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Global The global contract research organization (CRO) market is estimated to be worth USD 76.6 billion in 2023 and is projected to reach USD 127.3 billion by 2028, growing at a CAGR of 10.7% from 2023 to 2028. Much of this growth is due to the need for novel clinical trial…

Global Driven by increased demand from Big Pharma, mid-caps, and biotechs for outsourcing services, the USD 70 billion global contract research organisation (CRO) market is predicted to grow at a CAGR of between 11 and 12 percent over the next five to seven years, with differing estimates placing its total size…

Denmark Denmark boasts plenty of strong fundamentals as a clinical trials hub, but is perhaps constrained by a population of just 5.8 million and a correspondingly small patient pool. However, international collaboration, not least with neighbouring Sweden (population 10.4 million), has the potential to greatly increase the pool from which trial…

Denmark Copenhagen Capacity is Greater Copenhagen’s official organization for investment, promotion, and business development. Its CEO/managing director, Asbjørn Overgaard, outlines the fundamentals attracting life sciences firms to the region, stakeholders’ key investment concerns, and the work still to be done on closer alignment with neighbouring Sweden.   Our goals are threefold:…

Denmark Petter Hartman of the Medicon Valley Alliance, a non-profit membership organisation spanning the Danish-Swedish life science cluster Medicon Valley, introduces the progress of the Alliance from a networking body to today facilitating concrete collaborations between its 300+ members. Hartmann also touches on the MVA’s key focus areas, talent hiring and…

Global With clinical trials having become extremely expensive to conduct, industry buzz around the potential of data and artificial intelligence (AI) to allay these costs has grown. However, experts are split as to the true potential of digital tools to reduce clinical development outlay and provide better patient outcomes in the…

Global In an exclusive and wide-ranging interview, Tom O’Leary, chief information officer (CIO) of leading contract research organisation (CRO), ICON, highlights how data is already revolutionising the CRO industry and the steps that still need to be taken to better match patients with targeted therapies and improve health outcomes. O’Leary also…

Hong Kong Benjamin Chan of MediConcepts – a Hong Kong-based medtech CDMO – outlines the potential impact of the Greater Bay Area Initiative on Hong Kong medtech, and the key factors behind his company’s success.   Benjamin, as an industry veteran within the Hong Kong medical devices sector, with also a factory…

Malta Philip Pace, managing director of iCONSULT, a lean, need-driven healthcare service provider, discusses the holistic approach they provide to investors wanting to do business in Malta and international companies looking to increase their territorial presence, especially in MEA region, and their objectives to extend the collaboration with American (USA, Canada,…

pharma Rikus Wolbers, Director at Novio Tech Campus, a key international incubator for R&D and manufacturing companies who are active at the interface of life sciences and high tech, and John Schalken, Program Director SMB Life Sciences, give an overview of the impressive developments in the Nijmegen area and the potential…