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USA At the American trade association’s latest CEO & Investor Conference, the board chair of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) Ted W. Love discussed US policies and speculated about the impact of the upcoming American election on the industry while affirming that biotech continues to thrive in spite of recent challenges.…

USA US Congress has highlighted Chinese biotechnology firms, including giants WuXi and BGI, as posing a risk to the country’s national security. PharmaBoardroom takes a look at why the US is now targeting these companies and the potential impact of a proposed US Biosecure Act on US-China biotech ties.   Protecting…

China The biggest pharma industry stories coming out of China, including the impact of the US Biosecure act on Chinese giants WuXi AppTec and WuXi Bio; Novartis’ acquisition of SanReno Therapeutics; the first orphan drug designation for a Chinese herbal medicine-based therapy, and AstraZeneca’s new production line in Taizhou.   Eisai…

Diagnostics Young-Shik Cho, chairman of SD Biosensor, recounts his journey leading diagnostics companies and expanding their offerings through R&D.  Cho also compares the challenges of the Chinese market with the potential in the Indian market and offers his opinion on the role of diagnostics in post Covid-19 healthcare.   There is…

India Swati Jajodia, managing director of Swati Spentose discusses her commitment to tackling underserved diseases and the company’s approach to bringing pentosan polysulfate to global markets while working with Key Opinion Leaders and CMEs in raising awareness about interstitial cystitis (IC).    Could you please introduce Swati Spentose to our international…

Austria Maria Seriakov, CEO and founder of M bioserviceS, a young Austrian company dealing globally that specialises in logistics, regulatory affairs and quality control of biologics, discusses the challenges of navigating differing regulations across the globe as well as the how a hands-on approach ensures a product’s high quality. Furthermore, she…

Taiwan Gou Jen Wang, the co-founder of Vida BioTechnology, and Bing Chen Gu, General Manager elaborate on how Vida BioTechnology provides added value to its customers by focusing on simplified use, innovation, lower cost and quality in next generation biosensing. Vida BioTechnology was founded in 2014. Can you introduce your company to…

Pharma Novartis Italy’s Georg Schroeckenfuchs discusses the impact of the company’s global restructuring on the Italian affiliate, the significance of local manufacturing, new products, and how the Novartis has managed to become a market leader in Italy. A lot has been happening with Novartis globally lately: with big changes to the…

Pharma Eric Goupil reveals how the global CMO market has expanded considerably over recent years, with a move towards a more strategic mind-set in the pharmaceutical industry. Unither´s business model is to focus on unit-dose products and in particular, sterile unit-dose using Blow-Fill-Seal (BFS) technology and today they are competing on…

Pharma Dominique Costantini, the CEO of OSE Pharma, a French biotech company developing immunotherapy products against late-stage (invasive and metastatic) cancer discusses the company’s unique targeted approach based on a patented neo-epitopes combination, its plans to break into the immuno-oncology domain and its perspectives on the French regulatory and biotech environments, and emphasizes…

Holland Thijs De Kleer, Managing Director, Saco de Visser, Director Cluster Development, discuss recent developments at the Netherlands largest science park and how Leiden has positioned itself as a leader in early stages of development, which creates a great environment to foster innovation. Leiden lies at the center of the Dutch…

Biotech The CEO of Venter Pharma explains the challenges of bringing a diagnostic drug to the market, and how they hope to leverage the science behind their product, LacTEST, in various new forms and indications.   Before you came on board at Venter Pharma, the research for your product LacTEST was…