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Thailand Diabetes affects more than eight percent of the Thai population, a number that is on the rise, and nearly half of these cases remain undiagnosed. In light of this epidemic, local diabetes associations and multinational pharma companies based in Thailand are coming together to provide awareness, education, and support to…

Sweden Iddo Leshem, general manager Nordics at Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), talks about the uniqueness of Sweden’s collaborative culture and shatters some of the entrenched stereotypes about the country. He then breaks down the drivers behind the outstanding performance of the affiliate and emphasizes the important role Sweden plays in the development…

Thailand Karri Kivela, executive director of the European Association for Business and Commerce (EABC) in Thailand outlines the organization’s mains activities, the ease of doing business for European companies in Thailand, and how Thai-European trade has evolved.   There need to be greater levels of education in order for Thailand to…

Thailand Dr Armin Wiesler, general manager and head of Human Pharma at Boehringer Ingelheim (Thai) Ltd., explores how the affiliate has managed to achieve market-leading growth rates and addressed the challenges and opportunities inherent in the Thai pharma market for Boehringer Ingelheim.   The pharma industry in Thailand is very dynamic…

Taiwan Dr Hardy Chan shares the story of how he came out of retirement to lead Allianz Pharmascience; an up-and-coming biotech which aims to meet the unmet medical needs of rare disease patients, particularly in Asia. Dr Chan delves deep into the innovative science behind the company’s pipeline and shares the…

Taiwan Grace Yang, general manager of TSH Biopharm, discusses how the company is uniquely positioned to deliver end-to-end healthcare solutions to the APAC region in the areas of cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, autoimmune, central nervous system, and why TSH step in to cancer diagnosis business area. Yang goes on to explain how TSH…

China Dr Shuqian Jing, founder, Chairman and CEO of Gmax Biopharm, an innovative biotech company headquartered in Hangzhou, shares how his experiences at global biopharma companies like BMS and Amgen inspired him to create his own biotech company; Gmax’s focus on G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) therapeutic antibodies; the exciting pipeline the…

Puerto Rico Dr Federico Goodsaid, CEO of Puerto Rico’s first biopharmaceutical start-up MBQ Pharma, has previously worked at Vertex Pharmaceuticals and TOMA Biosciences and is considered an expert in regulatory affairs. Here, he highlights the encouraging results MBQ Pharma has achieved in preclinical efficacy and safety trials and acknowledges the backing the…

Sweden Amicus Therapeutics is a biotechnology company at the forefront of advanced therapies to treat a range of devastating rare and orphan diseases. Mattias Bankel, Head of Nordics and Baltics, shares his journey of establishing and developing Amicus’s presence in Sweden and other Nordic countries, furthermore his commitment to ensure that…

China Serial entrepreneur and Ronnsi CEO Yiming Yao discusses the inspiration behind the company’s formation, its unique specialization in ovine heparin, and his strategy to take the firm to the next level globally.   Currently, I believe that we might be the only company in the world working in the area…

Morocco Spanish plasma specialist Grifols is making a move to invest in Africa, and was recently selected as the supplier for Soludia Maghreb’s new plant in Morocco. The CEOs of both companies see the deal as the first step in a long-term collaboration.    Grifols, founded in Barcelona in 1940, is…

Biotech China’s rapidly-growing biotech sector is increasingly hungry for preclinical drug candidates to commercialise in China, and Chinese companies are spending top dollar for cutting-edge technology from the US and UK. Despite mounting US-China tensions in the life sciences, the demand remains strong for cross-border licensing deals, which are raising drug…