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Thailand PharmaBoardroom last reported on Thailand in 2015, meeting country managers from across the healthcare and life sciences value chain. Here, we chart some of their career progressions since then.   Sticking with Servier Guillaume Drianno Guillaume Drianno was Thailand country manager for French firm Servier between 2013 and 2017. Prior…

Taiwan Carol Cheng, chief operating officer of the Taiwan Research-based Biopharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (TRPMA), gives an update on the current condition of Taiwan’s biopharma environment and speaks about the country’s innovative capacity as an industry leader not only in the region but globally.   In total, there are 295 Taiwan new…

Thailand The top 10 pharmaceutical companies in Thailand for 2018 ranked by revenues. Global giants Pfizer, GSK and MSD make up the top three of a list dominated by Big Pharma. Siam Bioscience and Berlin Pharm are the sole Thai representatives on the list. Berlin Pharm and Takeda are the companies…

AI Axel Schumacher highlights the vital importance of AI and blockchain for the future success of pharmaceutical companies, the significant knowledge gap that currently exists within Big Pharma, and why, therefore, now is the time for these firms to invest in AI and blockchain start-ups.   While almost everyone is talking…

Trends As we move further into 2019, Emmanuel Fombu, MD, MBA: Author and Global Commercial Strategy and Digital Innovation Leader at Johnson and Johnson, reflects on what to expect from the rest of the year and beyond in the pharmaceutical landscape. The battle for market share in the future will likely…

Cannabis Unclear licensing rules raise concerns that big foreign firms applying for patents might squeeze out local players and drive up the cost of cannabis-derived medical products.   Last week, Thailand’s National Legislative Assembly (NLA) passed a bill allowing the use of cannabis and kratom, a local plant with opioid properties…

Opinion Emmanuel Fombu, Global Strategy and Digital Innovation Leader at Johnson & Johnson reflects on health professionals’ fears of AI and their place in the healthcare workforce of the future. Sure, robots might be better at carrying out specific operations or at carrying out monotonous tasks without tiring, but it’s the…

Opinion Mohamed is a passionate Blockchain enthusiast who is committed to helping grow the Blockchain ecosystem around the world. Here he talks about healthcare’s slow adoption of technology and the challenges that come with hefty privacy regulation of patient data.  The life-and-death nature of the industry might be a factor of…

Innovation Joonho J. Lee is a CEO and CoFounder of Cognita Lab INC developing risk management framework around Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare and financial services industries. Here he discusses the use of blockchain in the healthcare industry and the need to remain “cautiously optimistic.”   Many people asked whether I…

France Eric Bothorel, Deputy at the French Assemblée Nationale and responsible for the parliamentary group on data, knowledge & AI, provides an exclusive interview on France’s digitalization process. Bothorel describes France’s progress in frontier technologies like AI and Big Data and explains their expanding role in the healthcare sector.   Can…

Innovation Richie Etwaru is founder and CEO of Hu-manity, whose vision is to empower people to take ownership of their inherent human data.   The pharmaceutical industry has never seen the full end-to-end benefits of a world where explicitly consented data is available. And this can happen without disruption. Everyone can indeed…

Innovation Axel Schumacher, co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Shivom, highlights the need for Big Pharma to adopt new technology. Of course, we know that pharma is often innovation-averse. The healthcare industry has been full of disruptions in the last decade, ranging from the explosive growth of medical devices and the…