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China Developing effective CAR-T therapies for T-cell malignancies remains one of the most technically challenging frontiers in cell therapy. Dr Lin Yang of PersonGen Biotherapeutics discusses the company’s progress with its CD7-targeted CAR-T programme, its strategy to translate complex cell therapies into viable commercial products, and how PersonGen is repositioning its…

Taiwan Professor Yun-Ching Fu serves as Superintendent of Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan’s largest national medical centre in the central region. A paediatric interventional cardiologist by training, Professor Fu established Taiwan records for minimally invasive cardiac defect repair and now leads a 1,632-bed institution serving 10,000 outpatients daily. Under his leadership,…

MEA Dr Said Ismail, geneticist and professor of genomics at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, reflects on his role as the founding director and one of the architects of the Qatar Genome Programme (QGP), one of the Middle East’s most established and globally recognised population‑level genomics initiatives. He describes the pivotal decisions…

USA David Barrett has led the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) since 2018, guiding its evolution into the leading professional body for scientists, clinicians, industry leaders and patient advocates in cell and gene therapy. Founded in 1996, ASGCT now sits at the centre of research, education and policy…

Taiwan The TGPA’s Tiffany Chen brings over three decades of experience at the intersection of pharmaceuticals, public policy, and industry development. In her current role, she leads advocacy efforts to strengthen regulatory and reimbursement frameworks, safeguard sustainable margins, and reinforce supply resilience in Taiwan. At the same time, she also works…

Europe Ophthalmology is a booming niche, with investment flowing in, M&A up, and a burgeoning cast of biotechs – including the three European leaders profiled below – vying for a share of a global market set to top USD 93.7 billion by 2030   The field can already boast two bona-fide…

Taiwan Dr David Chang discusses his vision for establishing the world’s premier cell and gene therapy contract development and manufacturing organisation in Taiwan. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience at Celgene, Roche, and Genentech, Dr Chang explains how Taiwan’s unique combination of technical talent, cost efficiency, and geopolitical positioning…

UAE In less than a decade, the Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center has emerged as a central pillar in the UAE’s ambition to build a fully integrated ecosystem for advanced therapies. From pandemic-era clinical trials to the establishment of the country’s first bone marrow transplant and locally manufactured CAR-T programmes, ADSCC…

France France is considered among the leading rare disease markets worldwide, both scientifically and organisationally. The country has cultivated a fully-fledged supporting ecosystem for rare conditions that is today regarded as a benchmark internationally, and which few other countries have proven able to match.   “Back in the mid-2000s, under the…

France France’s historical contribution to medical research is almost unparalleled globally, with 13 winners of the annual Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, and even more for Chemistry. Most famously, Louis Pasteur’s work on germ theory and pasteurisation in the 19th century laid the groundwork for much of what we know…

France France may have ceded Europe’s top spot for the sheer number of clinical trial starts to Spain in 2023, but it remains one of Europe’s most strategically valuable destinations for complex, high-science clinical research. In oncology and rare diseases clinical R&D especially, France punches well above its weight, supported by…

MEA CTI EMEA Managing Director Alaa Assem is a physician, ophthalmologist and MBA holder with over 30 years of experience in pharma and clinical research organisations. Since joining CTI, he has strengthened the company’s presence in the Middle East, focusing on rare disease, gene and cell therapy, oncology, and transplantation. CTI…