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Czech Republic Bioinova’s CEO and managing director MUDr Peter Bauer PhD introduces the biotech company’s shift from a university spin-off to a privately held entity. Whilst describing the powerful properties of stem cells for autologous and allogeneic transplantation, which they base their Research and Development on, Bauer evaluates the commitment that comes…

China Mark Lotter, founder and CEO of Nuance Biotech, explains why he decided to return to the China market to establish Nuance Biotech, two years after his retirement. He also shares the rationale behind their three-track business model, their exciting portfolio of products, and their ambitions to expand into the Asia-Pacific…

Sweden Sweden is fast staking a claim as one of Europe’s premier biotech hotspots thanks to a holistic approach to research projects, a strong institutional ecosystem, and increasingly easy access to funding at the early stages of biotech companies’ development.   Collaboration “The Swedish innovation powerhouse is propelled by our excellent…

China Dr. Zhang Yu, CEO of Aeon Therapeutics, shares the unique journey that motivated him to establish Aeon Therapeutics, as a joint venture of Chinese VcanBio and US-based Eureka Therapeutics, to commercialize Eureka’s assets in China and to tackle one of the biggest challenges facing the global CAR-T industry: the difficulty…

Czech Republic CzechBio’s Serhiy Forostyak, MD, Ph.D, shares the importance of a strong platform where all actors of the biotech landscape can develop their ideas and establish valuable partnerships on a national and international level. Moreover, he delves into the Czech history of medical innovation and the country’s potential to strive among…

Opinion Steve Brooks, Advisor to the AMR Industry Alliance, outlines the threat that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses to global health,  how antibiotic manufacturing may be a contributing factor to AMR  and how responsible manufacturing processes can minimize any such contribution.   The causes of antimicrobial resistance are numerous, from over prescribing to…

China Dr CJ Wang, CEO of Frontier Biotech, shares his exciting ten-year journey with Frontier and their distinctive focus on HIV drug development, with their flagship compound, Aikening®, launched in China in 2018; their ongoing efforts to develop more novel therapeutics; their ambitious internationalization strategy to bring their therapies to patients…

Hong Kong Dr Joseph Tam is indisputably one of the pioneers of Hong Kong’s biotech industry, having returned to Hong Kong in 1973 following an illustrious career in the US to bring in novel technologies to the city.   I feel happy that I have achieved my initial objectives: to bring international…

Turkey Dr Ferhat Farsi, CEO and founding partner of CinnaGen İlaç, shares his experience working for the largest biotech in the MENA region, Turkey’s important role within the global group, and his ambitious plans for the future.   “Having worked for leading Turkish companies for several years … I realized that…

Singapore Vishal Doshi, founder and CEO of AUM Biosciences, shares his motivation behind establishing the company and his mission to build an ecosystem within AUM for a decentralized biotech innovation model; their focus on oncology and specifically small molecule cancer therapies; and the critical importance of the China market within their…

China Dr Laura Benjamin, CEO of Oncologie, shares the rationale behind their exceptional decision to simultaneously establish offices in both the US and China; their unique biomarker approach focusing on the individual patient’s tumor microenvironment; their strategy to differentiate their approaches to in-licensing as well as combination plays within the area…

China Kevin Pan, CEO of Asieris, shares the origins behind the company’s distinctive name and how it reflects their ambition to bridge scientific discoveries and innovative medicines; their focus on genitourinary (GU) tumours and related disease because of the significant and oft-overlooked medical needs there; and the importance of building and…