Tagged with BIO

Taiwan Lawrence Gan, President and CEO of Taiwan’s Development Center for Biotechnology (DCB) explains his vision and strategy to enhance DCB’s R&D expertise by adopting some of the best practices of the corporate world. You became head of Taiwan’s Development Center for Biotechnology after having held prestigious positions in the US…

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…

Taiwan Thomas Yuan, the CEO of TFBS Bioscience, documents the tailored added-value that this fast-growing product testing company strives to bring to emerging pharmaceutical and biotech companies in the Asia Pacific region, while TFBS already stands out as the only service provider of its kind in Taiwan and one of the…

Switzerland How would you present the strengths of the Lake Geneva region’s strengths to our international audience? The Lake Geneva region, which we often call the ‘health valley of Switzerland’, benefits from having two intersecting innovative clusters, one in MedTech and another in biotech. Looking at the course of life sciences…

Ireland Ronan Quinn, CEO of Ardmac, an international provider of high-tech cleanroom facilities to the life sciences sector, tells us the inspiring story of Ardmac’s continued growth through the recent economic recession, the second-generation cleanroom technologies they are bringing to the market, and his positive outlook for Ardmac in the next…

Pharma 2016 has been a great year for PharmaBoardroom, with interviews from global CEOs and ministers, groundbreaking country reports on some of the world’s key pharma markets, and insightful articles which get to the heart of the sector’s key issues. Stay tuned in 2017 for more of the same! INTERVIEWS OF…

Switzerland Nasri Nahas, CEO of Biopôle in Switzerland, discusses his motivations for joining the biotech, and his mission to re-position the organization as a life sciences ecosystem bringing together academia, business, and research. What motivated you to join Biopôle in October 2015? I began my career as a molecular biologist in France…

Ireland Frederic Secail, General Manager of Servier’s second strategic and international production facility within Servier Industry, located in Arklow, Ireland, outlines his ambitious transformation program, Arklow 2020, to anticipate and prepare the site for the future. You have been GM of Servier’s Arklow facility since 2013. What was the mandate given…

Mexico Salomon Rayek, CEO at Sinbiotik, explains how the company managed to adapt its business model to the industry trends and showcases the added value of Sinbiotik when offering high quality, cost-effective and fully regulated APIs manufactured locally. Could you please introduce yourself to our international audience as well as the…

Ireland James Lennertz, Group VP and GM EUMEA for BioMarin, discusses the key highlights of the past few years for BioMarin, their unique positioning as a company offering innovative therapies for ultra-rare diseases, the main challenge he sees for BioMarin’s international operations, and his priorities for the next few years. James,…

Singapore Martin Dewhurst of the Global Pharmaceuticals and Medical Products Practice at McKinsey & Company provides his view of the Asia Pacific Medtech Forum 2016 in Singapore and elaborates on the prominent trends for the industry in the region. What have been your first impressions of the MedTech Forum and your…

Singapore In an exclusive interview with Stephen Ooi, Senior Executive Advisor at Zimmer Biomet, he emphasizes the strategic benefits of the global merger between Zimmer and Biomet and how through leveraging their synergies, Zimmer Biomet will continue to raise the standards of quality and take an active role in bringing musculoskeletal…