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Opinion Technology and social media has given women and oppressed minorities a platform in which to vent their frustrations regarding the prevalent inequalities that exist in our world today, and it is having an impact. However, the needle is moving slowly and the gender gap continues to cost economies billions of dollars…

Opinion On International Women’s Day 2019, EFPIA Director General Nathalie Moll outlines how far women in life sciences have come in terms of both representation and perception and highlights four actions that industry professionals can take today to drive further change. Equality is giving everyone the same thing, equity is giving…

Spain Alfonso García Cañamaque, CEO of León Research, gives an overview of the Spanish clinical research ecosystem and the challenges facing CROs. Also, he explains the differentiating factor of the company and internationalization strategy moving forward as they position themselves as the partner of choice.   One of our challenges is…

France Elizabeth Ducottet, the 5th generation CEO of French family company Thuasne, shares the group’s history and goes on to explain how it has evolved into a professionally and innovatively driven family business, leading the European wearable device sector.   We conceive, develop, patent, manufacture, market, and distribute all of our…

Spain Albert Barberá, director general of research and innovation in health for the Government of Catalonia, highlights his top priorities to facilitate the growth of the Catalan innovation scene and how he plans to transfer this to the healthcare system. Furthermore, he explains the importance of providing smaller companies with the…

Korea Dr Kyung Sook Kim, CEO of Corestem, explains how her company has been pioneering the Korean stem cell industry since its foundation in 2003. She also discusses reimbursement and regulation issues that come along this expensive and complex technology and shows how stem cell therapies can be better included in…

HIV Hopes have been raised of a cure for AIDS after a patient in London became free of the HIV virus following a bone marrow transplant.   Although it is not a viable large-scale strategy for a cure … these new findings reaffirm our belief that there exists a proof of…

Opinion Brendan Shaw is principal at Shawview Consulting, a specialised consulting and advisory firm for public and private sector leaders in the areas of government-business relations, policy and strategic change, with a focus on the health and pharmaceutical sectors. He is also Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Medicine, School of Medical Sciences…

Opinion Despite the disproportionately high numbers of females in the healthcare and life-sciences industries, and the fact that women are the main decision makers when it comes to family health, there is still inequality in pay and career progression. Carla Smith gives us the stats and explains why equality in the…

Opinion Robin Toft is the Author of WE CAN™, the Executive Woman’s Guide to Career Advancement and founder and CEO of Toft Group Executive Search, where she combines a deep inside knowledge of the life science industry with a passion for building game-changing management teams. In this article, she discusses the…

Diversity For international women’s day 2019, PharmaBoardroom looks back on conversations we have had with inspiring female pharma leaders to bring you their words of wisdom on the value of diversity, tackling gender inequalities and closing the gap.   Big Pharma & Gender Equality Cristina Campos, vice-president at APIFARMA A key player…

China Yuichi Yomasu, president of Daiichi Sankyo China, shares his first impressions of the dynamic but complex Chinese market since he assumed position ten months ago; the strategic importance of the Chinese affiliate to the Group’s overall business, particularly in light of the Group’s transition towards an innovative leader in oncology…