Tagged with BIOTECH

USA Eurasia Group’s Aditya Bhattacharji looks at the potentially damaging fallout of the ongoing US-China trade war on the life sciences industry.   Biotech [is the] new frontier for US-China tensions The G20 gathering in Osaka at the end of June was, overall, less tense than other multilateral fora over the…

Biotech With a strong research base formed around the Karolinska Institute and Uppsala University, Sweden has grown to be one of Europe’s premier biotech hotspots. Several companies spun out of research conducted at these institutes and others are now listed on the Stockholm stock exchange and already have products on the…

China Dr Jiang Lei and Dr Shou Jianyong, EnnovaBio’s co-founders, introduce their strategy and outline the progress being made in the Chinese biopharma industry at large.   We are a Chinese company so we really want to benefit Chinese patients and meet unmet medical needs in China. Otherwise, why would we…

Taiwan Dr Jan-Mou Lee, founder of FullHope Biomedical, shares his story of how he came to establish his company after a realization about the loss of impact that occurs when critical research is never transferred outside of the laboratory. Dr Lee goes on to explain his Full Hope’s revolutionary platform that…

Taiwan Dr Tse Wen Chang, founder of Immunwork, gives an update on the preclinical development process of the company’s revolutionary T-E pharmaceutical products and goes on to give his expert insights on the dynamics at play within Taiwan’s biotech and biomedical industries.   Whether Taiwan’s biomedical industry can be robust will…

Sweden SwedenBIO gathers together actors from across the life science ecosystem of Sweden, with members ranging from small university spin-offs to large international companies, incubators, science parks, patent bureaus, and funding bodies. Jonas Ekstrand and Helena Strigård outline what makes Sweden such an innovation powerhouse, how SwedenBIO has fostered international connections,…

China Dr Jinzi Jason Wu of Ascletis – a Chinese biotech success story that has developed rapidly in recent years – outlines the company’s journey from its founding in 2013 to now having two products on the market in China, having IPOed in Hong Kong and with a presence across the…

Taiwan Rongjin Lin, chairman of Center Ventures and Center Laboratories shares his story of how he revived Center Laboratories from the brink of bankruptcy and repositioned the pharmaceutical company to become one of Taiwan’s leading biotechnology capital funds. Lin goes on to share his view on the Taiwanese biotech investment landscape,…

Biotech Taiwan’s biotech sector is growing rapidly and increasingly embracing advanced fields such as precision medicine and AI. However, Johnsee Lee, chairman of the Taiwan Bio Industry Organization warns that the island’s bio industry must become even more collaborative in order to achieve further success and increase its global market share.  …

Taiwan Dr Michael Chang, founder and chairman of OBI Pharma, shares the history of his company’s beginnings and highlights the current progress of its innovative immune-oncology pipeline. Dr Chang goes on to comment on the condition of the Asian market while explaining his vision for OBI as a biotech role model…

Taiwan Dr Hung-Kai Kevin Chen, co-founder and CEO of Elixiron Immunotherapeutics, an innovative rising biotech focused on immunotherapeutic solutions, describes the company’s unique approach to developing new treatment methods for two disease areas with massive unmet medical need: hard-to-treat cancer and chronic hepatitis B. Dr Chen goes on to share his…

Taiwan Johnsee Lee, chairman of Taiwan Bio Industry Organization, gives an update on the major developments of the country’s biotech environment over recent years, speaking about its new areas of focus, unique strengths, and the remaining amendments necessary to realize the industry’s global ambition. Lee also discusses the organization’s upcoming event…