Tagged with APAC

India Mohal Sarabhai, managing director of Ambalal Sarabhai Enterprises Limited (ASE) on transforming his family’s failing century-old business and creating new companies beneath the ASE Holdings umbrella, including a joint venture with Co-Diagnostics, CoSara Diagnostics, that span areas from diagnostics to APIs. He highlights CoSara Diagnostics’ tuberculosis (TB) and human papillomavirus…

APAC The latest pharma and healthcare news from APAC, including Celltrion’s plans to sell its Takeda portfolio to CBC; reforms to the South Korean national insurance system that may lead to shorter reimbursement timelines; Novartis’ early-stage HDAC6 Inhibitor deal with Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical; Astellas Pharma’s gastric cancer FDA fail; Daiichi…

India Managing director & CEO of Ferring India, Sudheendra Kulkarni, whose responsibilities have grown to cover the entire 10-country South Asia & ASEAN cluster, speaks about Ferring’s Indian footprint, which includes local API production and product development, and the 18-20 percent growth the affiliate saw in 2023. He discusses the relevance…

India KV Subramaniam, president of Reliance Life Sciences, a research-driven medical biotech with a fully integrated value chain that covers everything from research to manufacturing, comments on the firm’s unique positioning and its efforts to diversify its portfolio. Moving beyond plasma proteins and biosimilars, Reliance looks to expand into vaccines and…

India Suresh Pattathil wears two hats within India’s vast pharma ecosystem. Not only is he responsible for managing AbbVie India as its Managing Director and GM, he also advocates for broader pharma interests as president of the Organization of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI). He speaks about India’s goal of fostering…

India In the latest blow to Indian pharma’s reputation, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended the suspension of marketing authorisations for a large number of generics tested by Indian CRO Synapse Labs. While the Indian government has taken steps to regulate the industry and improve quality, including a new Drugs,…

India Director of the oldest and largest cancer centre in India, the Tata Memorial Hospital, C S Pramesh also heads up the National Cancer Grid (NCG), a nationwide network of over 300 cancer centres and research institutions. He outlines the pioneering research-based work of the Tata Memorial Hospital and explains the…

India Over the course of his 40-year career, oncologist Dr Ramakant Deshpande has taken an active role in the evolution of cancer care in India and in 2017 he became the executive chairman of the Asian Cancer Institute, a cancer care centre aimed at delivering quality care while addressing affordability. He…

Asia-Pacific The APAC region —with an approximate ten percent growth in trial numbers between 2017 and 2022— is rapidly becoming the world’s leading market for clinical trials. Karen Chu, CEO of Harvest Integrated Research Organization (HiRO), a CRO that serves Asian, US and European clients, has experienced the boom first hand.…

Asia-Pacific Glen Godresse brings over 25 years of pharmaceutical industry experience to his role as Chief Marketing Officer & Head of Commercial Excellence for Menarini’s Asia-Pacific operations. In an exclusive conversation with PharmaBoardroom, he explains how Menarini Asia-Pacific is breaking the mould by focusing on niche therapeutic areas often disregarded by…

Hong Kong Based at Gilead Sciences’ Hong Kong hub, as VP & GM of Asia, Turkey, and the Middle East, American Dustin Haines oversees a vast region that includes the “Asia 5” territories Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea and is the biggest of the company’s intercontinental areas with respect…

APAC As the COVID-19 pandemic showed, vaccination is perhaps the most important tool a country has in maintaining the health of its population. Writing in the May 2023 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, Jun Feng and Alex Best of Janssen Singapore and Kristy Lim of Janssen South Korea highlight how…