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Taiwan Chin Chun Lin, chairman of Taiwan Leader Biotech Corp., discusses the importance of herbal medicine for preventive healthcare, and shares valuable insights into Taiwan Leader Biotech Corp., a leading company in medicinal fungus, that established brand recognition through balancing social, economic and environmental perspectives while promoting the importance of the…

Switzerland Matthias Suhr, director of EuroAirport near Basel discusses the merits of operating in a bi-national environment, how the airport has acquired the latest industry accreditation, and how the pharmaceutical industry is changing the very nature of cargo and freight services. EuroAirport are in the process of establishing a new terminal.…

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…

Switzerland The VP of Medtronic’s Benelux, Central Europe, Greece and Israel cluster highlights the global medtech giant’s efforts to position itself as the partner of choice to tackle prevailing global healthcare challenges. Medtronic is famous for the concept of “value based healthcare”. Medtronic’s global CEO Omar Ishrak recently said that it…

Mexico Eduardo Arce Parellada, General Manager at Sanofi Pasteur Mexico until March 2017, explains the positive impact that the vaccine against Dengue could generate for the national health system and showcases the positioning of Sanofi Pasteur as the partner of choice for the government in vaccinology, based on its local R&D…

Greece Pharmaceutical logistics companies in Greece have had to work hard and innovatively to emerge from the debt crisis; focusing on leveraging international connections and maintaining quality to stay profitable. Now however, major new international investment into the port of Piraeus stands to put Greece back on the world logistics map.…

Taiwan With more than 100 peer-reviewed articles published and more than ten thousand citations, Guochuan Emil Tsai, founder and CEO of SyneuRx and Professor at the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), is an internationally reputed scientist in neurosciences and brain disorders, whose…

Switzerland The General Manager of bioMérieux Switzerland and Austria highlights the significance of Switzerland for the company’s regional cluster and furthermore explains how Switzerland contributes to the global development of the company. Could you please introduce yourself and bioMérieux’s organization in Switzerland and Austria? “Our overall mission is naturally to improve…

Switzerland With a recent clinical trial showing one of Bioforce’s Echinacea products to be non-inferior to the gold standard allopathic treatment Tamiflu, CEO Peter Gmünder is working to continue the work of Swiss phytopharmaceuticals pioneer Alfred Vogel by providing the highest quality natural remedies made using only fresh herbs if possible.…

Italy The division of neuroscience at the San Raffaele Scientific Institute is one of the best worldwide performers in academic research. Division director Professor Gianvito Martino discusses the institute’s unique operative model, national limitations, and the future of the neuroscience field as an investment opportunity. Prof. Martino, to start off, the…

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…

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…