Tagged with Vaccines

Taiwan Promoted to General Manager of Moderna Taiwan in 2024, Wenchi Liu brings over 20 years of pharmaceutical industry experience spanning commercial strategy and operations. Since joining Moderna in 2023, she has helped position Taiwan as a priority market within the company’s Asia-Pacific region. In this interview, she discusses the rollout…

Hong Kong Following our conversation with CEO Lance Yuen on CK Life Sciences’ strategic direction, Chief Scientific Officer Melvin Toh now takes us inside the scientific engine driving that vision forward. He traces the organisation’s evolution from US-based acquisitions to a protein/peptide and circular RNA vaccine platform built in Hong Kong, explains…

Taiwan ImmunAdd’s Dr Pi-Hui Liang discusses her transition from academic research to entrepreneurship, driven by the critical shortage of commercially available vaccine adjuvants. With a proprietary saponin-based platform addressing supply chain constraints and toxicity limitations of existing adjuvants, ImmunAdd aims to democratise access to advanced immunological tools whilst developing its own…

France As global vaccine development grows more complex and capital more selective, Valneva is sharpening its identity and returning decisively to its roots. The company’s decision to close its Nantes site and re-centralise French operations in Lyon is more than operational streamlining; it signals a strategic recommitment to one of Europe’s…

China EnCureGen’s founder Dr Aimin Hui draws on a career spanning oncology, molecular biology and global R&D leadership to pursue the next generation of mRNA therapeutics. His role in driving the Fosun-BioNTech COVID-19 collaboration shaped his belief that mRNA can extend far beyond infectious disease, and from Guangzhou International Bio Island…

Hong Kong CK Life Sciences, under the leadership of CEO Lance Yuen, is reshaping its identity through a renewed focus on early-stage oncology innovation powered by next-generation cancer vaccines, AI-enabled design and a growing network of regional partnerships. Stable commercial revenues give the organisation unusual freedom to pursue high conviction science, while…

Hong Kong GSK Hong Kong’s first year under Nicholas Teo marks a period of rapid evolution in the city’s healthcare system, from the strengthening of primary care to a deeper reliance on real world evidence and closer collaboration across government, academia and insurers. The affiliate is advancing a balanced portfolio in specialty…

LatAm Vaccination remains the most powerful public health intervention ever devised, preventing an estimated 4.4 million deaths each year, according to the WHO. Yet with misinformation spreading faster than science, and routine immunisation disrupted by pandemic aftershocks, even long-protected regions are witnessing a resurgence in preventable diseases. In Latin America, where…

France Born from a serendipitous scientific discovery in Montpellier, Abivax has evolved into one of France’s most promising global biotechs. Led by CEO Marc de Garidel, the company is harnessing its pioneering miR-124-based therapy, obefazimod, to redefine treatment possibilities in inflammatory bowel disease through an entirely new, immune-balancing mechanism of action.…

LatAm Sarah Aiosa, SVP and President of MSD (known as Merck & Co. in the U.S. and Canada) for Latin America, highlights nearly four years of strong growth built on a clear mission to expand access to healthcare. Under her leadership, MSD has advanced vaccines, oncology treatments, and clinical research in…

LatAm Sinan Atlig reflects on a 25-year global career spanning Turkey, Colombia, the Middle East, and the US, shaped decisively by vaccine leadership through the COVID-19 era. He identifies vaccines and oncology as Pfizer’s twin strategic priorities for Latin America, supported by expanding roles in obesity, rare diseases, and anti-infectives. His…

LatAm Dr Jarbas Barbosa, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), discusses the organisation’s evolution from pandemic response to comprehensive health system transformation, regional production capabilities, and the imperative for multilateral cooperation in an increasingly fragmented global landscape.   The Americas, in their extraordinary diversity, are a living laboratory Could…