Tagged with Researc

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…

Sweden Anna Nilsson Vindefjärd of Research!Sweden, explains the critical role of the foundation as a neutral actor in Sweden’s healthcare ecosystem, gathering prominent individuals from politics, regulators, academia, patient groups, healthcare and industry who agree on one thing: the need to make medical research and innovation a national priority.   As…

Taiwan Rita Huang, dean of the Office of Research and Development and the director of the TMU Research Center for Cell Therapy and Regeneration Medicine highlights the center’s unique capabilities and its innovative research projects within the emerging space of stem cell treatments. She goes on to give her insights on…

Taiwan NYMU President Dr Steve Kuo describes the history of the university and transformative period it is currently undergoing. Dr Kuo shares the university’s key strengths and unique strategy to merge ICT with medical science and build collaborations with the industry as a mission-oriented school.   For the last 20 years,…

Sweden Stefan James, president of the Swedish Society of Cardiology and director of research at the Uppsala Clinical Research Centre, outlines the goldmine of healthcare data that is Sweden’s quality registries and how he has been using them to conduct randomized control trials. These trials are now in high demand in…

Sweden Sweden’s comprehensive and high-quality system of electronic health records is increasingly in demand from international researchers in the machine learning and AI fields and is also facilitating significant breakthroughs in more traditional medical research.   The Swedish National Patient Register (NPR) contains comprehensive lists of data sorted into four groups:…

Taiwan Professor Chi-Hung Lin of NCTU discusses the opportunities and hurdles for unveiling smart healthcare in Taiwan. He also assesses Taiwan’s position in the global race for smart healthcare, and how supportive the authorities are proving in its embracement.   Smart healthcare is not just Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things…

Taiwan Professor Ming-Shiang Wu, director of the Taiwan Clinical Trial Consortium, elaborates on the activities of the organization and its role to promote Taiwan’s clinical trial infrastructure and attract more international trials to the country. He also goes on to explain the key strengths of Taiwan within the Asia Pacific region.…