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China Rae Yuan, president of Sinovant Sciences, shares the company’s “transformer” strategy culminating in a strong pipeline of innovative products spanning eight therapeutic areas, and their mission to serve the needs of patients in China and the world.   Sinovant Sciences is set up to take an integrated approach to develop…

China Hans Schmid, chairman; and Enrico Magnani, GM, of global cancer supportive care leader Helsinn Pharmaceuticals’ operations in China, share the Swiss company’s strategy in China, having entered in 2012; the milestone of launching their first product in China in November 2018 for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV); the importance they…

China The rate of diabetes in China has exploded: the number of diabetic patients has surpassed 100 million and is expected to increase to 150 million by 2040. Dr Qinghua Wang, founder and CEO of Innogen, returned to China in 2014 with the hope of tackling this disease with Diabegone, an…

China Dr Dong Wei, CEO of EdiGene, shares the fascinating story behind the establishment of EdiGene, including his close relationship with EdiGene founder Professor Wensheng Wei; the insights he bring from his extensive and varied industry career from biotechs to Big Pharma; and the mission of EdiGene to translate the potential…

China Speaking in May 2019, Dr Dajun Yang, chairman, executive director and CEO of Ascentage Pharma, shares the company’s top highlights over the past decade; their strong product pipeline and portfolio of innovative therapeutics focusing on protein-protein interactions (PPIs); and their global strategy to become an international, world-class biotech company.  …

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…

China Michael Zhang, chairman of Peijia Medical, shares Peijia Medical’s mission to become a two-platform medical device company as well as the partner of choice for physicians in China and globally. Peijia Medical’s recent achievements include a Series C round, of over USD 100 million, and the successful completion of clinical…

China PharmaBoardroom recently analysed the contents of 10 interviews conducted with country managers at multinational pharma companies in China. We found some underlying themes present in the majority of the interviews, giving an exclusive glimpse into what is currently at the top of the minds of pharma country managers in China.…

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…

China With proactive government support and an increasingly specialised workforce, China has become one of the leading nations in the development of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapies, along with the US. More than 200 CAR-T therapies are being developed in China, and the number of ongoing clinical trials continues to…

China Juergen Kurz takes us through HEUFT’s unique technology that is revolutionizing the quality of packaging in the pharmaceutical industry in a country, China, where quality compliance is now an issue.    Unlike big companies that seek to grow by acquiring small innovative companies, HEUFT grows organically.     Juergen, could…

China China’s new Amended Drug Administration Law is being enacted to strengthen and streamline its regulation of the pharmaceutical industry. The amended law seeks to address prominent problems in the pharmaceutical industry, such as counterfeit drugs, substandard drugs and high drug prices. Fangda Partners’ Josh Shin elaborates on China’s market authorization…