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Taiwan Jonas Wang Ph.D., Chairman and CEO of StemCyte, a global leader in Regenerative Therapy field including cell processing and transplantation located in the US, Taiwan, and India, provides us with an overview of the impressive phase II results recently received by its breakthrough regenerative therapy for spinal cord injury. While…

Taiwan In an exclusive interview conducted on the 22nd of December 2016, Taiwan’s Minister of Health and Welfare Lin Tzou-yien discussed improving Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI), ensuring that Taiwanese patients can access innovative treatments, and nurturing the development of Taiwan’s thriving R&D-driven pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Minister Lin, you became…

Mexico Juan Francisco Hernández, general manager of Latin America at Wockhardt, showcases the added value of the company to the entire region based on quality, safety and cost-effective medicines targeting diabetes, CNS and anti-infective areas. Could you introduce yourself to our international readers as well as the key activities and operations…

Mexico María Teresa Lopez, managing director at Zimmer Biomet Mexico, discusses the medtech company’s strong commitment to Mexico as well as the high added value of its broad and innovative health solutions to enhance patients’ quality of life. Please introduce the main activities of Zimmer Biomet in Mexico and the Mexican…

Switzerland www.celonic.com CEO of Swiss biologics CDMO Celonic, Konstantin Matentzoglu, explains how the company attracts talented and experienced staff and what makes it the partner of choice in Switzerland and beyond. Celonic is in many ways more than a CDMO for biologics. What is the strategic focus of this company? “Our…

Switzerland Jesús Martin-Garcia, Chairman and CEO of GeNeuro, discusses their positive partnership with Servier to develop an antibody against a possible cause of MS, as well as the reasons for choosing Geneva when working with multiple sclerosis. Following 15 years of research performed by French-based Institut Mérieux and INSERM, GeNeuro was…

Ireland Dr. Terry McWade, CEO of Valitacell, discusses the founding of his company, the ground-breaking technology they are producing, and how this technology can help to bring new biologic medications to market faster and more cost-effectively. Having just won the Seedcorn Competition as well as being placed on the list of…

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…

Taiwan The co-founder and president of Mycenax Biotech, Dr. Karen Wen details the key lessons learned from the development of their first in-house product TuNEX® and how they have been applied to their second flagship product LusiNEX (tocilizumab). She also details the company’s transition from a platform-driven service provider to a…

Taiwan Howard Lee, chairman and CEO of Easywell Biomedicals, documents the most exciting R&D projects that will drive the company to new heights; spanning from a life-changing Parkinson’s transdermal patch to a ground-breaking regenerative therapy in advanced wound care. Easywell was recently ranked the tenth fastest-growing high-tech company in Taiwan by…

Greece A strong proponent of the value of orphan drugs, Shire Greece’s Managing Director, Christos Dakas, shares his insights on the recent merger with Baxalta, the necessity of exempting orphan and haemophilia drugs from clawbacks to circumvent market challenges for critical treatments, as well as his vision for the bright future…

Taiwan Chih-Kung Lee, Minister of Economic Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) provides insights into Taiwan’s “new economic model” recently established by the new government to boost the country’s economic growth and ensure Taiwan renews its role as an innovation pioneer. He also documents the crucial role that the pharmaceutical…