As a global biopharmaceutical giant, Pfizer is committed to its objective of serving patients’ needs through pharmaceutical innovations and scientific breakthroughs. To achieve this objective, Pfizer recognizes the importance of capturing the best talent and to empower and support its people throughout their careers with Pfizer. A key component of Pfizer’s employee empowerment and support…

Taiwan is rightfully proud of its National Health Insurance (NHI) system, which has been providing affordable universal healthcare to its citizens and foreign residents working in Taiwan for nearly three decades. We are often told that Taiwan’s national healthcare insurance system is the best in the world. Is it fact or myth? If Taiwan NHI…

Novartis, the leading pharmaceutical company in Taiwan and much of the East Asian region in terms of sales, views its mission as developing breakthrough treatments to extend and improve people’s lives. In its focus in Taiwan on the fields of oncology, hematology, cardiovascular, neuroscience, and immunology, the Swiss-based multinational “puts the patient at the center…

Wan Tseng decided to freeze her eggs after she met with several women who told her about the ease of mind the decision had given them. Like many other women, she had spent several years in university and focused on her career before she started thinking of having a family. Freezing her eggs was a…

In May 2021, domestic spread of COVID-19 in Taiwan prompted the government to impose Level 3 restrictions that temporarily closed many offices on the island. Thus, companies needed to find ways to support employee health under a work-from-home regime during a time when vaccination rates were still low. Caring for thousands of employees, Google Taiwan’s…

Nuts and bolts might be the smallest components of an airplane engine, but they are what keep it together – and the required quantity is enormous. Before the COVID-19 pandemic diminished air traffic, the National Aerospace Fasteners Corporation (NAFCO) Taiwan produced over two million fasteners annually to keep commercial airplanes in the air. Although a…

YOKE’s mission is simple: to protect human lives. As a globally leading safety hoisting company, YOKE provides safety hooks to 90% of the world’s top-500 manufacturers. And each of YOKE’s annually produced 40 million hooks comes with an immense sense of duty, notes Steven Hong, owner and chairman of YOKE. “We take our responsibility to protect…

In recent years Taiwan has been growing increasingly aware of what countries that preceded it on the economic development continuum have long known – that the pressures of life in modern society inevitably take a serious psychological toll on some members of the population. Compounding the problem, it can be difficult to assist those with…

Within the healthcare industry, innovation and scientific discovery involve years-long, multi-billion-dollar initiatives that span markets across the globe. These are not singular efforts, as innumerable inputs and contributors are required to make the kinds of breakthroughs in research and development that lead to groundbreaking healthcare products. Understanding that no one company can lead the way…