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Spain Gijs Jochems, general manager of Promega Biotech Iberica, a leading molecular biology solutions provider, speaks about the company’s business transformation to collaborate with diverse areas of the private sector. Jochems goes on to give his insights on the state of Spanish innovation and highlights how Promega uses its commitment to…

Turkey Dr Ferhat Farsi, CEO and founding partner of CinnaGen İlaç, shares the company’s plans to become Turkey’s leading biotech entity and gives insights into the group’s international expansion plans. He highlights the potential of for biotechnology and rare disease therapies in the Turkish market, while also acknowledging the obstacles for…

Top 10 2018 has been an exciting year in world health and our team has spanned the globe to bring you in-depth country reports and high profile interviews with leaders from the life science industry. Bringing you a diverse array of insights – from those spearheading the medical cannabis revolution to the…

Spain This map of the distribution of biotech companies throughout Spain shows that the country’s most significant biotech clusters are in Catalonia (23.3% of all biotech companies), followed by Madrid (18.7%), Valencia (10%) and the Basque Country (8.8%).   The number of active biotech companies in Spain peaked in 2011 at 660 and…

Spain Spain’s biotech scene is on the rise. In 2016 alone, the nation had a total of 651 biotech companies, with a total of 33 commencing operations in 2017. Despite these quite modest numbers in comparison to more well-established global biotech hubs, they have been accompanied by some extremely encouraging exits.…

Top 10 Geoffrey Guy, David Meek, Tae Han Kim, Pierre Moustial, Vivek Sharma, Antonio Portela and many other remarkable people that are shaping the global life sciences industry shared with PharmaBoardroom valuable insights on the companies they lead and their vision for the future.   Geoffrey Guy Geoffrey Guy is the chairman and founder…

Canada Jan Hux is the President and CEO of Diabetes Canada. Canadians have been at the forefront of tackling diabetes since the discovery of insulin. Now that the disease has become an epidemic, measures must be put in place to tackle it at a population level.   If diabetes prevalence were…

Korea Young Jack Lee, CEO of LSK Global PS, Korea’s largest local contract research organization (CRO) gives his insights on the evolution of the clinical research environment over the past four years, the need to foster local CROs if the government is to truly embrace innovation, and the cultural differences in…

Spain Miguel Valdés, director of Fedifar, the Spanish wholesaler federation, highlights the challenges impacting the local wholesaler network and the unique nature of Spanish wholesaler ecosystem, with the majority of players being cooperative-owned pharmacies. Furthermore, he sends a message about the long-term sustainability of the industry and what must be done…

Malaysia Click here to download the Healthcare & Life Sciences Review Malaysia 2018. After recent elections conducted in May 2018 saw Mahathir Mohamad returning as Prime Minister after 15 years to seal a historic victory, Malaysia is again back on its feet. Bolstered by well-established institutions, a fully-functional IP framework and strong…

Turkey Handan Boyce, general manager of the Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar International Convention and Exhibition Center, offers her insights into the Turkish congress sector, underlining the industry’s strong suits and highlighting the ICEC’s role in hosting world-class healthcare and life sciences events.   Istanbul has always had a competitive advantage of being…

France   LEEM – Les Entreprises du Médicament (Drug Companies)   Key people: Philippe Tcheng, President Philippe Lamoureux, Director LEEM is the French industry association which represents drug companies operating in France and is the most powerful professional organization of drug companies operating in the country. They represent more than 260 member companies,…