GlobalBio Monthly Volume 123 Is Out!

Highlights of 2024: The Biotech Industry Shines

撰文GlobalBio & Investment
日期2025-01-16
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Highlights of 2024: The Biotech Industry Shines

GlobalBio Monthly Volume 123 Is Here!
As 2024, the Year of the Dragon, draws to a close, we prepare to welcome 2025, the Year of the Snake!



Highlights of 2024: The Biotech Industry Shines

In 2024, the global biotech and pharmaceutical sectors experienced remarkable advancements and challenges:

  • Generative AI reshaped the pharmaceutical landscape, accelerating drug discovery and innovation.
  • The rise of breakthrough obesity treatments captured global attention.
  • Approvals for advanced therapies surged, driving innovation in modalities like cell and gene therapies.
  • Meanwhile, U.S. drug pricing reforms stirred the generics and biosimilars market.

Achievements in Taiwan's Biotech Sector:

  • 16 new drug approvals across generics, biologics, traditional Chinese medicine, and antibiotics.
  • 12 successful clinical trial readouts from mid to late-stage trials, showcasing their diversity and resilience.

Despite a prolonged downturn in the global capital market, initial public offerings (IPO) activity in biotech fell worldwide. Yet, Taiwan defied the trend with a biotech IPO boom, welcoming 36 new companies to the stock exchange.

This issue takes you on a journey:

  • A review of Taiwan's outstanding biotech achievements in 2024.
  • Insights into the 10 milestones of cell and gene therapies approved by the U.S. FDA in 2024.
  • An introduction to 10 rising CRISPR scientists, offering a glimpse into the next decade of gene-editing advancements.

Biotech Opportunities in 2025: What's Next?

What will be the next major biotech breakthrough as we look ahead to 2025?

Read the full issue: Explore Now