China Dr Tianyi (Tee) Zhang, GM of Frontage China and SVP of Frontage Holdings, shares the significant growth of the China affiliate over the past four years; their competitive advantages in China with both bio-analytical and clinical services, their close collaborations with key hospitals, and their ‘Two Countries, One System’ philosophy…
China Dr Michael Yu, founder, Chairman and CEO of Innovent Biologics, one of China’s most successful and innovative biopharma start-up, shares his long-term vision to build a company that can last a hundred years and more, Innovent’s mission to commercialize and develop affordable, high-quality biologics for ordinary people globally, and the…
Turkey Prof. Dr. Sabahattin Aydın, Rector of Medipol University, chairman of the Executive Council of TUSAP Healthcare Platform, former executive board member of the World Health Organization (WHO), former deputy undersecretary (2003-2010) at the Ministry of Health of Turkey, and one of the most respected healthcare leaders in Turkey, provides insights…
Canada “If you are trying to be everything to everybody, you end up being nothing to no one”—Michael Gorenstein, CEO of The Cronos Group talks to PharmaBoardroom about his unusual career path, the company’s dual focus on medicinal and recreational cannabis, and how Canada will always remain the core center of…
China Dr. Grace Zhou, dean of SIIBR, discusses the Institute’s priorities, the benefits of being located in Shenzhen and the city’s potential as a global innovation hub. Zhou also outlines the major recent developments for her company, ImmVira. To begin with, Grace, our readers would be extremely interested in hearing about…
Poland Maciej Wieczorek, president of Celon Pharma, discusses the award-winning success of the 2016 IPO on the Warsaw stock exchange and the opportunities this has opened up, as well as investment strategy to assure the company’s impressive growth. Furthermore, he surveys the Polish R&D landscape and discusses the importance of a…
Switzerland Giacomo Di Nepi, CEO of innovative Swiss specialty pharma outfit Polyphor, discusses his decision to join the company in 2016, his main priorities, and the potential impact of an IPO in the next two years. Having previously held senior leadership responsibilities with Takeda and Novartis, spending time as partner at…
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…
Taiwan Ben Chien, Chairman, President and CEO, of Foresee Pharmaceuticals, one of Taiwan’s most vibrant success stories, discusses how Foresee has achieved successful phase III results for its prostate cancer treatment, FP-001, IPOed and entered into a partnership agreement with Ferring in the last year alone. In addition, he discloses how…
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…
Taiwan Jonas Wang Ph.D., Chairman and CEO of StemCyte, a global leader in Regenerative Therapy field including cell processing and transplantation located in the US, Taiwan, and India, provides us with an overview of the impressive phase II results recently received by its breakthrough regenerative therapy for spinal cord injury. While…
Taiwan Lawrence Gan, President and CEO of Taiwan’s Development Center for Biotechnology (DCB) explains his vision and strategy to enhance DCB’s R&D expertise by adopting some of the best practices of the corporate world. You became head of Taiwan’s Development Center for Biotechnology after having held prestigious positions in the US…
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