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Sweden Amy Van Buskirk, general manager of Roche Sweden, discusses the role Roche plays in the Swedish healthcare system, how Sweden is becoming an innovation leader once more as well as a frontrunner in precision medicine, and explains how Roche wants to build strategic partnerships and form lasting relationships in order…

China Dr Tianyi (Tee) Zhang, GM of Frontage China and SVP of Frontage Holdings, shares the significant growth of the China affiliate over the past four years; their competitive advantages in China with both bio-analytical and clinical services, their close collaborations with key hospitals, and their ‘Two Countries, One System’ philosophy…

France Francois Cornu, president of Eurofins Biomnis, and Gautier Decock, managing director of Eurofins BioPharma Product Testing in France and Belgium, come together to shed light on the company’s unique decentralized business model which incorporates CRO and diagnostic testing services. They go on to discuss the rationale behind this strategy and…

Puerto Rico Esther Cintrón Rivera, newly appointed president and COO of Islandwide, Puerto Rico’s largest logistics provider, outlines the main objectives of her presidency and the opportunities present in the island’s logistics sector. She also highlights how the company will remain a reliable integrated solutions provider for highly specialized industries.   Today,…

Taiwan Bach Chen, CEO of Maisense, highlights the innovative new solutions that the company has created in cardiovascular preventative medicine. Their advanced technology, Freescan, is providing an advanced solution to prevent stroke through Artificial Intelligence. Chen goes on to share the Maisense strategy as a nontraditional startup shaping the way for…

China Dr Shun Luo, chairman, founder and CEO of Thousand Oaks Biopharmaceuticals, shares the company’s vision to deliver more accessible and affordable biologics to patients globally by lowering the cost of goods manufactured (COGM) per gram of recombinant protein; the paradigm-shifting technology and processes Thousand Oaks Biopharmaceuticals is innovating as an…

Taiwan Alan Tsai, general manager, and Carson Chen, chief technology officer of iXensor introduce the startup as an innovative player in the point-of-care diagnostics and digital health space. They jointly discuss the company’s exciting platform, PixoTest, which merges ICT and healthcare to deliver quick and accurate results using smartphone technology in…

USA The bestselling drugs of 2018 in the USD 485 billion US pharma market. The list features several major blockbusters benefiting from the delays in biosimilar approval in the US, as well as several small-molecule medications that stand to lose out to generic competition in the coming years. AbbVie’s Humira is…

Thailand The top 10 pharmaceutical companies in Thailand for 2018 ranked by revenues. Global giants Pfizer, GSK and MSD make up the top three of a list dominated by Big Pharma. Siam Bioscience and Berlin Pharm are the sole Thai representatives on the list. Berlin Pharm and Takeda are the companies…

China Catherine Lee, general manager and managing director of West Pharmaceutical Services China, shares the highlights of her 2.5 years heading West’s China affiliate; West’s commitment to delivering their global scientific leadership and technical solutions to the Chinese market; how West simplifies the journey with their new Integrated Solutions program to…

USA Christopher P. Molineaux of Life Sciences Pennsylvania outlines the Keystone State’s rich lineage of pharmaceutical innovation, how the association is building inter-state and international connections, and why Philadelphia is justified in branding itself as the ‘Cellicon Valley’.   We are at the epicentre of cell and gene therapy, what we…

Sweden Anders Blanck, director general of LIF, Sweden’s association representing the research-based pharmaceutical industry, breaks down the ins and outs of the country’s regionalized healthcare system and the drivers of the Swedish pharmaceutical market. He then delves into the reforms Sweden needs to undertake for its healthcare system to adapt to…