For the final presentation at RED 2020, our annual thought leadership conference at Roche Diagnostics Asia Pacific, we were pleased to host a Q&A with Dr Severin Schwan, CEO of the Roche Group. The presentation included insights gleaned from his 27-year career at Roche, including several years in Asia Pacific, where he led our regional diagnostics business. Key topics of discussion are as follows:

• 02:17 – Roche’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and key takeaways
• 04:59 – how digital healthcare fits into Roche’s vision for personalised medicine
• 10:27 – how Roche can interact with other stakeholders to shape the future of healthcare
• 14:12 – post COVID-19, where Dr Schwan sees diagnostics in the mind of the general public
• 19:12 – how data is integral in healthcare and the importance of how it is used and protected
• 25:42 – engaging new generations of data scientists and laboratories with quality data
• 30:33 – opportunities and challenges that the diverse APAC region faces with healthcare transformation
• 34:33 – Roche’s role in contributing solutions that improves patient journey via data and analytics
• 41:05 – Dr Schwan on being a data savvy individual
• 45:50 – how Roche views value-based healthcare vs. outcome-based healthcare
• 49:49 – how Dr Schwan envisions the role of clinical labs in the digital future of healthcare

The session was moderated by Wendy Bao, Executive Director (Molecular Solutions) and Marco Valencia Sanchez, Vice President (Commercial Innovation) at Roche Diagnostics Asia Pacific.