Tagged with IT

Puerto Rico Carlos Ceinos, president of Puerto Rican service provider Principia, highlights how his previous experience in big pharma helped him to successfully establish his business, dedicated to providing automation and IT solutions for biopharmaceutical manufacturers. He also underlines Principia’s expansion plans and the company’s highly specialized service portfolio.   The industry…

Sweden Sweden is considered a world leader in technology, and its innovative electronic health records system is in high demand by international researchers. Two key leaders of multinational pharma companies in Sweden share how their companies are leveraging digital technology to empower patients.   We know that startups are developing the…

Puerto Rico Dr Agustín Rullán, the newly appointed chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez (UPRM) and former dean of the university’s College of Engineering, outlines the main priorities in his new position. He highlights the need for strong collaboration between academia and industry and the progress UPRM has made working…

Sweden Eric Wahlberg, CEO of Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden´s oldest university hospital, explains his strategic vision of hospital management and how Uppsala is utilising e-health, precision medicine, clinical trials, small biotech companies and the use of IT systems in hospitals.   I understand how doctors and nurses think, and what their…

Sweden The Life Sciences Office Sweden was commissioned in February 2018 and is modelled on the UK’s Office for Life Sciences. Jenni Nordborg, the Office’s director and national coordinator, discusses the future of the life sciences sector in Sweden, including digitalization and collaborations with other Nordic nations.   I believe in…

Taiwan Pei-Li Li, CSO and executive VP of VtR Inc, expands on the company’s unique positioning and expertise as one of the few local teams in the greater China area that can provide complete high-end scientific information and precise preventive medical services to a variety of industries including biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical…

Sweden Andrea Sambatti is the general manager of Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) Sweden and is a member of the board of directors for LIF. Sambatti discusses how Sweden is a testbed for innovation and often one of the first places where pharma companies launch their products. She also discusses how Sweden is…

Taiwan Bach Chen, CEO of Maisense, highlights the innovative new solutions that the company has created in cardiovascular preventative medicine. Their advanced technology, Freescan, is providing an advanced solution to prevent stroke through Artificial Intelligence. Chen goes on to share the Maisense strategy as a nontraditional startup shaping the way for…

Taiwan Alan Tsai, general manager, and Carson Chen, chief technology officer of iXensor introduce the startup as an innovative player in the point-of-care diagnostics and digital health space. They jointly discuss the company’s exciting platform, PixoTest, which merges ICT and healthcare to deliver quick and accurate results using smartphone technology in…

Taiwan Ed Deng, co-founder and CEO of Health2Sync, a digital health startup specialized in diabetes management, shares how the application is revolutionizing the ability of patients to take control of the disease on a deeper, more personalized level. Deng also goes on to explain the implications that digital health data can…

USA US industry veteran Sharon Ayd describes her journey to becoming a pharma company board member, the various hurdles still facing female pharma executives, and the responsibility of women at the top to “pay it back” and help the next generation of female leaders.   As I climbed the corporate ladder,…

Taiwan Dr James Chih-Hsin Yang, director of National Taiwan University Hospital’s department of oncology, speaks about oncology in Taiwan and the role that the NTU network plays in the island’s oncology space. Dr Yang goes on to share his insights on key trends shaping modern and future cancer treatment.   We…