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USA PJ Brooks PhD, program director in the Office of Rare Diseases Research at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the USA, highlights the importance of going beyond one disease at a time in clinical trials, some of the roadblocks that still remain…

France Professor Alexander Eggermont, general director of Gustave Roussy, gives insights into the transformation of the Hospital under his ten-year leadership mandate. He also explains the rationale behind creating Cancer Core Europe, a collaborative platform of Europe’s seven leading cancer institutes.   Our system brings between 3500 and 4000 patients into…

Malaysia Click here to download the Healthcare & Life Sciences Review Malaysia 2018. After recent elections conducted in May 2018 saw Mahathir Mohamad returning as Prime Minister after 15 years to seal a historic victory, Malaysia is again back on its feet. Bolstered by well-established institutions, a fully-functional IP framework and strong…

Turkey Acibadem’s Mehmet Ali Aydınlar offers his insights into the Turkish healthcare sector, highlighting Turkey’s burgeoning healthcare tourism industry. He also describes Acıbadem’s focus of growth, globalization and fundamental values that have helped the hospital chain become a prominent trademark on a global scale.   In the following years, we will…

Malaysia A map showing 18 of the active clinical trials sites in Malaysia in 2017. The sites are spread across the entire nation and cover a variety of therapeutic areas – including gastroenterology / hepatology, cardiology and oncology –  with a cluster of activity in Kuala Lumpur.   In terms of…

Malaysia Malaysia’s multi-ethnic population, disease burden, medical infrastructure and research speed, combined with its population’s proficiency in English, make the Southeast Asian nation a potentially excellent regional clinical trials destination.   We have a population of 32 million which represents a third of the world’s genomics Dr Akhmal Yusof, CRM Dr…

Malysia Dr Goh Pik Pin, director of the Clinical Research Centre (CRC), and Dr Salina Abd Aziz, consultant psychiatrist and chairperson, MOH Medical Research Ethics Committee, and head, CRC Hospital Kuala Lumpur, highlight the main improvements of the CRC as well as the clinical research environment in Malaysia since 2014. Dr…

Korea From Wednesday 31st October to Friday 2nd November, Seoul hosted the KoNECT-MFDS International conference, promoting South Korea’s clinical research capabilities on a global platform. The fourth of its kind, the conference was based around the main theme of embracing change in clinical research. The conference was organised by KoNECT –…

Malaysia Dr Akhmal Yusof, CEO of CRM sheds light on the capacity for all stages of clinical research in Malaysia. He discusses the importance of human resources for the country’s research future and explains what makes Malaysia such a worthwhile location to invest in international clinical research.   If we consider…

Turkey Meri Istiroti, group coordinator of Liv Hospital Group, shares the hospital’s success story since its beginning in 2013 to becoming a leading private healthcare institution dedicated to service, quality, and innovation. She also offers her insights into the Turkish healthcare system and the delicate balance that exists between the public…

Medtech Aditya Bhattacharji manages Eurasia Group‘s healthcare analysis. He calls for healthcare to be given a new prescription. But, will the private sector write it?   The UK’s National Health Service has crippling sustainability challenges.   With many firms in the midst of or preparing for annual strategic planning sessions, it feels appropriate…

Algeria Radwa Terbeche, general manager of Amgen in Algeria discusses the potential for biosimilars in Algeria and the company’s role in developing a local clinical research infrastructure.   What has been your journey to becoming country manager of Amgen Algeria? By education I am a pharmacist specialized in industry. After graduating,…