On Tuesday April 2,2019, LINK-J Networking Reception "BCG × Life Science ~Boston Consulting Group's Perspective on Life Science Innovation~" hosted jointly by LINK-J and Boston Consulting Group was held at the Nihonbashi Life Science Hub.
About 85 attendees from various fields, academia, government, pharmaceutical industries, and venture capitals enjoyed talks of two guest speakers from Boston Consulting Group and the networking reception that followed.
[Guest speakers]
Mr. Adam Farber
Global Leader of BCG Health Care Practice, Senior Partner & Managing Director, BCG Boston
Mr. Makio Kitazawa
Japan Leader of BCG Health Care Practice, Senior Partner & Managing Director, BCG Tokyo
Global Perspective - Transformation in Healthcare
Mr. Adam Farber gave a talk on the following topics while referring to successful business cases in the US and China market.
1) Healthcare industry context: challenges and opportunity
2) Recent trends and movers from players that highlight direction of industry
3) How BCG is seeing these trends play out and implications
Mr. Adam Farber
Japan Perspective - Healthcare Business
Mr. Makio Kitazawa gave a talk from Japan perspective with focus on key success factor of monetizing healthcare businesses. He introduced BCG analysis which identified 75 business segments in healthcare sector globally and referred as an example of successful revenue model to an diabetic disease management app for facilitating patients behavior change.
Mr. Makio Kitaza
