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Europe With Rare Disease Day falling on 28 February, PharmaBoardroom dedicates this month to exploring the global rare disease landscape, highlighting key trends and developments as well as profiling the most innovative global players in this space. We start the party off with five of the most promising clinical-stage biotech companies…

Switzerland Dr Chris Martin, CEO and co-founder of Swiss-headquartered antibody-drug conjugate cancer company, ADC Therapeutics, shares the company’s journey over the past decade, the exciting progress of their two lead candidates, the process of building their commercial organization in the US, and his perspectives on Big Pharma partnerships.   We have…

Switzerland In an exclusive interview, Jean-Paul Clozel explains Idorsia’s unique value proposition as a biotech focused on small molecules, how agnosticism in terms of therapeutic areas leads to more innovative medical breakthroughs, and why scientific innovation continues to motivate him.   When you have started two companies, people think that you…

Global Following the recent news of Remegen’s massive USD 515 million IPO in November 2020, we bring you profiles of the seven biggest biotech companies to IPO in 2020. Notably, six of the seven companies are from China, pointing to the massive growth of the Chinese biotech market.   Remegen RemeGen,…

Taiwan Charles Chen of Taiwanese firm Medigen Vaccines Biologics Corp (MVC) shares his career journey, the company’s COVID-19 vaccine strategy, and what MVC’s competitive advantages are. At MVC we have chosen a tried and tested technology platform as novel vaccine technologies face novel challenges Charles, could you start by introducing Medigen…

USA In a recent article for PharmaBoardroom, Objective Capital’s David Crean took a look at the state of US innovation today and its long term sustainability. See below for data on the share of US executives who see innovation as a top priority post-COVID, Global Public Equity Issuance for the Biopharmaceutical…

China The latest from Chinese pharma, including a drop in share prices for Chinese vaccine firms in the wake of successful COVID-19 trial results from western rivals, a new Pfizer-LianBio agreement, and Thermo Fisher’s new pharma services facility.   China pharma shares fall as western rivals lead in vaccine trials https://www.ft.com/content/c4c8453e-39f6-4aac-83a3-7d16a3f4fa4b…

China PharmaBoardroom had the pleasure of interviewing HitGen chairman & CEO Dr Jin LI in July regarding the company’s focus on DNA-encoded chemical libraries (DEL) and their multipronged business strategy. Established in 2012, the company introduced the novel DEL technology platform to China.   As Dr Li recounted, “it was not…

China A roundup of the latest from Chinese pharma, including Green Valley’s upcoming US trial for an Alzheimer’s drug inspired by algae; Samsung Biologics expansion in China; Fosun Pharma’s halt to the development of a COVID-19 vaccine; and CAR-T biotech JW Therapeutics raising USD 300m in its IPO on the Hong…

Taiwan Charles Chen of Taiwanese firm Medigen Vaccines Biologics Corp (MVC) shares his career journey, the company’s COVID-19 vaccine strategy, and what MVC’s competitive advantages are.    At MVC we have chosen a tried and tested technology platform as novel vaccine technologies face novel challenges Charles, could you start by introducing…

Turkey When Abdi Ibrahim acquired a 28.5 percent stake in Swiss biotech OM Pharma in September 2020, it represented a historic moment for Turkey’s pharma industry; the first time a Turkish firm had ever taken part in the management of a European company.   With this partnership agreement, the long trend…

Asia-Pacific Robert Hall of Hong Kong-based executive recruitment specialist Ardent Search highlights the key traits and experiences that Asian biotech and medtech firms considering an initial public offering (IPO) should look for in a chief financial officer (CFO).   Hiring an experienced healthtech CFO can be challenging, with demand exceeding supply.…