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Argentina Keila Barral, founder of Cromodata, brings together a personal journey of resilience and a career in technology to address one of Latin America’s biggest healthcare challenges: fragmented patient data. After a seven-year diagnostic odyssey that left her living with lasting health consequences, Barral recognised that the core issue wasn’t only…

China Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals is no longer just a local biopharma heavyweight. With a record-breaking and 450x oversubscribed IPO raising USD 1.27 billion, a flurry of global licensing deals with the likes of Merck and GSK, and a bold push into competitive therapeutic areas like obesity, the company is staking its…

USA Rich Bendis, CEO and founder of BioHealth Innovation, discusses how the BioHealth Capital Region has grown into a leading US life sciences hub by connecting Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia through a regional, collaborative approach. From supporting early-stage companies with non-dilutive funding and strategic mentoring to helping international firms…

USA Kendalle O’Connell, President and CEO of MassBio, shares how Massachusetts has built one of the world’s most dynamic life sciences hubs through a mix of bold public investment, targeted programmes, and a “big tent” approach to collaboration. From guiding companies into the right communities with the BioReady programme to fostering…

France Julien Ettersperger, appointed in November 2023 as the first internal leader of Medicen, is steering the agency through a strategic transformation to establish Île-de-France as Europe’s leading health innovation hub. Leveraging the region’s dense research capacity, he champions stronger public-private collaboration to better convert scientific excellence into commercial impact. The…

Switzerland In a milestone for global health, Novartis has received Swissmedic approval for Coartem Baby, the world’s first antimalarial treatment tailored for newborns and infants under 4.5kg. The decision fills a long-standing therapeutic gap and reinforces the company’s commitment to diseases that fall outside the pharmaceutical industry’s traditional commercial priorities.  …

Switzerland Over the past decade, Dr Lutz Hegemann has helped transform Novartis’ Global Health unit into a strategic pillar that bridges innovation with real-world access. Rather than focusing on visibility, the mandate centres on sustainable impact; embedding access into R&D, rethinking the value of established medicines, and advocating for systemic change…

Denmark As Denmark positions itself as a rising force in global life sciences, the BioInnovation Institute (BII) stands at the centre of this momentum, bridging world-class academic research with entrepreneurial ambition. In this conversation, CEO Jens Nielsen shares how BII is scaling its proven model, shaping Denmark’s innovation environment, and drawing…

China A summary of top stories from China’s pharma industry: Sciwind Biosciences presents promising trial data for its obesity contender; Simcere reaches approval for its Idorsia-partnered insomnia therapy; AstraZeneca inks AI-enabled research deal with CSPC Pharmaceuticals, and the FDA blocks clinical trials that export American’s cells to China. Sciwind’s GLP‑1 data…

Switzerland Currently supplying high-quality medicines to approximately 1 billion patients around the world annually, few pharmaceutical companies straddle both scale and innovation as deliberately as Viatris. In Switzerland – a market perceived as small in scale, yet rich in complexity – the company is redefining its role, identifying where it can…

Switzerland Luc Henry, co-founder and CEO of Limula, speaks about the challenges and opportunities in the field of cell and gene therapy. A chemist by training, Henry’s path from molecular sciences to cancer immunology and ultimately to entrepreneurship reveals how interdisciplinary thinking can catalyse bold innovation. In this conversation, Henry explains…

Switzerland Antoine Geissbühler wears many hats—physician, academic, innovator, and institutional leader—and is at the forefront of digital transformation in healthcare. In this wide-ranging conversation, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Geneva and President of the BioAlps Association shares his journey, insights into Geneva’s unique life sciences…