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Taiwan Taiwan’s clinical research ecosystem has evolved rapidly in recent years, reflecting Asia’s growing role in global drug development. Samuel Su, Founder and CEO of Bestat Pharmaservices, discusses how the organisation has expanded from a data-driven CRO into an integrated development partner supporting preclinical research, multi-regional clinical trials, and international regulatory…

USA Loretta Beine, Senior Director of Industry Development for Life Sciences, Empire State Development (ESD) explains the organization’s broader role in growing New York State’s life sciences sector beyond direct funding. As New York State’s chief economic development agency, ESD focuses on supporting startups, attracting new investment, and job creation to…

Latvia Latvia has seen some major breakthroughs in recent years: more innovative medicines are available to patients than ever before; the market for commercial, OTC and reimbursable medicinal products has achieved new heights, and we are in a strong position to continue this trend. What has been accomplished and what challenges…

Italy Dompé’s Chief Operating Officer, Eriona Gjinukaj, responsible for creating the Italian mid-cap’s US affiliate, reveals the challenges and rewards of that experience and explains how she saw the company go from a primary care-focused Italian company to an internatonal biotech with an EMA and FDA-approved breakthrough therapy. I was lucky…

Taiwan Susan Hsu, managing director of Taiwanese data-driven CRO StatPlus, speaks about the key trends impacting Taiwan’s clinical trial environment and goes on to share her views on the increasing attractiveness of the island. Hsu concludes by explaining the service provider’s strategic position within APAC and its unique strength as a…

India India’s pharmaceutical sales and forecast from 2013 up to 2021. Between 2017 and 2021, the Indian pharma market is forecasted to grow by a CAGR of between nine and ten percent. The Indian biotechnology market grew by a CAGR of 20.33% between 2005 and 2015 and stood at USD 11.6…

Lithuania Lithuania’s key economic indicators between 2015 and 2018: GDP growth, inflation, unemployment rate, and government budget. Lithuania’s pharma market in terms of both volume and value. Spending on public health in Lithuania. The Lithuanian pharma market split by dispensing types. The public funding of health and pharmaceuticals in Lithuania. Healthcare…

Estonia Kristin Raudsepp, director general of Estonia’s drug regulator – the State Agency of Medicines – discusses her organization’s mandate, current priorities, and reactiveness to the pervading trends in international regulation. Can you introduce the State Agency of Medicines of Estonia and its mandate to our international readers? “Despite of the…

Latvia Svens Henkuzens, director of the State Agency of Medicines in Latvia discusses the key role of the organization in the country and the objectives he has set to further improve the access to innovative treatments for Latvian patients. Could you introduce the State Agency of Medicines and its mandate? “We…

Switzerland Alexander Bauer, chairman and co-founder of 4PL Central Station, introduces his company’s unique logistics service offering, and the role of fourth party logistics in the future of the pharmaceutical industry. You founded 4PL Central Station here in Basel back in 2000, alongside your son Olivier, with the idea of providing…

USA Rolando Pablos, Secretary of State of Texas, discusses Texas’s unique business-friendly environment, the significance of the life sciences sector to the state’s economy (which would be the tenth largest in the world were Texas a country), innovation, and internationalization.   Across the board we are industry agnostic, meaning that whatever…

Ukraine Tetyana Dumenko, director of the State Expert Center (SEC) of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the regulatory agency responsible for product registration, pre-clinical studies and clinical trials approval and pharmacovigilance, provides insights into some of her initial achievements since taking the position and her main strategic priorities to further…