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Ausbiotech What have been the focus areas for the association in improving the wellbeing of the life science biotech industry and what have been the key milestones/achievements since 2008 in providing representation and services to promote the global growth of Australian biotechnology? In addition to the financial crisis the government decided…

Bio-Rad Mexico Bio-Rad products are used in hospitals, universities, major research institutions, biotechnology companies, reference laboratories, pharmaceutical firms… How is Bio-Rad Mexico positioned with its products in the country? Based on the dedication and excellent work the Mexican Team did for several years, in the clinical diagnostics market, Bio-Rad is immediately linked…

 Ms. Kelly, you have been General Manager of this affiliate since the creation of Astellas in 2005, and have overseen, since 2006, the local implementation of Astellas’ VISION 2015. How has this company evolved under your tenure? When Fujisawa merged with Yamanouchi to form Astellas in 2005 it marked the…

Medtronic México Medtronic is the global leader in medical technology. The company has 2 manufacturing facilities in Mexico and the Mexican subsidiary was officially set up in 1970, but could you give us a brief rundown of Medtronic Mexico’s current activities within the global operations? Medtronic was founded in 1949 in a…

KaVo Sybron-Dental México We have seen that the company has been through a series of mergers and acquisitions. Could you give us a rundown of the company’s transitions? We are currently building a subsidiary of a corporation named Danaher, which is a US based public company. In recent years, Danaher redefined its investment…

Life Technologies Corporation The merger with Invitrogen-Applied Biosystems in 2008 was a big milestone for the company. As one of the leaders of this integration, can you please explain how this merger helped transform Life Technologies into the company it is today? The merger had an impact both internally and externally. Regarding the…

Life Technologies Corporation In the past two years Life Technologies has been investing in Singapore— last year you opened a regional distribution center in Singapore’s Tuas Biomedical Park and this June you established a Global Instrument Center of Excellence. What are the aims of both and how will they fit into the global…

Array The managing director of Brussels Invest & Export discusses Belgium’s unique attractiveness when it comes to the life sciences, and which countries and companies are interested in investing in the pharmaceutical sector in the country and why.    After its creation in 2003, Invest in Brussels joined forces with Brussels…

AB SCIEX Can you please give our readers a brief introduction of AB SCIEX? AB SCIEX provides scientific solutions for its customers, who are scientists that are dealing with complex chemistry, drug development and food safety. We provide them with mass spectrometry (MS) solutions and tools. With the raising activity of R&D…

Dr. Edwards, you have been both a lecturer and a researcher. What made you ‘come over to the dark side’ and become a manager? I do not find it to be the dark side! Products in this industry are based on strong science. All drugs try to achieve the same…

Biosensors International Group How did you start this journey of founding your company— why medical devices and why Biosensors? I have been in the medical devices industry since 1977. Therefore, for these 35 years my career has been focused in this niche. All what I know is medical devices so naturally it was…

EDBI/Bio One Capital As the CEO of EDBI since late 2008, what would you say have been the main developments of the agency during this time? EDBI is the strategic corporate investment arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and we invest in very select industry sectors. Investments in the Biomedical Sciences…