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Switzerland Christof Kloepper delves into the Basel Area’s positioning as a leading hub for life sciences and biotech innovation. Kloepper emphasizes the region’s commitment to attracting global companies, nurturing startups, and building a strong ecosystem of talent, research, and infrastructure. He draws a comparison to Boston and highlights the Basel Area’s…

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia – by many measures the cultural, social, and economic epicentre of the Arab and Islamic worlds – is currently undergoing a once-in-a-lifetime transfiguration. The country’s ‘Vision 2030’ transformation plan has not only been radically reshaping the national economy and reducing its dependence on petroleum revenues but has also…

China Drawing on a wealth of Big Pharma experience, Jenny Zheng now leads China operations for Illumina, a global leader in genomics, specialising in DNA sequencing technology that drives innovation in healthcare, research, and personalised medicine. Illumina continues to see China as a crucial part of its global strategy due to…

Hong Kong Sabrina Chan, senior executive director of the Hong Kong Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry (HKAPI), an organization that represents the innovative pharmaceutical industry in Hong Kong and Macau, weighs in on regulatory improvements in the territory such as the OnePlus mechanism and the Centre for Medical Products Regulation; discusses HKAPI’s…

China Writing exclusively for PharmaBoardroom, Song Ruilin of the China Pharmaceutical Innovation and Research Development Association (PhIRDA) outlines some of the key improvements and optimisations in the regulatory landscape for pharmaceutical innovation in China. Professor Song also notes the major impact that Chinese innovation is having on global R&D pipelines and…

Hong Kong Industry veteran Krish Sundaresan, GM for Hong Kong & Macau at Pfizer for the past two and a half years, shares his experience navigating the shifting dynamics brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, enhancing omni-channel capabilities, and launching four new products in 2023 alone. Sundaresen also discusses the opportunity to…

UAE Long-established as the Middle East and Africa’s leading country in terms of rapid access to biomedical innovation, the UAE is looking to bolster this positioning in the coming years. Indeed, allowing innovation to flourish – including through hosting greater numbers of clinical trials in the country and protecting intellectual property…

China Since it was established in 1988,  PhIRDA, an organization that groups together China’s pharma innovators, research institutions and investors has played an active role in the evolution of China’s biopharma landscape. Executive President Prof. Song Ruilin outlines the advances and some of the challenges and opportunities facing China’s biotech and…

Japan Writing in DIA’s Global Forum magazine for April 2024 on behalf of DIA Japan’s Open Innovation Community Fumitaka Noji, Takeshi Kono, and Makoto Nagaoka look at how the gap between Japan’s academia and pharma companies can best be bridged to fully reap the benefits of innovation.   Although open innovation in drug…

USA Johnson & Johnson has been building its medtech arm and creating a differentiated pipeline through strategic M&A, an approach that generated USD 30.4 billion in medical device sales last year, representing growth of 12.4 percent. The company has now acquired Shockwave Medical, bringing its IVL technology on board for USD…

China Prof. Song Ruilin outlines the Chinese (bio)pharmaceutical industry’s progress across the three key pillars of innovation, industrialization, and internationalization in recent years. While a downturn in the global economy and a capital freeze in the biotech sector present significant challenges, Song is optimistic about his sector’s prospects, with increased international…

India Regular contributor Brendan Shaw gives his informed take on how best international stakeholders can engage with India’s attempts to transform into a global pharma innovation powerhouse,   Our greatest ability as humans is not to change the world, but to change ourselves Mahatma Gandhi The secret to success in India…