Tagged with Clinical Trials

Puerto Rico Merck (MSD outside of the USA) is celebrating its 70-year anniversary in Puerto Rico this year. Executive Managing Director Wendy Perry highlights the company’s extensive footprint on the island which includes commercial, manufacturing and clinical research operations. She stresses the importance of maintaining a strong commercial presence locally to address…

Thailand As Thailand’s focus has shifted towards R&D over the past few years, the number of in-country clinical trials being conducted has increased concurrently. From 2011 to 2016, Thailand conducted a total of 739 clinical trials, the largest number within the Southeast Asian region, followed by Singapore (610 trials) and Malaysia…

Taiwan Sheron Lin, president of Daiichi Sankyo Taiwan, elaborates on the affiliate’s tactical positioning in the region and a leading market for clinical trials and new product launches. Lin goes on to share her strategic priorities in carrying out the Japanese company’s global 2025 vision of transforming into an innovative oncology…

Puerto Rico Lucy Crespo, CEO of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust, takes stock of the Trust’s main achievements since outlining its strategic plan in 2015. She also highlights her future ambitions of strengthening the Puerto Rican entrepreneurship and research ecosystem, through start-up acceleration programs and grants, with the ultimate…

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico has long been known for its pharma manufacturing prowess, but multinational companies are increasingly looking to conduct clinical trials there, thanks to strong institutional support, a strong example set by R&D-focused university spin-off companies, and the island’s unique ethnic profile.   The Hispanic population has been historically underrepresented…

Taiwan An overview of all clinical trials conducted in Taiwan between 2011 and 2017. Made with Visme Infographic Maker   The number of clinical trials conducted in Taiwan during the period between 2011 and 2017 sorted by phase and by type of sponsor. By far the largest single category is Phase…

Thailand Thailand is becoming an increasingly attractive location for pharma companies to conduct clinical trials, with multinationals such as Novo Nordisk and Boehringer Ingelheim conducting more and more of their global trials in the country.   We are very active in engaging Thai doctors and patients in benefiting from involvement in…

Sweden Eric Wahlberg, CEO of Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden´s oldest university hospital, explains his strategic vision of hospital management and how Uppsala is utilising e-health, precision medicine, clinical trials, small biotech companies and the use of IT systems in hospitals.   I understand how doctors and nurses think, and what their…

Puerto Rico José F Rodríguez Orengo is the CEO and Chief Scientific Officer at the Fundación de Investigación (FDI) Clinical Trials, Puerto Rico’s main clinical research centre. In this interview, Rodríguez Orengo highlights his priorities of extending the capabilities and also becoming active in the space of public health. He also discusses…

Spain Through a merger between INC Research and inVentiv Health in 2018, Syneos Health has become the industry’s only fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organisation which includes one of the world’s top three global clinical research organisations (CRO) and a contract commercial organisation (CCO). Rosa Gonzalez Galindo explains the scale and scope…

France Nathalie Giraud, director of integrated monitoring investigator services & head of France at PPD, breaks down the strengths and weaknesses of the French clinical trials environment and stresses the importance of France in PPD’s overall operations. She also explains how the contract research organization is catering to the needs of…

Sweden The Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm is one of the largest teaching hospitals in Europe and a globally renowned healthcare institution. Björn Zoëga was recently appointed as its director after major investments were made in a brand-new state-of-the-art facility. He explains the challenges that lie ahead, the hospital’s Patient First…