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USA PhRMA’s Anne McDonald Pritchett PhD highlights the remarkable development of cell and gene therapies in recent years and the three ways in which the US healthcare system can better accommodate them: creating manufacturing systems that take treatment timelines into account, a health system that values treatments based on patient outcomes,…

USA In a bid to make tangible progress on the issue of lowering prescription drug pricing before the 2020 presidential election, the Trump administration is planning to import cheaper medicines from Canada and elsewhere. However, as the Eurasia Group’s Aditya Bhattacharji and Sandra Yamin Namoos outline, the proposed plan’s impact on…

Europe Janssen’s EMEA market access head Martin Price outlines the regulatory changes that need to be made for patients across Europe to better access cutting-edge cancer medicines.   Recent advances in medical science are the driving force behind the research and successful development of innovative cancer treatments in Europe. By targeting…

China Transcenta’s Xueming Qian outlines the new company’s origins, the space it seeks to fill within the highly competitive Chinese oncology market, and where Chinese biotech stands globally in 2019.   I did not want to work on an antibody similar to the dozens already in clinical trials, I wanted to…

Sweden Mathias Uhlén is a world-renowned microbiology researcher at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Since 2003, he has led the Human Protein Atlas (HPA) project, an international effort to systematically map the human proteome and transcriptome. Among his many other achievements, he was also the founding director of the Science…

Puerto Rico Rolando Medina, managing director of operations at FedEx Express Puerto Rico, explains how FedEx Express is positioning itself as the partner of choice for the pharmaceutical industry by investing in state-of the-art facilities, ensuring product integrity through innovative solutions, and proofing operations against potential national disasters.   As Puerto Rico…

Thailand Prof. Dr. Prasit Palittapongarnpim, Executive Vice President of Research and Development Management and International Collaboration at the Thai National Science Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), explains the main challenges and priorities of the organization, which operates under the Ministry of Science and Technology. He highlights the work currently being done on…

Thailand Dr Roland Wein, Executive Director of the German-Thai Chamber of Commerce, explains the evolution of the business relationship between Thailand and Germany, discusses the chamber’s role in facilitating business opportunities for German companies in Thailand and showcases the chamber as a platform to further enhance bilateral economic relations between the…

China Gaobo Zhou is Partner and co-leader of the Healthcare Practice in China and has been with McKinsey for over a decade, Gaobo discusses the changes occurring within the complex and fast-paced Chinese healthcare landscape over the past few years and how McKinsey supports industry stakeholders in China to help them…

Thailand Thailand has experienced a steady decline in infectious disease rates in the last generation thanks to the country’s commitment to life sciences research. The executive vice president of the National Science and Technology Development Agency elaborates on Thailand’s research on infectious diseases and how collaboration fuels further progress.    We…

Opinion Brendan Shaw, Principal of Shawview Consulting and Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales, shares highlights from the 2019 World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines.   The most recent edition of the World Health Organization’s Model List of Essential Medicines was released on 9 July and…

Thailand Dr Wannee Nitiyanant, president of the Diabetes Association of Thailand and Dr Supawadee Likitmaskul, president of the Siriraj Diabetes Center of Excellence, highlight the crucial importance of educate the public, patient and the healthcare professional in the diabetes field. They feature the priority of having more collaboration between the multi…