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Holland Pivot Park in Oss, the Netherlands, aims at becoming an inspiring campus for open innovation in life sciences. The CEO discusses the unique assets the park offers to companies and calls for an increased collaboration among private industry, academia, and government to enhance the country’s global competitiveness. You took over…

Holland Floris de Gelder & Friso Smit share the story of Utrecht Science Park, the fastest growing science park in the Netherlands. The park’s companies do work in the fields of food and health, oncology, organoid technology, regenerative medicine, and personalized health. Mr de Gelder and Mr Smit share their vision for…

Holland Thijs De Kleer, Managing Director, Saco de Visser, Director Cluster Development, discuss recent developments at the Netherlands largest science park and how Leiden has positioned itself as a leader in early stages of development, which creates a great environment to foster innovation. Leiden lies at the center of the Dutch…

research AM Pharma is developing an innovative treatment for acute kidney injury, and minority investor Pfizer recently acquired the option to purchase the firms remaining equity upon the completion of a phase II clinical trial. How competitive do you feel Dutch life sciences in the academic setting are amongst your other…

life sciences John Taboas is the president of Biopharma Consulting Services (BCS), a leader in visual inspection and other validation and engineering services. Here he tells PharmaBoardroom how the company is working to position Puerto Rico as a hub for subject matter experts in visual inspection, with a new training facility and inspection…

Puerto Rico Enrique Alejandro, Director and Team Leader (Finance) of Pfizer Puerto Rico discusses the pharma company’s manufacturing assets in the country. He stresses the importance of innovation as a key to staying competitive in today’s industry. What products are being manufactured in Pfizer’s Puerto Rico facilities? In Barceloneta, our site produces Active Product…

investment The new government of Mauritius has chosen pharmaceuticals, healthcare and life sciences as priorities for the country’s innovation economy. Pharmaboardroom spoke with Ameenah Gurib Fakim, president of the Republic of Mauritius, who outlined her country’s strengths, and the challenge of replacing the country’s conventional “sun and sand” image with life sciences. Mauritius’ successful growth…

Steri-Tech Steri-Tech is one of the few local contract sterilization service providers available in Puerto Rico. Jorge and Andy Vivoni, president and business development manager, discuss how they ensure that pharmaceutical companies continue to establish themselves in Puerto Rico. What is the strategic importance of Steri-Tech within the Puerto Rican life sciences…

diagnostics Life Length was founded through the CNIO (Spanish National Cancer Research Center) combined with the support of the Botín Foundation, Matlin Associates and Dr. Maria Blasco’s work in telomeres. Stephen J. Matlin, CEO of Life Length, discusses the potential of the company’s diagnostic test to become a standard biomarker for…

Generics   Fransisco Velez, Founder and Director General of toLife, discusses the challenges facing generics companies in Portugal today, and his ambitions to further grow his company over the years to come.   What was the inspiration for creating toLife? I worked at Janssen Cilag for more than 20 years in…

Biotechnology Ashraf Allam, Regional Managing Director of Amgen, talks about the main challenges the company has faced, the benefit of building a company in the UAE, and the growth strategy of Amgen—past, present and future. Amgen is a relatively newcomer to the region having only established is operations in 2006. As…

Biotechnology Ashraf Allam, Regional Managing Director of Amgen, talks about the main challenges the company has faced, the benefit of building a company in the UAE, and the growth strategy of Amgen—past, present and future. Amgen is a relatively newcomer to the region having only established is operations in 2006. As…