Colombia Héctor Robles, General Manager of Laboratorios Sophia, a leading ophthalmology company, discusses the significant growth of the Colombian affiliate to become an operational center for the Andean region. Additionally, he highlights their highly innovative product portfolio and ambitious plans to expand into new markets. When we interviewed your predecessor, Luz…
Taiwan Deputy Minister for Science and Technology on Taiwan Fong Chin Su gives his insights on innovation, cybersecurity, and the current state of one of the world’s most exciting biotech industries. Taiwan’s history with biotech only shows 10 years of focused development. The government is committed to an innovative economy…
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…
Hong Kong Albert Yu, Chairman of the Hong Kong Biotechnology Organization, shares his insights on Hong Kong’s potential to become an innovation hub for the region while positioning Hong Kong as the ‘Chinese City outside of China.’ In addition, he discusses the main trends that will drive development of HK’s biotechnology sector…
Taiwan Frank Douglas, CEO of the TheVax, discusses what he finds so inspiring about innovation in resource-constrained environments, and this Taiwanese biotech’s revolutionary SIT specific immunotherapy platform. The company was founded in 2012 with the mission to focus on the use of immunotherapy to address virus-induced tumors and infections in patients.…
Taiwan Joanna Yao, general manager of Taiwan & Hong Kong at Baxter, documents the company’s commitment to bring the most innovative renal diseases solutions and expertise to Taiwanese patients and physicians and the strategic role played by the affiliate in nurturing an innovation-centered relationship that originates from Taiwan’s world-class healthcare system and…
Switzerland Roel Van Doren provides a fascinating insight into the interplay between the life sciences and industrial automation sectors in Europe, whilst also detailing Emerson’s footprint in Switzerland and beyond, as well as the company’s latest innovations. We understand you have been European President at Emerson Automation Solutions since 2012. What…
Ukraine Dr. Volodymyr Redko, executive director of Ukraine’s Association of Pharmaceutical Research and Development (APRaD), which gathers together 15 international R&D-driven companies, provides insights into the perspective of international innovators vis-à-vis the numerous regulatory and structural reforms that are set to transform the country’s health system, while highlighting the importance that…
Taiwan Johnsee Lee, founder, CEO, and president of Personal Genomics and its sister company Quark Biosciences, provides insights into the company’s proprietary Optoelectronic Sequencing (OES) technology, which can perform whole genome sequencing thousand times faster than existing technologies and increase read length twentyfold in comparison to sequencing products currently on the…
Taiwan Dr. Tzu-Ling (Karen) Tseng, CEO of Bio Preventive Medicine Corporation in Taiwan, discusses the innovative technology of its patented biomarkers, the success of DNlite and company’s strategy to grow through partnerships with global pharmaceutical companies. What was your vision when you founded Bio Preventive Medicine Corporation (BPM) in 2014? Can…
Indonesia Alban Nérot, managing director at Servier Indonesia, explains the transformational change of the Indonesian affiliate to ensure the sustainable growth of its business in the country as well as the importance of medical education to show to doctors and other healthcare professionals the benefits of innovative medicine. Mr. Nérot, you…
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