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Switzerland The Executive Director of the Greater Geneva Bern area, Western Switzerland’s investment promotion agency, elaborates on the unique assets the region has to offer, and highlights the strong pro-business mindset of the Swiss people. Could you please start by elaborating why this organization was established and what the main mission…

Switzerland Backed by the Japanese Zeria Group, fast growing gastrointestinal (GI) specialist Tillotts Pharma is looking to acquire further GI assets after its recent USD 200m M&A deal. The company is looking for assets which generate a turnover of EUR 50 – 150 million in Europe and/or Japan, and also to…

Mexico Arturo Rodríguez Jacob, CEO at Infinite Clinical Research (ICR) and president of the national association of CROs (ACROM), explains what make Mexico the regional clinical research hub and showcases how ICR is developing clinical studies for allopathic, biotech, medtech, and herbal medicine companies. Only 15 years ago, the Mexican clinical…

Taiwan Chen Min-Che, founder and managing director of Asclepiumm, provides insights into the main milestones reached and the new partnership opportunities considered by this exciting biotech company, whose Antibody Switch-on Cytotoxicity (ASC) technology platform could contribute to bringing onto the global market a novel class of “smart cell-penetrating proteins” in multiple…

Italy Prof. Luca G. Guidotti discusses the esteemed positioning of San Raffaele within the global scientific community, their core mission of translational medicine and the challenges Italy faces today with the development of young scientific talent and the bridging of the public-private gap. Prof. Guidotti, could you begin by describing the…

Switzerland Switzerland has been long-established as one of the world’s most innovative countries and boasts a thriving ecosystem of startup biotechs. However, a slow and complex funding cycle means that an increasing number of Swiss biotechs are looking towards the US for funding; a trend that risks destabilising and weakening the…

Mexico Luisa Gutierrez, CEO at Medisi, explains the importance of helping get fast registration for high quality medtech products registrations and explains Medisi’s integral solutions for both the regulation and distribution of medical devices. Ms. Gutierrez you have quite an unusual professional profile. What triggered you to start your entrepreneurial journey…

Switzerland Recognized as one of the ten most innovative companies in the world, Hamilton has a regional HQ, strategic R&D and manufacturing operations tucked high away in the scenic Swiss Alps. Andreas Wieland, CEO of Hamilton’s Swiss businesses, discusses the company’s approach to innovation and the factors that have helped Switzerland…

Mexico Xavier Rams, General Director at Ferrer Mexico, explains the importance of aligning corporate strategy to public healthcare goals in order to succeed in the dynamic Mexican environment and showcases the added value that Sincronium® creates for the national healthcare system as a whole. You have been in charge of Ferrer…

Switzerland The president of BD Europe analyses current trends and challenges in European healthcare and highlights how BD is positioning itself as a solutions provider and partner to cope with this new environment. BD acquired CareFusion in 2015 and September 30th 2016 marked the end of BD’s first full fiscal year of…

Greece Ioanna Koukli, the owner and founder of Pharmassist Ltd, began the company with a vision of assisting healthcare companies manoeuver through the European regulatory milieu. Today, with Pharmassist established as a full service CRO, Koukli discusses the company’s evolution, the potential of clinical trials in Greece, as well as fostering…

Taiwan Freddie Höglund, CEO of the European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan (ECCT), and Mike Exton, Managing Director of Novartis Taiwan and Co-Chair of the Pharmaceutical Committee of the ECCT, document the main issues at stake for the international pharmaceutical companies implanted in Taiwan, while providing us with a broader overview of…