Japan We have evolved well beyond the traditional CRO model Global biopharma companies are looking at Japan through a different lens, seeking partners that can navigate an increasingly complex regulatory landscape while supporting integrated development across Asia. At the heart of that evolution is CMIC, whose President and Representative Executive Officer,…
APAC For two decades the case for running a clinical trial in Asia was essentially arithmetic: the same study, for less money. That argument has not gone away, but it is no longer the one APAC’s own CRO leaders make. Asia Pacific is now the only region in the world where…
Global New Takeda CEO Julie Kim inherits a firm with flatlining growth and generic competition eating away at its lead drug’s revenues. Will three major new launches over the next year and swingeing job cuts be enough to revive its fortunes? Now one of just two female Big Pharma CEOs (along…
Japan Patients in Japan deserve the same access to innovative treatments that patients in other markets have. Accelerating that access is what drives us Noriyuki Takai, CEO of EPS Corporation, outlines the CRO’s mission to help address Japan’s drug lag and drug loss by supporting faster access to innovative medicines. He…
Germany Germany remains one of Europe’s most important pharmaceutical markets, combining scientific excellence, strong clinical research capabilities, and early access to innovation. Yet as breakthrough therapies become more sophisticated and global competition for investment intensifies, maintaining that position will require more than scientific strength alone. Urs Voegeli, Managing Director of Johnson…
Europe The EU Health Technology Assessment Regulation was implemented in January 2025 to replace 27 fragmented national evaluations with a single Joint Clinical Assessment, run in parallel with EMA review. The idea was simple enough and aimed at giving European patients faster, more equitable access to innovative medicines. In practice, the…
Taiwan Over the past three decades, Taiwan’s elderly population – defined as individuals aged 65 and older – has expanded by a staggering 152 percent. This demographic shift has introduced complex public health challenges, most notably a sharp rise in cancer incidence. “The epidemiological picture is quite sobering,” notes John Chang,…
Japan Hideyasu Matsuda and Toru Fujieda of the Japan CRO Association argue that, thanks to an updated regulatory framework, Japan is becoming one of the most competitive and operationally attractive clinical development destinations in the world. Japan is an attractive clinical trial destination from a cost, quality, and speed perspective…
Korea Kwunho Jeong, CEO of JNPMEDI, is building an integrated clinical development platform that combines proprietary software, CRO services, and biotech investment to strengthen Asia’s drug development ecosystem. A former consultant and fintech executive, he views clinical trials as fundamentally a data management challenge. Through AI, blockchain-based data integrity, and strategic…
Japan Dr Toshiaki Nagafuji leads the Innovative Drug Development Business (IDDB) at Linical after a career spanning discovery and research at Chugai and clinical development, project management, and business development at Shionogi. At Chugai, he also served as a visiting professor at Brain Research Institute, Niigata University and a visiting researcher…
Taiwan Fu Feng Kuo, founder and chief executive of Jyong Biotech and its operational subsidiary Health Ever Biotech, outlines the company’s two-decade journey from botanical raw materials into a NASDAQ-listed pharmaceutical developer. With a lead asset that has completed four Phase III clinical trials for benign prostatic hyperplasia, she makes the…
USA Boston and the Bay Area are globally renowned life science hubs, but beyond these more well-known centers of excellence lies a dense network of states and cities with enticing and differentiated offerings for Big Pharma and biotechs alike. Massachusetts: The Global Biotech Corridor The birthplace of Boston Scientific, Biogen,…
See our Cookie Privacy Policy Here
