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Greece In the price versus value discussion brought on by Greece’s economic crisis, Philips’ message is clear: they offer novel solutions that can do more for less and place the patients at the center. Philips Hellas’ Managing Director, Panagiotis Mparas, speaks about the company’s healthcare footprint in Greece; reconciling the corporate…

Mexico By his own admission. Metrohm CEO Jodok Reinhardt has a dream job. He reveals how the company has become a successful and slightly different outfit when it comes to supplying the very latest chemical analysis instruments. Metrohm has grown from a start-up in the 1940s to one of the most…

Mexico José Antonio Garcia, CEO of Vensi, describes how the company’s unique service model is redefining how healthcare institutions approach the purchasing of medical equipment, while detailing the strategic significance of the recently award IMSS contract in validating their business model and augmenting future business prospects. Could you please introduce yourself…

Taiwan Derek Wang, Chairman of the board of the China Chemical & Pharmaceutical Group (CCPG), one of the leading pharmaceutical groups in Taiwan, provides insights into his strategies to consolidate CCPG’s leadership in Taiwan and China and accelerate the group’s market penetration in strategic countries such as Japan and the US,…

Taiwan Derek Wang, Chairman of the board of the China Chemical & Pharmaceutical Group (CCPG), one of the leading pharmaceutical groups in Taiwan, provides insights into his strategies to consolidate CCPG’s leadership in Taiwan and China and accelerate the group’s market penetration in strategic countries such as Japan and the US,…

Taiwan With more than 100 peer-reviewed articles published and more than ten thousand citations, Guochuan Emil Tsai, founder and CEO of SyneuRx and Professor at the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), is an internationally reputed scientist in neurosciences and brain disorders, whose…

Taiwan Ko-Chung Lin, founder and CEO of PharmaEssentia, documents the main specificities of the company’s groundbreaking ropeginterferon alfa-2b, a once-every-two-week interferon displaying a unique toxicity profile. In this regard, Mr. Lin also provides insights into PharmaEssentia’s approach to the upcoming launch of this product into the US market as well as…

Switzerland The General Manager of bioMérieux Switzerland and Austria highlights the significance of Switzerland for the company’s regional cluster and furthermore explains how Switzerland contributes to the global development of the company. Could you please introduce yourself and bioMérieux’s organization in Switzerland and Austria? “Our overall mission is naturally to improve…

Taiwan Lee-Cheng (L-C) Liu, President and CEO of EirGenix, one of Taiwan’s fastest growing companies in the biotech field, documents the progress made in the set-up of EirGenix’s new commercial biomanufacturing plant, which will become the largest facility of this kind in Taiwan, while the company is about to start the…

Ireland Despite a comparatively small population by European standards, Ireland’s macroeconomic indicators remain healthy, with strong GDP growth rates. Ireland is globally competitive in terms of flexibility, adaptability, human resources, culture, and economic policy. Ireland’s tax regime is also globally competitive, with favourable corporate tax rates, R&D tax credit, and an…

Switzerland EY’s Biotech Team Leader for the EMEIA region discusses the challenges Europe’s fragmented capital markets pose for biotech startups, the under-communicated benefits of doing an IPO on the Swiss stock exchange and the implications of the Actelion acquisition for the wider Swiss life sciences ecosystem. Among other things, you are…

Mexico The founder and Managing Director of Global Health Intelligence (GHI), Guillaume Corpart highlights the value of competitive intelligence for medical device companies looking to either enter emerging healthcare markets in Latin America and Asia or identify new market opportunities. As an introduction for our readers, Guillaume, could you elaborate on…