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Egypt Ayman El Deeb, cluster head of Astellas Egypt, highlights how the Egyptian affiliate of Astellas has been performing since its establishment five years ago. He also discusses the need for better patent protection in the country and explains how Astellas is contributing to the country’s reform of the healthcare system.…

Opinion On International Women’s Day 2019, David H. Crean, managing director for Objective Capital Partners, highlights the progress that has been made to close the gender investment gap, touching on key trends and biases in venture capital funding and outlining why investing in women matters.   When women business owners pitch their…

China China is planning to establish a new national medical ethics committee in the wake of the “CRISPR babies” scandal.   The committee will not be limited to overseeing gene editing alone, but also cover cloning, cell therapy, xenotransplantation, mitochondrial replacement, and nanotechnology The new body, according to reports, will oversee…

Opinion Technology and social media has given women and oppressed minorities a platform in which to vent their frustrations regarding the prevalent inequalities that exist in our world today, and it is having an impact. However, the needle is moving slowly and the gender gap continues to cost economies billions of dollars…

Opinion On International Women’s Day 2019, EFPIA Director General Nathalie Moll outlines how far women in life sciences have come in terms of both representation and perception and highlights four actions that industry professionals can take today to drive further change. Equality is giving everyone the same thing, equity is giving…

Spain Alfonso García Cañamaque, CEO of León Research, gives an overview of the Spanish clinical research ecosystem and the challenges facing CROs. Also, he explains the differentiating factor of the company and internationalization strategy moving forward as they position themselves as the partner of choice.   One of our challenges is…

Spain Albert Barberá, director general of research and innovation in health for the Government of Catalonia, highlights his top priorities to facilitate the growth of the Catalan innovation scene and how he plans to transfer this to the healthcare system. Furthermore, he explains the importance of providing smaller companies with the…

Korea Dr Kyung Sook Kim, CEO of Corestem, explains how her company has been pioneering the Korean stem cell industry since its foundation in 2003. She also discusses reimbursement and regulation issues that come along this expensive and complex technology and shows how stem cell therapies can be better included in…

Opinion Brendan Shaw is principal at Shawview Consulting, a specialised consulting and advisory firm for public and private sector leaders in the areas of government-business relations, policy and strategic change, with a focus on the health and pharmaceutical sectors. He is also Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Medicine, School of Medical Sciences…

Opinion Despite the disproportionately high numbers of females in the healthcare and life-sciences industries, and the fact that women are the main decision makers when it comes to family health, there is still inequality in pay and career progression. Carla Smith gives us the stats and explains why equality in the…

Opinion Robin Toft is the Author of WE CAN™, the Executive Woman’s Guide to Career Advancement and founder and CEO of Toft Group Executive Search, where she combines a deep inside knowledge of the life science industry with a passion for building game-changing management teams. In this article, she discusses the…

Korea Dr Jino Park, founder and CEO of P&K Skin Research Centre, offers his assessment of the success of the Korean pharmaceutical industry, and the potential cosmetic products of the future. Dr Park also explains the added value P&K’s testing services bring to cosmetics producers.   The global success of the ‘Hallyu’…