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…
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…
APAC Ken Lee, Managing Director for Asia Pacific Clinical Business at Syneos Health, draws on a 20-year career across pharma, medicine, and CROs in Europe and Asia. He highlights Asia Pacific’s shift into a global clinical development hub, the rise of Greater China as a leading source of innovation, with mainland…
Taiwan Dr. I-Shu Lee, founder and CEO of Vitae Biomedical, began his career as a postdoctoral researcher before making the uncommon leap from academic laboratory to entrepreneurship in 2019. Built around a proprietary urine-based protein detection technology for early cancer screening, Vitae Biomedical has already achieved commercial traction in Taiwan, partnering…
China As the global clinical development landscape becomes more fragmented and competitive, biotechs increasingly need partners that can help them navigate regulatory complexity, identify the right trial locations, and generate meaningful data quickly. In this context, Harvest Integrated Research Organization has been expanding its international footprint while positioning itself as a…
China Dr Long Jiang is the CEO of GCP ClinPlus, a Chinese CRO with operations in New Jersey. A former cardiovascular surgeon at Peking University People’s Hospital, he shifted into clinical research after a fellowship at Duke Clinical Research Institute, and later also served as a partner in a private equity firm focusing…
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…
China Vera Zheng is Head of Greater China and Head of Asia Pacific Strategy at Parexel, one of the world’s leading clinical research organisations. With a career spanning medical marketing, brand strategy, product management and clinical research across multinational and CRO environments, Zheng has built one of the most distinctive leadership…
China Suzhou’s bioBAY has emerged as one of China’s most dynamic biotechnology clusters, bringing together hundreds of biotech and medtech companies within an ecosystem designed to support the full innovation cycle, from early discovery to global partnerships. In this conversation, CEO Michael Yin reflects on how the park has evolved alongside…
Japan Asia is emerging as a critical frontier in oncology research, yet much of global drug development continues to overlook the region’s specific clinical needs. At the National Cancer Center Japan, Kenichi Nakamura is working to change that dynamic through ATLAS, a pan-Asian clinical trial network designed to enable more coordinated,…
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