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ITTM’s innovative co-founder Dr. Andreas Kremer reveals the steps his start-up is currently undertaking to restructure the world of BioIT and the presentation of medical information. Why did you personally decide a year and half ago that ITTM was going to be your next adventure, and what were your first…

Singapore The CEO of ASLAN Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Carl Firth discusses the implications surrounding the company’s imminent initial public offering on Taiwan’s stock exchange, while explaining how this move serves to position ASLAN as Singapore’s first local success story. Having just completed a pre-IPO financing round, it seems the company has many…

Slovakia Biogen Slovakia’s Country Director on being an innovative global biotech in Slovakia, market access in the country, and the company’s commitment to improving the lives of patients through MS, Alzheimer’s and rare disease treatments. Ms. Strapkova Boydova, you have been Country Director of Biogen Slovakia since its inception in 2006.…

Switzerland Michael Cobas Meyer of Eli Lilly Switzerland reveals how these are very exciting times for the company, particularly given an extremely rich pipeline in the areas of diabetes, oncology and bio-medicines; how the challenge will be to transition from their existing portfolio to new products; and why Lilly´s focus is…

Singapore Biotech CRO InvitroCue Executive director Dr. Steven Fang explains how their technology has disrupted the current clinical trials landscape and the importance of leveraging innovative technologies in meeting future healthcare needs. Could you please introduce to our international readers the main activities of InvitroCue as well as the milestones since…

Luxembourg The CEO of Mitotech introduces the ground-breaking nature of their products; why Mitotech chose Luxembourg to set up its headquarters, as well as the commercial and internalization strategies they will be implementing moving forward. Could you please start by introducing Mitotech to our audience? “Luxembourg has been efficient in communicating…

Luxembourg The General Manager EMEA of Wafergen Biosystems discusses the revolutionary nature of the company’s technologies, how they are at the new frontier of genomic research, why Wafergen set up its EMEA office in Luxembourg,  growth hotspots in the EMEA region, and the recent merger with Japanese group Takara Bio. To…

Singapore Motivated by the transformative role of big data in healthcare, founder and CEO of Vishuo Biomedical, Dongliang Guo discusses the inspiration behind the company, the successful path to commercialization, as well as leveraging Singapore’s brand in the biomedical landscape. What was the inspiration for founding Vishuo Biomedical? What was the vision…

Luxembourg Rudi Balling discusses his distinguished career in the life sciences, the LCSB’s mission, and Luxembourg’s burgeoning reputation as a biomedicine, interdisciplinary research, and scientific innovation hub. Earlier this year you were awarded the ‘Ordre de Mérite’ for your longstanding contribution to science by the Luxembourg government following a distinguished career…

Singapore Having recently obtained cGMP from Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority, the founders of PrIME Biologics showcase the role of PrIME Technology in driving plasma self-sufficiency in Asia, while highlighting how this innovative technology is disrupting industry standards of plasma fractionation. Could you please introduce to our international readers the background underlying…

Mexico Consuelo Albarrán, co-founder and CEO of DEFI Latina Healthcare, showcases the increasing added value brought by this leading Cofepris-authorized third party (ATP) to the pharmaceutical industry, the recent expansion of the company’s capacity into the biotech field, and its readiness to increase collaboration with both pharma companies and Cofepris to…

Switzerland Nicolas Hug reveals how UCB´s new facility in Bulle, Switzerland, is one of the largest microbial derived pharmaceuticals plants in Europe; how the key challenge for manufacturers today is to guarantee supplies by building a robust network; and why manufacturing is where dreams become reality, taking the results from a…