VC Investment in South Korea’s biopharma sector drops again as investors continue to shy away amid higher interest rates and reduced out-licensing deals.

Medtech Insight’s new series Getting Personal features conversations with new and veteran senior executives about their journeys to corporate leadership, their motivations, passions and the peaks and valleys of running a medtech company. Daniel Hawkins, founder and CEO of Avail Medsystems discussed how his company virtually connects health care professionals into the operating suite and allows for real-time collaboration.

A recent survey showed healthcare as among the sectors US companies were most concerned about amid the ongoing China-US tensions over Taiwan. But how do biotech firms on the island itself view the current situation? We spoke to the president of one amid Taiwan’s imminent reopening.

A recent survey showed healthcare as the sector US public companies were most concerned about (after semiconductors) amid the ongoing China-US tensions over Taiwan. But how do biotech firms in Taiwan itself view the current situation? Scrip spoke to the president of one of the most innovative and active companies in the sector, amid the island’s imminent reopening to the world after over two long years under pandemic restrictions.