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Taiwan Since arriving at Organon Taiwan two years ago, Robert Mitchell has focused on growing patient access, revenue, and investments while strengthening the team. Robert explains how he is prioritising government partnerships, sustainable supply chains, and women’s health innovation, while fostering an inclusive culture, digitalisation, and talent development.   We are…

Hong Kong Hong Kong is quietly re-engineering how clinical research is organised and delivered across one of the world’s most dynamic life-sciences regions. Through the Greater Bay Area International Clinical Trial Institute (GBAICTI), Hong Kong’s long-established academic and regulatory strengths are being connected with the scale, infrastructure, and talent of the wider…

MEA For medtech companies operating in the Middle East and Africa, bringing high-tech devices to market alone is no longer enough; reliability, uptime, and lifecycle performance have become just as critical.   Leading players such as Olympus Medical Systems are differentiating themselves by investing in service capability, ensuring that engineers responsible…

Taiwan Chung-Liang Shih, Taiwan’s Minister of Health and Welfare, brings extensive governmental experience from his tenure as Director General of the National Health Insurance Administration, where he led reforms to strengthen financial sustainability while expanding access to innovative medicines. His strategic vision focuses on structural healthcare reform, digital transformation, and preventative…

Taiwan Lih-Chung Chien, Chairman of the Taipei Exchange (TPEx), highlights the Exchange’s support for SMEs and innovative sectors via a three-tiered market, flexible IPO rules, and the Technology-Based Enterprise mechanism. Taiwan’s strong clusters in biotech, ICT, and semiconductors, along with supportive policies and active investor participation, make it a compelling destination…

Taiwan Epidemiologist Dr Chen Chien-jen has spent decades at the intersection of scientific research and public health policy. His pioneering work on arsenic-induced health hazards informed international water safety standards, whilst his leadership during the SARS outbreak established Taiwan’s pandemic preparedness infrastructure. In this wide-ranging conversation, Dr Chen discusses Taiwan’s approach…

Taiwan Taiwan, an early international market for Kyowa Kirin, now serves as a strategic hub within a Korea-Taiwan-Australia cluster. With a lean team, close government engagement, and clinical trial initiatives, Taiwan General Manager Tatsuru Iwamoto outlines his affiliate’s portfolio prioritisation, collaboration, and life-changing value delivery while leveraging Taiwan’s policy strengths and…

Taiwan Professor Chi-Huey Wong serves as President of the Institute for Biotechnology and Medicine Industry (IBMI) in Taiwan, bringing decades of distinguished experience from top-tier US research institutions including MIT, Scripps Research and his tenure as President of Academia Sinica. With a unique vantage point spanning both American and Taiwanese scientific…

Taiwan Built around an engineering mindset and a clear view of where a smaller biotech can compete, Pharmosa is pursuing a differentiated path in pulmonary hypertension and related rare diseases through drug-device combination therapies. In this discussion, Pei Kan outlines how scientific focus, selective partnerships, disciplined capital allocation, and early investment…

Taiwan Pei-Jiun Chen, CEO and President of Mycenax, outlines the company’s evolution into a focused, end-to-end biologics CDMO with deep roots in development excellence and GMP manufacturing. She highlights Japan as Mycenax’s core market, expansion into Europe, disciplined capacity growth, automation-driven productivity, and a niche, customer-centric model supporting complex biologics and…

Taiwan With over two decades of global pharmaceutical experience at Eli Lilly and Allergan, Dr Jimmy Chang returned to Taiwan to lead TaiMed Biologics, Taiwan’s first biotech to successfully commercialise a biologic therapy worldwide. Now CEO, Chang has overseen the company’s evolution from a single-asset HIV specialist to a globally recognised…

Taiwan Will Hsu leads Sandoz operations across Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao, managing a portfolio spanning both generics and biosimilars in markets characterised by universal healthcare and significant budget constraints. With nearly 12 years at Sandoz, including three years in his current regional role, Hsu oversees strategic initiatives to increase biosimilar…