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Korea Korea, already one of the world’s top clinical research destinations, is looking to boost the efficiency of its clinical trial processes even further by launching K-CThub, a one-stop digital platform for trial sponsors.*     The explosion in popularity of Korean culture over the last two decades has catapulted Korea into…

France Julien Ettersperger, appointed in November 2023 as the first internal leader of Medicen, is steering the agency through a strategic transformation to establish Île-de-France as Europe’s leading health innovation hub. Leveraging the region’s dense research capacity, he champions stronger public-private collaboration to better convert scientific excellence into commercial impact. The…

Poland Some of the top stories emanating from Poland’s pharma industry, including Polish biotech Ryvu Therapeutics’ exclusive deal with Exelixis, the partnership between Polpharma and startup Pikralida on a promising epilepsy candidate and Adamed’s expansion of its laboratory facilities.   Exelixis and Ryvu Therapeutics Sign Agreement to Develop Novel STING Agonist-Based…

Spain CataloniaBio & HealthTech is an industry association representing the biomedicine and health sector in Catalonia. Its CEO, Judit Anido, explains how the region’s entrepreneurial spirit is helping it lead Spain in research and innovation, and comments on regulatory changes needed to help small- and medium-sized companies grow into a competitive…

Global Toshio Fujimoto, MBA, MD of Japan’s Shonan Health Innovation Park highlights key takeaways from the BIOJapan 2020 conference on why San Diego offers a good example of what it takes to be a leader in the innovative life science sector.   Over the past two decades, drug discovery has undergone…

Switzerland Thomas Bohn outlines how the life sciences industry in Western Switzerland has continued to perform well despite the COVID-19 pandemic, highlights some of the key recent investments in the Greater Geneva Bern area (GGBa), and gives an overview of what the region has to offer global companies across the life…

Spain Teresa Chavarria Gimenez, director general of planning, research and training at the Ministry of Health of the Community of Madrid, highlights her role and the BioMad initiative as they look to position Madrid on the European and global biotech map.   We want to facilitate the collaboration of the public…

Korea Roger Zbinden, head of the Swiss Business Hub Korea, explains their efforts to raise the profile of the South Korean market for Swiss business. Dr Zbinden also provides his insights into opportunities that exist in the Korean market and explains why Korea need not follow the Swiss model in its…

Algeria Mohamed Benali Khoudja, GM for the Francophone Africa cluster at Abbott reveals the rationale behind creating a country cluster, discusses the market for local CMOs in Algeria, and expands on Abbott’s response to the recent import restrictions.   How easy has it been for you to transition from running GSK…

Hong Kong Dr. Cecilia Pang, Biotechnology Director of the Hong Kong SAR Government’s Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC), discusses ITC’s mandate to develop the necessary infrastructure in order to foster Hong Kong’s innovation and technology environment, the increasing importance and relevance of the life sciences sector to Hong Kong, and the strengths…

PPP Known as “Ireland’s university of Enterprise,” Dublin City University’s research and educational philosophy is very much informed by the institution’s strong partnerships and collaborations with the private sector. Professor Brian MacCraith discusses the institutions’ unique approach to academic-private collaborations and some of the initiatives currently underway in the life science…

Pharma PwC Italy’s Rodrigue G. Schübelin talks maintaining Italy’s impressive growth in pharma production, R&D incentives, public-private collaboration, and PwC’s role within the Italian healthcare ecosystem. Italy’s pharmaceutical production increased by 38 percent from 2009 to 2014; what steps does the industry need to take to keep performing at this level?…