How To Make A Global First-In-Class Drug In China

Ambition, tenacity and a large dose of self-belief are three vital traits in any leader. Platitudes aside, putting an aspirational plan into place and acting on it often also takes a leap of faith. One R&D leader with such belief in the potential of his product is researcher turned CEO Chen Genhui, who took the metaphorical bull by the horns and ran with it, all the way to China.

When Chen was presented with an opportunity of developing a chemical compound he invented with colleagues working jointly at a Canadian university lab, he vaguely believed in China being a...