Tagged with research

Puerto Rico Dr Agustín Rullán, the newly appointed chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez (UPRM) and former dean of the university’s College of Engineering, outlines the main priorities in his new position. He highlights the need for strong collaboration between academia and industry and the progress UPRM has made working…

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…

Sweden Karolinska Institutet (KI) is a centre of excellence for medical research and education in Sweden and the world. Ole Petter Ottersen has been the president of KI since 2017. Prior to this, he was the president of the University of Oslo and director of the Centre for Molecular Biology and…

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…

China Dr Dafang Zhong, director of Shanghai Center for Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Research at the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, shares his professional career within the DMPK space, as well as the important work that the Center has done in contributing to the growth and development…

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…

Sweden Anders Ekblom is the former EVP Global Medicines Development AstraZeneca and CEO of AstraZeneca AB Sweden and is currently the Vice Chairman of the Board of LEO Pharma A/S. Additionally, he also occupies board positions on many biotech companies (Elypta, Alligator Bioscience AB, Mereo Biopharma Group Plc, AnaMar Medical AB).…

Taiwan Dr Mien-Chie Hung, president of China Medical University, shares his personal mission upon taking the role only three months ago. Dr Hung also elaborates on the research strengths of CMU and goes on to give his view on what role Taiwan and the university can play in tackling the Asian…

France Francois Cornu, president of Eurofins Biomnis, and Gautier Decock, managing director of Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing in France and Belgium, come together to shed light on the company’s unique decentralized business model which incorporates CRO and diagnostic testing services. They go on to discuss the rationale behind this strategy and…

USA Christopher P. Molineaux of Life Sciences Pennsylvania outlines the Keystone State’s rich lineage of pharmaceutical innovation, how the association is building inter-state and international connections, and why Philadelphia is justified in branding itself as the ‘Cellicon Valley’.   We are at the epicentre of cell and gene therapy, what we…

Sweden Anders Blanck, director general of LIF, Sweden’s association representing the research-based pharmaceutical industry, breaks down the ins and outs of the country’s regionalized healthcare system and the drivers of the Swedish pharmaceutical market. He then delves into the reforms Sweden needs to undertake for its healthcare system to adapt to…

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…