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Taiwan Dr Jeffery Tzen, president of the Taiwanese Society of Molecular Medicine and precision medicine key opinion leader, offers insights into Taiwan’s adoption of the emerging field.   In order to succeed in translating precision medicine to clinical practice, quality laboratories under strong regulations must be created   What motivates you…

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…

Puerto Rico Rayne Waller, VP Manufacturing for Amgen Manufacturing Limited in Puerto Rico, is leading the operations at the company’s largest manufacturing facility in Juncos, which manufactures more than 90 percent of Amgen’s products. He highlights the importance and competitive advantages of Puerto Rico for Amgen, while also explaining why the company…

Puerto Rico Carlos Rodríguez, the newly elected president of the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association (PRMA), underlines his main goal of achieving more collaboration within the association and the economic ecosystem, to facilitate lobbying efforts both in Puerto Rico and at the federal level in Washington, DC. He also highlights his aim to…

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…

Thailand As the general manager of Menarini Thailand, Thomas Scott Birsinger shares the importance of the Thai affiliate within the company’s operations in the region. He also describes its efforts to work closely with both the government and industry to help ensure access to the most crucial medicines across very diverse…

Puerto Rico The top 20 pharmaceutical companies in Puerto Rico in the year leading up to December 2017 ranked by sales, with the top 20 companies in the USA for comparison. Lilly leads the pack in Puerto Rico with annual sales of USD 250 million, followed by AbbVie and Sanofi Aventis.  …

Sweden Sweden, home of IKEA, Pippi Longstocking and Abba, is one of Europe’s most innovative and forward-thinking nations in the healthcare and life sciences sphere. Here are five top facts to know about Sweden.   Sweden holds one of the most comprehensive sets of patient registries in the world These are…

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…

Taiwan Eric Yang, secretary general of the Taiwan Precision Medical and Molecular Diagnostics Industry Association (PMMD), speaks about the key challenges facing the sector and the top priorities of the organization and its member companies. Yang goes on to share his insights on the opportunities that exist for precision medicine and…

Opinion Veeva Systems Europe’s Paul Attridge highlights how a switch to a continuous model for regulatory operations could allow biopharmaceutical companies to submit high-quality regulatory submissions for their products faster than ever before.   Like continuous manufacturing, which is widely employed in other industries and is starting to show signs of…