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Greece Amgen’s mission is clear cut: ‘To Serve Patients’, which is evident in the level of innovation that they bring as the world’s leading biotech company. Complementary to this message is one that GM of Amgen Greece Arvela Matti, strongly wants to reverberate across the Greek pharmaceutical landscape: innovation is an…

Taiwan Hong-Jen Chang, former Deputy Minister of Health and current CEO and Chairman of the YFY Biotech Management Company, a Taiwan-based VC fund which has been playing an instrumental role in the development of Taiwan’s biotech industry, provides insights into his investment approach and documents the key success factors to prioritize…

Taiwan George Lee and Tzu-Ming Pan introduce SunWay Biotech’s groundbreaking red yeast rice extract, ANKASCIN® 568-R, which has been recognized as a New Dietary Ingredient by the US FDA. SunWay Biotech is now bringing this unique product onto the global stage and are considering developing a pharmaceutical product based on the…

Switzerland Well-funded and with a stellar pipeline, TESARO is an up and coming Boston-based oncology biotech ready to launch their two first products in the European market in 2017. Orlando, we understand your background in the biotech industry is with Amgen. After a career with the biggest of the biotechs, what…

Taiwan Chuan-Der Huang, founder, president, and CEO of KriSan Biotech, a recently established Taiwan-based service provider focused on new drug process and analytical R&D for small molecules and peptides from Pre-clinical (IND) to Phase II clinical trial, provides insights into the company’s unique positioning in Taiwan’s new drug development value chain,…

Taiwan Vivian Lee, president and CEO of Linical Taiwan, documents the affiliate’s main milestones since its establishment in 2013, its strategic positioning among the Linical Group as a regional hub, as well as the crucial role Linical Taiwan aims to play in further propelling the impressive growth of Taiwan’s R&D-driven biopharmaceutical…

Mexico José Luis Hernández, general manager at Kedrion Mexico, explains the strategy followed by the affiliate in Mexico to obtain success during the past eight years and showcases the added value of plasma-derivate solutions both for patients and government. What are the primary activities and operations of Kedrion in Mexico? Kedrion…

Switzerland With a population of only 350,000, Ticino has a remarkably well developed pharmaceutical cluster. FIT Chairman Giorgio Calderari explains that the cluster’s key strength lies in the diverse range of capabilities which its members are able to offer as contract services to one another, and of course other interested third…

Taiwan Yita Lee & Muh-Hwan Su of Sinphar Group & SynCore Bio describe the exciting R&D projects of SynCore Bio, the oncology & dry AMD focused innovation-driven company of the group, and the advantages of SynCore Bio’s integration within Sinphar Group. As an introduction to our international readers, could you provide…

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 In an exclusive interview conducted on the 22nd of December 2016, Taiwan’s Minister of Health and Welfare Lin Tzou-yien discussed improving Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI), ensuring that Taiwanese patients can access innovative treatments, and nurturing the development of Taiwan’s thriving R&D-driven pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Minister Lin, you became…

Switzerland www.celonic.com CEO of Swiss biologics CDMO Celonic, Konstantin Matentzoglu, explains how the company attracts talented and experienced staff and what makes it the partner of choice in Switzerland and beyond. Celonic is in many ways more than a CDMO for biologics. What is the strategic focus of this company? “Our…