“ Especially in the current volatile marketplace, technology brings visibility to help all parties make decisions earlier on in the supply chain ”
In Conversation
“ There is a huge gap in the distribution of healthcare globally, with two-thirds of the world's population lacking access to basic diagnostic imaging ”
“ We are trying to overcome the idea that robotic systems are difficult to adopt with a steep learning curve; they can improve the clinical outcomes of… ”
“ Almost 50 percent of clinical trials in the region last year were led by biotechs and by 2025, biotech-led clinical trials will far exceed those led… ”
“ I always come back to the question of how we help as many patients as possible access the healthcare solutions they need. Within this push, collaboration… ”
Ashok Venkitaraman – Director, Cancer Science Institute of Singapore; Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS); Director, NUS Center for Cancer Research; Program Director, Disease Intervention Technology Laboratory, Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR)
“ Looking beyond current advances in personalized or stratified cancer therapy, I think that early intervention – before the disease becomes advanced – will be the future… ”
“ Singapore is often the first market for [Pfizer's] product launches in Emerging Asia, new regulatory strategies to optimize launch timelines, and digital innovations. We act as… ”
“ Healthcare is a key area within our plan moving forward, and this comes as no surprise considering that four percent of the Singaporean economy already comes… ”
“ Value-Based healthcare in this part of the world will be implemented in different ways. It will come less through contracts, but more through pricing regulations ”
“ We need doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers to be willing to go the extra mile to monitor patients outside of hospital settings ”
“ Regulators are in a difficult position and still coming to understand how to define these new technologies. Greater alignment with the US does seem to be… ”
“ We are looking for partners who understand the complexity and the challenges we are facing in developing a hardware device. This extends beyond capital to knowledge… ”