Taiwan PharmaEngine is entering a defining phase as it strengthens its development-only roots while expanding into early discovery, differentiated DNA damage response programmes and AI-enabled design. In this conversation, CEO Hong-Ren Wang outlines how ONIVYDE® provides the stability to advance a more ambitious pipeline, how a virtual model sharpens scientific focus…
France Genethon sits at the forefront of a fast-accelerating moment in gene medicine, where decades of foundational research are now translating into clinical progress across rare liver, neuromuscular, immune and ophthalmic diseases. In this interview, Frédéric Revah reflects on the organisation’s scientific evolution, its approach to partnerships and access, and the…
USA Spiro Gavaris, President of Lupin’s US generics business, shares a candid assessment of the shifting dynamics shaping today’s generic and biosimilar landscape. He outlines how Lupin is positioning itself for long-term leadership through focused investment in complex generics across inhalation technologies, injectables, and biosimilars, while navigating a market challenged by…
France Frederic Collet, Chairman of FIAC (La Filière Intelligence Artificielle et Cancers), leads a pioneering public-private consortium bringing together nine of the world’s most innovative oncology companies with France’s public health institutions. Drawing on extensive oncology expertise and a deep commitment to national competitiveness, he champions a unique model in which…
USA Kelly LoBianco, founding director of the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity, discusses how the agency is driving growth of the region’s life sciences sector. She outlines LA County’s Life Sciences Industry Cluster Strategy and Action Plan, which aims to create 10,000 new industry jobs by 2030 and explains…
MEA Some of the top recent stories from pharma and healthcare in the Middle East and Africa, including Saudi Arabia’s pharma pitch to US investors, a new fund to bring forward Saudi biotechs, Egypt’s collaboration with Turkey on pharma manufacturing, and China’s ‘health silk road’ in Africa. Saudi Arabia pitches…
France Under the leadership of Nicolas Bardonnet, Promega France has expanded its role from a broad portfolio provider to a more collaborative partner supporting key human health applications. Bardonnet has integrated elements of a One Health approach, establishing France as a key European application & training centre, with plans for continued…
France argenx has moved from an antibody engineering start-up to one of Europe’s most closely-watched biotechs, advancing a pipeline that spans multiple autoimmune diseases. In this interview, François Rauch reflects on argenx’ growing position in France, , the lessons drawn from navigating France’s evolving access landscape and the broader policy conditions…
USA Dr Jerry Vockley, Director of the Center for Rare Disease Therapy and Chief of the Division of Medical Genetics at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, offers a look at the evolving landscape of rare disease care across early diagnosis, newborn screening, natural history research, clinical trial design, and the persistent…
Italy Top recent stories from Italian pharma, including Angelini’s EUR 150 million EU collaboration for European health startups, Chiesi’s new deals for enzyme replacement therapies and gene editing, and why Menarini is setting its sights on the US. European Union teams up with Angelini to funnel €150M to European health…
China Founded in 2016, Mabgeek Biotech has quickly emerged as a promising innovator in immunology, pioneering long-acting antibody therapies for allergic and autoimmune diseases, particularly Th2-driven conditions such as atopic dermatitis and asthma. In this interview, Founder and CEO Dr Chenghai Zhang shares how a lean, discovery-driven model and a focus…
France France has long been held up as Europe’s reference point for rare disease care – the first EU country with a national plan, a pioneer of coordinated expert networks, and home to some of the continent’s most influential patient organisations. More than three million French citizens live with one of…
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