“ Our CEO, all my colleagues at corporate officer level, and I, want to make Santen a global company. We are going to do it the Santen… ”
In Conversation
“ We appeared on [the RDIF's] radar because they were looking for a company with a strong research footprint that could start from the cell all the… ”
“ Asia Pacific as a region represents countries at various levels of development and as such has very diverse needs for education ”
“ There are many learnings on every front from the situation we went through last year. We must make sure that we embrace and remember them; we… ”
“ COVID has led to a kind of reconsideration. Healthy food, sufficient exercise and preventive healthcare have become the focus of attention for many people ”
“ Cell and gene therapy is a highly collaborative field and its successful deployment necessitates CellVec to build close working partnerships with others across the entire ecosystem. ”
“ The pandemic reinforced the importance of manufacturing, but we need to think beyond the local market towards exports. There is a new understanding of the pharma… ”
“ Our intention is to become a China-based international company that leads in the genomics space globally ”
“ I foresee a renewed and increased focus on prevention [post-COVID], especially for future pandemics, and on building healthcare systems which are more resilient than efficient ”
“ Once you have seen a patient – that without receiving a cell and gene therapy would have died within months – doing well, it has a… ”
“ There is a large amount of data available [in healthcare] which has not been used to its full potential ”
“ Making medicines available to patients is the name of the game because, in the past, the region had to wait years to get medications from Europe… ”