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Singapore Dr Charles Stacey, president and CEO of Brain Health company Cerecin, formerly Accera, discusses the rebrand, new investment, the company’s relocation to Asia, and the upcoming rollout of a global Phase III clinical trial for its innovative new Alzheimer’s drug.   As a small, innovative biotech company, we are looking…

Turkey Sule Mene, co-founder, president and CEO of Mene Health Group, shares with PharmaBoardroom the journey of her company starting as the first government-approved CRO of Turkey, its parallel growth alongside the increasingly prominent clinical trial environment of the country, evolution to becoming a value chain group of companies in clinical…

Malaysia Wong Kin Sang, country manager of Lundbeck Malaysia, walks us through the mental health issues’ perception in Malaysia and the important work Lundbeck has done to bring more awareness to healthcare professionals and patients in the country. He also highlights his future plans for the affiliate to bring more innovative…

Spain Although death rates due to cardiovascular diseases in Spain are among the lowest in the EU, they represent the main cause of death in Spain, accounting for 30% of all deaths in 2014 (33% of deaths among women and 27% among men). Cancer is the second most important cause of…

France Stéphane Roques, CEO of Medicen, the health care cluster for the Paris region, discusses his vision for Medicen and the changes he has made during his first few months in the tole. He highlights the need for domestic and European collaboration to be able to compete against clusters in the…

Malaysia Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, director general of health at the Ministry of Health of Malaysia unveils the government’s plan to bring healthcare back to the community, and create a culture based around a healthy lifestyle. Dr  Hisham also discusses the future potential for digitalization within the Malaysian healthcare apparatus.…

Spain Fernando Prados Roa, deputy minister of health for Madrid, discusses the health paradigm of the community and elaborates on the role of SERMAS in managing and coordinating the city’s public healthcare system.   What sets us apart in healthcare is our professionals Could you begin by introducing SERMAS – the…

Malaysia Dr. Azrul Mohd Khalib, chief executive at the Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy, gives an insight on the current important issues the Malaysian healthcare ecosystem is facing and the different solutions and strategies the Galen Centre, as a thinktank for health and social issues, has identified for the…

South Korea South Korea’s proposed Moon Jae-In Care has been subject to both praise and protest this year. President Moon Jae-in’s plan dubbed “Moon Care” will be implemented in stages throughout 2022 and pledges to expand healthcare coverage to cover 70 percent of the people’s costs. Korea currently runs on a health…

China The Greater Bay Area’s – and in particular, Shenzhen’s – prowess in life sciences manufacturing and development must also be attributed to the decades of experience and expertise gained from acting as OEM/ODM to global companies, in line with China’s overall positioning as the world’s factory floor. One of the…

Malaysia David Ho, managing director of Hovid, introduces the success story of his family-owned company, which started at a Chinese herbal tea manufacturer and became one of the biggest local generic manufacturers in Malaysia. He also indicates his future plan to increase the company’s international presence.   We are now present…

Innovation Joonho J. Lee is a CEO and CoFounder of Cognita Lab INC developing risk management framework around Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare and financial services industries. Here he discusses the use of blockchain in the healthcare industry and the need to remain “cautiously optimistic.”   Many people asked whether I…