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Japan Prof. Yoshiaki Tsukamoto, executive director of the Japan Bioindustry Association (JBA), talked exclusively to PharmaBoardroom at the BIO 2017 conference in San Diego on the role of his organization within Japan and his mission to instill a start-up culture within the Japanese biopharmaceutical industry. “[My mission is] urging universities, biotech start-ups…

Hong Kong William Yim and Kelvin Chiu of Sanwa Biotech discuss their innovative company’s impressive growth and the environment for biotech start-up companies in Hong Kong. Despite only having been founded five years ago in 2012, Sanwa BioTech has seen tremendous progress. Can you highlight some of the main development milestones? “Our…

Indonesia Endang Hoyaranda, Commissioner and President Director at Prodia Group, elaborates on Prodia’s pioneering spirit when implementing its diversification business strategy and explains how the company has successfully completed its IPO process on the Indonesian stock exchange (IDX). Prodia recently completed its IPO in the Indonesian stock market (IDX) issuing 25…

Hong Kong Jun Wang, founder and CEO of GeneHarbor Biotechnologies, introduces his company’s innovative technology platform and the specificities of the start-up ecosystem in Hong Kong. Dr. Wang, can you firstly tell us more about GeneHarbor’s innovative technology platform? What makes it so special? “I think that an original innovation company requires…

Mexico Gabriela Báez, Chief Commercial Officer of Up Pharma, elaborates on the company’s unique business model that supports small to medium sized pharmaceutical and preventative health companies in entering the Mexican market. In terms of your portfolio, what is the breakdown of your services and where do see the most growth?…

Switzerland EY’s Biotech Team Leader for the EMEIA region discusses the challenges Europe’s fragmented capital markets pose for biotech startups, the under-communicated benefits of doing an IPO on the Swiss stock exchange and the implications of the Actelion acquisition for the wider Swiss life sciences ecosystem. Among other things, you are…

Greece John Bouros CEO and founder of Alvion Pharmaceuticals in Greece on the opportunities inherent in any economic crisis, the growth of the Greek generics segment, and his strategy for growth; both domestic and international. Can you please start by telling us how your originally came to found Alvion back in…

Taiwan George Lee and Tzu-Ming Pan introduce SunWay Biotech’s groundbreaking red yeast rice extract, ANKASCIN® 568-R, which has been recognized as a New Dietary Ingredient by the US FDA. SunWay Biotech is now bringing this unique product onto the global stage and are considering developing a pharmaceutical product based on the…

Mexico Paulo de Resende, CEO of Laboratorios Grin-Lupin in Mexico, describes the current state of the Mexican pharmaceutical market and explains how the acquisition of Laboratorios Grin will help increase Lupin’s footprint in Latin America by bringing more expertise and R&D resources. Could you please introduce yourself to our international audience…

Switzerland Lupin’s EMEA President Thierry Volle explains that to fuel growth in the EMEA region, Lupin is investing heavily in transforming the business from a generics company into a specialty pharma player. Mr Volle, given your background in the innovative pharma sector, what was it that attracted you to join Lupin?…

Taiwan Yita Lee & Muh-Hwan Su of Sinphar Group & SynCore Bio describe the exciting R&D projects of SynCore Bio, the oncology & dry AMD focused innovation-driven company of the group, and the advantages of SynCore Bio’s integration within Sinphar Group. As an introduction to our international readers, could you provide…

Mexico GM Gerardo Torres-Septién explains how Grupo Rasch has managed to grow during the last two years and showcases the added value of its solutions to help the pharmaceutical industry enhance its cost structure and efficiency ratios. Could you please give an update to our international audience about the operations and…