Biomedical The chairman of Taipei Medical University (TMU) discusses the key challenges TMU has faced over the years, how these challenges will continue to affect the future, and what international accreditation will mean for the collaboration of TMU with international pharmaceutical companies. Taipei Medical University (TMU) has a long history in…
health insurance Taiwan’s current health minister reflects on Taiwan’s prestigious healthcare system, the problems in the first generation health insurance system that were fixed in the second, and strategies to rectify the continuous problem of price cuts. Shortly following our interview, the heretofore-Department of Health will become the Ministry of Health and…
Biosimilars Jaw-Jou Kang, former Director General of Taiwan Food & Drug Administration (TFDA) discusses the key successes the company has had since 2010, where it is looking to in the future and how a relationship with China would be mutually beneficial for both countries. Since Taiwan Food & Drug Administration’s founding…
Medicines Country Manager of Norpharma, Denmark, discusses how the company has been able to remain a market competitor while maintaining satisfactory payer prices. Since Norpharma’s founding in 1192, what are some of its key areas and products? We work in a number of strategic areas; pain management is where our heritage…
Biopharmaceuticals Over the past decade since its founding, what are some of the highlights in the transformation of Taiwan Advance Bio-Pharmaceutical Inc. (TABP) into a well established company? TABP was founded in 2000 as a spinoff of the Development Center for Biotechnology (DCB). The DCB was established in 1984 to support…
Clinical trials TaiGen is on the brink of releasing Taiwan’s first innovative drug. In this interview, the Chairman and CEO of the company discusses the development path the company chose to take, and explains the decision to market the drug first in China. Nemonoxacin will be the first-ever pharmaceutical developed in this…
Department of Investment Services The General Director of the ‘Invest in Taiwan’ program discusses Taiwan’s competitiveness on a global and regional level, highlights the areas and industrial sectors where the country is looking to invest, and talks about the importance of further economic integration with its neighbours in order to realize its potential. Can…
Array In 2010, you began your last interview with us by mentioning two things: that because of the nature of this affiliate’s portfolio—with only 35% of revenues generated by pharma at the time—Hospira’s strategy in Taiwan was a bit different than it was elsewhere in the world. You also said that…
Eisai Eisai has a history of more than 40 years in Indonesia. In fact, the country was one of the first places for the Group to expand into outside of Japan. Indonesia has already increasingly entered the international spotlight, but how does this apply to Eisai? It seems the Group has…
maintenance Mr. O’Neill, you have been managing director of this company for 17 years. How have you evolved the business over that period? ESS was founded in 1991, and I joined the business in 1996. The company’s initial vision was to provide flexibility to the maintenance market in Ireland and its…
Federal Public Service (FPS) Health With an expenditure of more than 10% of GDP on health, Belgium maintains one of the world’s leading healthcare systems. That said, could you please comment on the current state of the healthcare system and the governments’ key priorities with respect to health? Indeed, Belgium does boast a highly commendable…
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