Global PharmaBoardroom’s ten most-read executive interviews of 2021 reflect the wide scope – in terms of both geography and value chain – that our work has taken on in the past 12 months. From one of Asia’s leading regulatory bodies to some of the Middle East’s most dynamic emerging companies via…
APAC The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is home to around 1.44 billion people, over 60 percent of the world’s population, and a vast diversity of cultures, infrastructures, and economic development. Managing a life sciences company across multiple countries in this region can be extremely challenging but hugely important on both a human…
Global PharmaBoardroom has spread its wings far and wide in 2021 (albeit digitally!), from well covered markets such as Singapore and Switzerland to new frontiers like Saudi Arabia. Our interviewees have ranged from regional Big Pharma and medtech general managers, to the CEOs of important local players, and the heads of…
Singapore Regulatory harmonisation for medical devices between countries in Asia-Pacific has long been a challenging issue, predominantly due to the extreme variation in cultures, economic development, governmental models, and healthcare systems in the region. Greater harmonisation would allow solutions introduced in APAC’s most developed markets to filter down to its…
Singapore Andrew Frye of medtech giant Baxter outlines his management strategy for the diverse APAC region, how growth was achieved in 2020 despite the drop in non-essential hospital visits and treatments that the COVID-19 pandemic brought about, and the increasing importance of homecare and telehealth post-pandemic. Healthcare is becoming more…
China 2019 was a landmark year for the Chinese healthcare industry.* Since the publication of the ‘Healthy China 2030’ blueprint in 2016 by the Chinese government, the entire sector has been virtually turned upside down. Against the warm backdrop of regulatory support, a series of policy changes were unveiled in the…
Global To celebrate International Women’s Day 2020, PharmaBoardroom brings you insights from some of the most inspirational female industry leaders we have had the privilege of talking to over the past 12 months. Janet Woodcock, Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), US FDA Science really can…
Puerto Rico “Medical device manufacturing has a long history on the island, starting with Baxter in the 1950s. Today, 30 world-leading medical device companies are present in Puerto Rico generating 20,000 direct jobs across 70 manufacturing plants producing more than 2,500 different types of devices, including many critically important life-sustaining products such…
China The pharma industry tends to see a lot of personnel movement, particularly at management levels, but since the Chinese market started heating up a few years ago, the labour market has been left playing catch-up. As the Chinese government looks to streamline its regulatory approval processes, MNCs plan to expand…
China Shirley Xu, president of Baxter Greater China, reflects on her extraordinary 26-year (and counting) career with Baxter China, including her perspectives on the success factors behind Baxter’s growth in the country over the past decades, its strengths as a diversified healthcare company offering not only pharmaceutical products but medical devices…
Malaysia American medtech giant Baxter and pan-Asian healthcare service provider Zuellig Pharma have been collaborating in Malaysia to increase the quality and quantity of care that can be given to patients in their own homes, generating significant cost-savings for the healthcare system and increasing patient-centricity. “[Home care] reduces costs significantly,…
Malaysia George Kazzi, general manager of Baxter Malaysia, highlights the main areas of development for his affiliate, including the introduction of more renal dialysis innovation as well as increasing awareness and delivering additional solutions in parenteral nutrition. He also explains the ways in which the country should promote more effective home…
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