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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,…

Ireland Donal Higgins, MD of Prochem Engineering, provides an overview of their life sciences operations, the key innovations they are bringing to the industry like computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and his mission to position Prochem as the  leading multi-disciplinary engineering company in the southeast of Ireland. Donal, can you give our…

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 Philips general manager of Health Systems, South East Asia, Johan Vooren highlights the company’s renewed commitment to Singapore with the recent opening of their APAC Center, while detailing the qualities that make the country as such an ideal testing ground for Philips’ new telehealth program. He further elaborates on the value…

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…

Switzerland With 40 years of history in Switzerland, B Braun serves every hospital in the country and operates three distinct production sites. CEO Madeleine Stöckli discusses her strategy for improving productivity and finding opportunities for growth. Could you please briefly introduce yourself and B Braun Switzerland to our readers? B Braun…

Singapore Recently appointed Senior Vice President of Asia Pacific, Massimiliano Colella speaks about Smith & Nephew’s reasons for establishing a presence in the region, their dual approach in catering to the diversity of Southeast Asian markets, as well as the opportunities for growth in the region. Can you please provide some…

Switzerland The Swiss Biotech Association’s Nic Alexakis describes Switzerland’s thriving biotech scene and extensive support infrastructure, while also highlighting the gaps around early stage funding and the ability of different cantons to collaborate on economic development.  Switzerland of course has quite the reputation as a hub for biotech activity – how…

Actelion Johnson & Jonhson’s interest in taking over the Swiss biotech group Actelion has been confirmed, with the Wall Street Journal estimating that a total takeover price could top USD 20 billion. As Actelion is a market leader in some therapeutic areas such as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), the acquisition could…

Switzerland Specializing in ultra-rare diseases, Alexion targets patient populations of less than 20 patients per million. Christophe Bourdon discusses Alexion’s progress towards developing access for patients across the EMEA region.   Since day one, Alexion’s mission has been to focus solely on discovering treatments for patients affected by these incredibly rare…

Mexico Leonardo Torres, general manager Mexico, Central America & Caribbean of Shire, provides insights into the rapidly progressing integration of Baxalta in Mexico, while he also highlights his key priorities to further accelerate the growth and consolidate the strategic positioning of Shire, a company that now proudly stands out as the…

Switzerland It is tempting to characterize Switzerland’s global pharma and life science hotspots as beginning and ending with Basel – home of industry giants Roche and Novartis. However, Zurich, Geneva, and even tiny Zug are all now staking serious claims for global recognition in this area. “Zurich is the world’s smallest…