Pharma China is honored to announce the addition of another distinguished pharma industry leader, Stanley Lau, to our advisory board.

Stanley Lau is a seasoned senior executive in the healthcare field for the last twenty five years. He began his career in retail pharmacy and worked as a pharmacy manager in London. He joined Pfizer in 1981 in sales operation and subsequently in marketing position in Hong Kong. Stanley joined Merck Sharp & Dohme in 1987 to become regional sales director responsible for its sales function in Asia region. He was then transferred to the headquarters in New Jersey supporting Latin American and Middle Eastern regions. In 1991 he was appointed as the first general manager of MSD Taiwan, changing the operation from a distributor model to a full subsidiary operation. In 1994, Stanley became general manager of Schering Plough China and set up its first JV in this promising market. He went back to run Asia region as general manager of Searle / Pharmacia from 1999 to 2002. In the last six years he worked at Baxter as general manager of Baxter China and most recently as strategic advisor to the President of Baxter Asia Pacific region.

Stanley has a BPharm from London University and attended management studies at Columbia University, New York.

Pharma China's Advisory Board is consisted of 11 distinguished senior pharmaceutical executives with a wealth of expertise in the Chinese pharmaceutical and healthcare sector. They are: