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Sweden Region Skåne is the county council responsible for healthcare, public transport, business development, culture, infrastructure, and environmental issues in Skåne, Sweden. We sit down with Carl Johan Sonesson, chairman of the Executive Committee, who highlights his plan to dramatically reduce the waiting times in the region’s healthcare system, the importance…

USA BioNJ’s president and CEO Debbie Hart reflects on the association’s mission of creating a robust and engaging life sciences ecosystem in New Jersey. Hart also outlines how BioNJ is hoping to continue to grow the region’s reputation as a hub that stands out for its level of expertise, favourable geographic…

Sweden Invest in Skåne is the official regional business promotion agency for Southern Sweden and provides one-stop investment and export consultancy. Ulrika Ringdahl, managing director, reveals the unique opportunities available in the region’s life sciences industry, explains how the Skåne region managed to overcome the departure of AstraZeneca, and discusses the…

China Dr Cheney Mao, chairman and CEO of Viva Biotech, shares the extremely unique business model of the company, which started as a highly specialized CRO in 2008, before launching a new ‘equity-for-service’ model in 2016 that focused on incubating biotech start-ups from their inception to IND stage. He highlights their…

Thailand Nares Damrongchai has been the CEO of the Thailand Center of Excellence for Life Science (TCELS) since its foundation in 2004. After seven years onboard, he discusses the organization’s progress in attracting more biotech investment to Thailand and the challenges he has faced along the way.   [Our mission is]…

Sweden Aiming to maintain its position as one of the most innovative countries in the world, Sweden directs many efforts and resources to innovative projects. Innovation Skåne, a publicly owned company, is a prime example of taxpayer money being invested to improve the government’s services and operations. CEO Joakim Nelson reveals…

UAE The UAE is putting a greater emphasis on healthcare than ever before as part of its ‘Vision 2021’ model. With the aim of being “flexible in adopting new economic models and capitalizing on global economic partnerships,” the Emirates are seeing greater numbers of investments and partnerships in healthcare, many of…

Opinion David H. Crean, managing director for Objective Capital Partners, highlights the latest trends in mergers and acquisition (M&A) activities involving companies with artificial intelligence/machine learning platforms and technologies and their application to healthcare companies.   Artificial Intelligence Advances in technologies, an incorporation of entrants from outside the industry and changing consumer…

Taiwan Philip Chen, chairman of the Taipei Exchange, discusses the capital market condition, elaborates on the significance of biotech, and shares the competitive advantages of innovation companies listing on TPEx. Chen goes on to highlight the importance of assessment criteria and transparency in decreasing the information asymmetry, a key mission of…

USA Although Boston and California may be more internationally renowned as biotech hubs, New York is fast catching up. Thanks in large part to its strong scientific and business infrastructure and easy access to capital, growing numbers of early-stage biotechs are choosing to base their operations in New York and list…

France France – one of the most influential countries in the development of gene therapy– still stands as a global powerhouse in the field, with top-class institutions, a dense network of expertise and increasing political support. However, financing and manufacturing French gene therapies is proving an issue, meaning that France is…

Opinion Eurasia Group’s Aditya Bhattacharji and Sarah Hassan identify and unpack the top three political and policy issues that multinational pharmaceutical firms are currently focusing on.   Issue One: The Global Economy Over the past month, one theme stood out at both the central bankers’ confab in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and…