Tagged with META

Taiwan Siegfried Gschliesser, co-founder and CEO of Anya Biopharm, has spent over two decades shaping the pharmaceutical landscape in Asia. Under his guidance, Anya has pioneered a proprietary oral peptide delivery platform, leveraging capital-efficient strategies and Taiwan’s robust talent pool to challenge global standards in metabolic health and chronic disease management.  …

LatAm Dirk van Niekerk, President and CEO of Boehringer Ingelheim South America, identifies Latin America as a pivotal growth engine. Focusing on cardio, renal, metabolic and oncology pillars, the firm is navigating patent gaps through innovative stroke care networks and advanced data analytics, while championing regional talent and sustainable healthcare delivery.…

LatAm Fernando Zarate, Vice President of Bausch Health’s Latin American operations, outlines the company’s strategic positioning across the region. With 35 years in the industry and nearly two decades at Bausch Health, he today oversees one of the top 15 companies in the LatAm market. Zarate sets out a vision to…

Taiwan Dr Shuling Cheng is steering Oneness Biotech through a pivotal transition from a Taiwan-based research organisation to a globally focused commercial company. After 25 years in US biotech and medtech, she returned to Taiwan a decade ago and brought two companies to IPO on the Taipei stock exchange.  She joined…

China Dr Yingjia Zhang and Simon Hua of leading China-based CRO Biometas delve into the company’s rapid expansion in the preclinical space, strategic growth plans, and its positioning in the global CRO market. Focused on both organic growth and potential acquisitions, Biometas is leveraging a strong client base in the US…

Global Mohamed Meshref M.D, PhD is a Professor of Oncology at Cairo University and Regional Medical Director at Boehringer Ingelheim for India, Middle East, Turkey & Africa (IMETA). Here, Prof. Meshref discusses the importance of an ‘early medical affairs mindset’ within the pharma industry whereby medical affairs personnel engage much earlier…

Global  Speaking as GM and head of the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa region, Andrew Bird, who has since become Acino’s Interim Chief Executive Officer, discusses the Swiss company’s “being global but acting local” approach to emerging markets and outlines the importance of the META region, which accounts for 35 percent…

Rare Diseases With February’s Rare Disease Day behind us, it can be easy to forget the impact of these diseases on individuals, their families and care givers, and our communities throughout the other 11 months of the year. But if we – in healthcare, in government and in academia – are to…

Taiwan The latest pharma news from Taiwan, including Gongwin-KY’s lung cancer drug approval in China, Anxo Pharmaceutical/Genovior Biotech alliance, Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and Metagone Biotech’s glaucoma and macular degeneration drug development, and Ever Supreme Bio Technology’s cell therapy progress.   New Gongwin-KY lung cancer drug cleared for marketing…

Malta Ian Restall, general manager at Metallform, explains how he built up the manufacturing plant of the German company in Malta and discusses the future plans to grow the affiliate even more thanks to their newly-opened second factory on the island. As an introduction, could you tell us about the evolution…

Pharma Genfit’s Jean-François Mouney speaks about responding to high unmet medical needs in inflammatory and metabolic related diseases. With the increase in obesity related diseases, Mouney discusses their lead pipeline product: Elafibranor, the new orphan blockbuster drug aimed at curing NASH; nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and other related diseases.   As an entrepreneur…

pharma Jan Smeitink, CEO of Khondrion, a young biotech company designing highly innovative solutions for people suffering from mitochondrial diseases, provides an overview of the latest developments regarding the company’s lead compound and explains how its talented team and strategic partnership with the Radboud University Medical Centre will help Khondrion to…