the number of patients covered and the economical savings obtained.…

Mexico Armando Martínez, general manager at Beckman Coulter Mexico, explains the company’s unique business model Coulter, the strong added-value of its broad and innovative healthcare solutions, and how they help improve the efficiency of laboratories. Could you please introduce yourself to our international audience as well as the operations of Beckman…

Taiwan Terry Lin, general manager, and Freia Wei, director for international business at UniPharma, on the company’s move from specialty distribution to drug development and diagnostic products. With an upcoming IPO, UniPharma is considering both organic and inorganic development opportunities to further nurture its geographical expansion. Being one of the best-established…

Luxembourg Miriam Steimer, as employee number one of the Fast-track diagnostics success story, provides a thorough analysis into the company’s global footprint, the scope of operations in Luxembourg with both manufacturing and R&D activities, and the significance of the “made in Luxembourg” label. Finally, Ms Steimer shares FTD’s remarkably high levels…

Singapore The founder and CEO of Vela Diagnostics, Michael Tillmann underscores the motivating drivers behind the establishment of the company and how their unique portfolio of automated PCR and NGS solutions have made clinical laboratory life easier for all companies across the molecular diagnostics value chain. He further highlights the crucial…

Pharma GE Healthcare Italy’s Marco Campione discusses patient access to innovation, synergies between pharma and medtech in companion diagnostics, and partnering with the Italian healthcare system. You have been working at GE Healthcare for 18 years now, having risen up the ranks through various departments. What was at the top of…

Pharma Jean-Luc Bélingard, chairman of bioMérieux, reveals how the medical community in France has a unique profile, combining both clinical and technological experience, leading to what he describes as the best healthcare system in the world from a pure patient perspective; why diagnostics is the bedrock of an efficient healthcare system;…

Pharma Arnaud Pradel, Product Development Director and Co-Segment Leader of HORIBA Medical reveals how HORIBA has over 30 years of experience when it comes to launching products in the vitro diagnostic space, and in managing distributors in over 130 countries; why historically there has been a close relationship between the global…