Francis Van Parys, vice president commercial Asia-Pacific at Cytiva, a global life sciences leader dedicated to advancing and accelerating therapeutics, highlights the firm's tireless work to meet the exponential demand for the research, development, and manufacturing of therapies and vaccines against COVID-19. Van Parys also outlines the opportunities and challenges around manufacturing localisation; why partnerships with academia are key for CDMOs to stay abreast of future trends; how Cytiva is supporting biotechs in APAC developing cutting-edge cell and gene therapies; and the crucial importance of the training, acquisition, and retention of talent in the region.
The pandemic has shown the importance of collaboration and that individual actors cannot solve the health problems of today alone
