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Pharma The CEO of Diaxonhit Group, a fully integrated French leader in in vitro diagnostics, discusses the company’s strategic focus on specialty vitro diagnostics, his perspective on the challenge of consolidation that the diagnostics industry faces, as well as his cautiously optimistic assessment of  French competitiveness in the pharmaceutical and life…

pharma The general manager of Ferring South Africa, Mercia Van Zyl discusses the company’s ambitious plans for the future under the slogan ‘People come first’, the placement of fertility under the nation’s therapeutic priorities, and how the company is contributing to an overall better healthcare system in the country. Could you…

Pharma The Head of Corporate & Institutional Banking of the Mauritius Commercial Bank explains why the diversification of the Mauritian economy into the healthcare and life sciences sector is necessary and why it will be successful. Furthermore, he specifies the factors that make Mauritius one of the best FDI (Foreign Direct…

diagnostics In 2014, Hari Sabnani moved from Cardinal Health’s Puerto Rican affiliate to take the helm of Quest Diagnostics Puerto Rico, the country’s largest clinical lab. He discusses the change in position and emphasizes the importance of ensuring that equipment is being used to its fullest potential in a time of…

distribution José Antonio Crespo became general manager for Beckman Coulter Iberia in July 2013, following an extensive career at Siemens. He discusses the structural changes associated with the company’s acquisition by Danaher, and outlines targets for growth in the coming years.   What initial challenges did you face at the beginning…

diagnostics Life Length was founded through the CNIO (Spanish National Cancer Research Center) combined with the support of the Botín Foundation, Matlin Associates and Dr. Maria Blasco’s work in telomeres. Stephen J. Matlin, CEO of Life Length, discusses the potential of the company’s diagnostic test to become a standard biomarker for…

Array Jeffrey Williams, Assistant Vice President of Cognizant Philippines, talks about the high rate of Filipino nurses being outsourced to the US and other countries, the recent acquisition of the Medicall by Cognizant, and what the future growth plans look like for the company’s next five years.   Mr. Williams, you…

Roche Diagnostics Moritz Hartmann, Middle East General Manager of Roche Diagnostics, gives his insight on why Roche Diagnostics made the decision to set up shop in Dubai, what the main challengers in a developing market were and will be, and why the government has been so supportive of the company’s endeavors thus…

Abnova Chairman of Abnova Corporation Wilber Huang discusses the company’s core strengths, Taiwan’s bilateral relationship with China’s biotech industry, and offers some advice to future start-up biotech companies in Taiwan. Abnova was founded during a very exciting time in the biotech industry. Can you tell us a bit more about what…

Department of Foreign Affairs - Ireland To what extent do you believe Ireland has been successful in building the knowledge economy it set out to create during the 1980’s? I think we have been hugely successful—and we have also been quite fortunate, in that a number of elements fell into place. In 1986, we introduced free…

WestHolland Foreign Investment Agency (WFIA) WFIA is quite a remarkable organisation that has been, since its inception ten years ago, reporting very good results. The annual results last week showed another strong focus on the Life Sciences sector. What drives the agency to place so much effort on attracting investments in Life Sciences in the…

Assign Group Assign Group started in 2002 as a small local CRO company founded in Austria; monitoring and doing minor project management only. Why was Austria chosen as the headquarters? First, it was simply the location of the CEO who had been living there for a while, bein the medical director of…