Experts Talk

“APAC has potential to be a strong leader in personalised healthcare with Singapore ranking at top”

BioSpectrum Asia spoke to Chris Khang, President & Chief Executive Officer (ASEAN, Korea and ANZ), GE Healthcare at length on how the company is strengthening digital healthcare in Asia Pacific (APAC). How is GE Healthcare helping to enhance the concept of precision healthcare within APAC? Precision health is an approach to preventing and treating disease that considers a person’s genetic makeup, health history, environment and lifestyle to develop a personalised health plan for each patient. One of the key elements to enable precision health is the use of healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) technologies that can analyse massive sets of health data and distil actionable insights for the care of individual patients. GE Healthcare is helping to advance the concept of precision health by developing the technologies and applications that enhance and augment clinicians’ and researchers’ decision-making to deliver more precise care to patients.

“The investment in training the right talent for life sciences-related job is not yet enough to meet the needs in Australia”

With world-leading medical and scientific research bases, excellent institutions, a growing biotech sector, as well as an adaptive healthcare system, government initiatives and strong workforce, Australia’s life sciences market is on track for huge potential growth. In conversation with BioSpectrum Jobs, Shermaine See, Principal Consultant, EPM Scientific throws light on the various life sciences related career opportunities in Australia.

“Biopharma industry in India needs diversified talent specializing in digital transformation and automation”

Benjamin James, HR Business Partner, Asia-Pacific, Cytiva Cytiva, a global provider of technologies and services that advance and accelerate the development of therapeutics, supports customers at every stage of biomanufacturing, from clinical trials to commercial manufacture. At the same time, the company is addressing the talent crunch within the biopharma sector. As an ecosystem builder and industry leader, Cytiva has helped build a very solid foundation of talent development for India biopharma industry. In conversation with BioSpectrum Jobs, Benjamin James, HR Business Partner, Asia-Pacific, Cytiva shares more in this regard.

From Hazy to Crystal Clear Picture of Compensation Trends

Kayleigh Regan, Head of EPM Scientific, Asia-Pacific The Life Sciences industry is, indeed, growing at a rapid speed, with every region reporting bonuses and salary increments, as well as a high demand in recruiting new talent. With the talent market becoming increasingly hot, it is critical for industry hiring managers and companies to stay highly aware of compensation trends in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Let’s assess the current scenario to get a handle on ‘what’s changed’.

Is evolving APAC healthcare ecosystem addressing current regulatory bottlenecks?

Edwin Ng, Senior Vice President, General Manager (Asia-Pacific) at Dassault Systèmes “A common theme with many of the new regulatory requirements is data—data and system integrity, data standards, data and evidence generation, and data transparency and traceability,” says Edwin Ng, GM SVP, APAC, Life Science, Dassault Systèmes With the innovation boom in Asia and many early-stage assets emerging, the time is ripe for Asian economies to establish cross-border business relationships by systematically tapping potential markets for successful market penetration.

How far does cloud technology ensure drug safety and operational efficiencies at pharmacovigilance?

From popular over-the-counter medications like paracetamol to more complicated drugs and vaccines, pharmacovigilance plays the most crucial role, in ensuring the safety of medical products before they come out in the open for public consumption. If not identified, a single case of adverse effect (AE) may endanger hundreds of thousands of lives. With numerous trials and results, data has been the tool for success in pharmacovigilance. However, the increasing data volume and data complexity are creating challenges in pharmacovigilance. How are pharmaceutical organisations leveraging the latest technology and solutions to ensure drug safety and operational efficiencies?

Building reliability in healthcare supply chains

Logistics sector leaders are set up to help healthcare providers smooth the pain points in supply chain management in an uncertain world At the start of this year, the new, more transmissible Omicron variant presented a fresh yet familiar set of challenges to global healthcare supply chains within which Asia plays an increasingly pivotal role. The need for robust and reliable supply chains remains and the difference between intelligent inventory management and inventory shortages is a fine one. The outcomes of both impact healthcare workers and their patients.

Accelerating healthcare innovation in a post-pandemic world

It’s estimated that one in three people in developing countries can’t get essential medicines on a regular basis. Even in countries considered developed, patients who have to pay for medical treatment out of pocket often find it hard to access or afford the healthcare and medicines they need. Geographic hurdles hinder remote populations, substandard healthcare infrastructures limit reliable diagnoses, and precise medical knowledge is restricted to a small number of specialists. These barriers make it difficult to treat those in serious need.

“Keep investing in expanding manufacturing capacity is our commitment to customers”

Responding to the increased demand for products that are used in emerging modalities such as gene therapy, and are currently in high demand for the manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines and therapies, Cytiva is investing $1.5 billion over two years to meet growing demand for biotechnology solutions. Investment follows five strategic acquisitions made by the companies this year and is in addition to Cytiva’s continuing capacity investments estimated at $500 millio through 2022. With this announcement, Cytiva is enhancing the global supply chain so customers in Asia-Pacific region should feel the benefit. Francis Van Parys, Vice President, Asia-Pacific, Cytiva, South Korea reveals more during a conversation with BioSpectrum Asia.

Skilling for Jobs in Life Sciences & Pharma Sector – Need of an Hour

Kamal Shahani, Managing Director, Cliniminds, Unit of Tenet Health Edutech Pvt. Ltd A country like India which is full of potential, is also left with a gaping hole due to the scarcity in the number of skilled workers in the pharmaceutical industry. With India holding a vital position in the pharmaceutical sector it becomes essential to give more importance to discovery of new drugs, medical devices & vaccines and development of life sciences where digitization plays an important role.