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Hong Kong Alexandre de Muralt, the man behind Merck’s operations in Hong Kong and Taiwan discusses the nuances of these two local markets. In addition, he shares his insights on how Merck’s transformation has impacted local affiliates. Can you begin by telling us about Merck’s strategic transformation in recent years? “Founded in…

Japan Kenichi Tamiya, director for Biomedical Policy at the Kobe City Government and managing director of the Kobe Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation (FBRI), discusses the central Japanese city of Kobe’s significant potential as a cutting-edge R&D hub for both the national and global life science industries. “Alongside promoting translational…

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 Shawn, as I understand, SinoMab today is a clinical stage biopharma company focusing on the development of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) – hence the name. Can you tell us a little about the genesis of the company? Having previously studied and worked in the UK and US, I was asked…

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…

Hong Kong The Hon. Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun, chairperson, and Prof. Daniel Lee, head of the Biomedical Technology Cluster, at Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) discuss Hong Kong’s potential as an innovation hub, as well as the role that life sciences has to play within this. They also touch…

Hong Kong Christian Hogg, executive director and CEO of Chi-Med, discusses the company’s rapid development in tandem with the growth of the Chinese pharmaceutical market, brining genuine global pharmaceutical innovation to China, and the state of Hong Kong’s biotech industry. Hutchison China MedTech (Chi-Med) is entering a very exciting stage of its…

Taiwan Gou Jen Wang, the co-founder of Vida BioTechnology, and Bing Chen Gu, General Manager elaborate on how Vida BioTechnology provides added value to its customers by focusing on simplified use, innovation, lower cost and quality in next generation biosensing. Vida BioTechnology was founded in 2014. Can you introduce your company to…

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…

Taiwan Eugene Huang, chairman, and Hua-Lin Wu, consultant of Blue Blood Biotech Corp., provide insightful information on BB-101, a protein proven to be efficient for wound healing, while sharing their vision for the future growth of the company through partnerships with big pharmaceutical companies. Could you introduce yourself to our executive…

Taiwan Ken-Shwo Dai, president and CEO of Visgeneer, explains his biotech’s expertise in medtech, skincare, gene therapy and diagnostics, as well as his plans to take the company public. Can you introduce yourself and Visgeneer to our readers? What have been the main milestones for the company so far? “Visgeneer believes that…

Taiwan Taiwan macroeconomic snapshot.   Taiwan is highly ranked in a number of international competitiveness indicators such as knowledge economy, investment environment, and cluster development.       Taiwan is located within short flight distance of a number of major Asian cities.     Recent IPOs in Taiwanese life sciences.  …