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Spain Rocco De Bernardis, managing director for Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices in Spain offers his insights into the company’s local footprint, assesses the situation for value-based healthcare implementation in Spain and, explains how Johnson & Johnson maintains patient-centricity at the heart of its operations.   While we are not in…

Logistics In a potentially significant step forward in biopharmaceutical supply chain logistics, a collaboration between AT&T, Direct Relief, MSD and Softbox is testing the potential of drones to deliver temperature-dependent medicines and vaccines to remote locations, most recently flying over open waters while using temperature-stabilizing technology.   The Bahamas test proves…

Japan Japan’s Opportunity to Establish a Blueprint for the World: Janssen Japan’s Chris Hourigan makes the case for increased investment in, and access to, innovative medicines as a key solution to countering the costs associated with an ageing population.   Earlier this year, Emperor Naruhito ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne, and Japan…

Taiwan Dr Hardy Chan shares the story of how he came out of retirement to lead Allianz Pharmascience; an up-and-coming biotech which aims to meet the unmet medical needs of rare disease patients, particularly in Asia. Dr Chan delves deep into the innovative science behind the company’s pipeline and shares the…

Taiwan Grace Yang, general manager of TSH Biopharm, discusses how the company is uniquely positioned to deliver end-to-end healthcare solutions to the APAC region in the areas of cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, autoimmune, central nervous system, and why TSH step in to cancer diagnosis business area. Yang goes on to explain how TSH…

Sweden Eric Wahlberg, CEO of Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden´s oldest university hospital, explains his strategic vision of hospital management and how Uppsala is utilising e-health, precision medicine, clinical trials, small biotech companies and the use of IT systems in hospitals.   I understand how doctors and nurses think, and what their…

China HE Ming, founder and CEO of Sino-American (Suzhou) Pharmaceutical Services (SAPS), shares his commitment to bringing international quality standards to the Chinese pharma industry, the comprehensive portfolio of quality management, verification and compliance services SAPS offers to the pharma, biotech and medical device industries in China and the US, as…

Sweden Jakob Tellgren recently returned from MSD’s US headquarters to his home country of Sweden to take the helm of the Nordic and Baltic countries. He shares the importance of Sweden and the Nordics for the group and his plans to continue driving the outstanding performance of the affiliate while bringing…

Taiwan Dr Jeffery Tzen, president of the Taiwanese Society of Molecular Medicine and precision medicine key opinion leader, offers insights into Taiwan’s adoption of the emerging field.   In order to succeed in translating precision medicine to clinical practice, quality laboratories under strong regulations must be created   What motivates you…

Sweden Karolinska Institutet (KI) is a centre of excellence for medical research and education in Sweden and the world. Ole Petter Ottersen has been the president of KI since 2017. Prior to this, he was the president of the University of Oslo and director of the Centre for Molecular Biology and…

Sweden Amicus Therapeutics is a biotechnology company at the forefront of advanced therapies to treat a range of devastating rare and orphan diseases. Mattias Bankel, Head of Nordics and Baltics, shares his journey of establishing and developing Amicus’s presence in Sweden and other Nordic countries, furthermore his commitment to ensure that…

China Serial entrepreneur and Ronnsi CEO Yiming Yao discusses the inspiration behind the company’s formation, its unique specialization in ovine heparin, and his strategy to take the firm to the next level globally.   Currently, I believe that we might be the only company in the world working in the area…