PatientsForce COO wins 2024 Women Entrepreneurs Elite Award, showcasing the innovative strength of Taiwan's healthcare industry
AI-translated from the Chinese original · editorially reviewed
As global healthcare demand continues to climb, third-party support systems for healthcare have become a market trend, supporting access to innovative medicines. PatientsForce, part of Media-WIND Health Group, is a leading provider of access-to-new-medicines services for global international pharmaceutical companies, serving more than thirty international pharmaceutical firms. Drawing on her outstanding management and innovation capabilities, PatientsForce co-founder and COO Wang Yi-wen won the 2024 Women Entrepreneurs Elite Award from the Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, earning the judges' favor with her innovative service transformation model.
An integrated health ecosystem leading the transformation of the healthcare industry
According to Ministry of Economic Affairs statistics, Taiwan's healthcare market has grown steadily each year and is projected to exceed NT$2 trillion by 2030. The driving force behind this comes not only from an aging population but also from the widespread application of digital technology in healthcare, including AI, the Internet of Things, and data integration, which are redefining the industry model. The single-payer medical insurance payment model of the past is also developing into a diversified-payment market model.
As a subsidiary of Media-WIND Health Group focused on medication support and management services, Media-WIND Health Strategies uses its in-house PatientsForce patient support program digital management platform to solve the problem of access to new drug treatments for cancer patients in Taiwan. With its innovative "treat first, pay in installments" approach, it helps ease patients' financial pressure and builds a fully integrated health ecosystem that seamlessly connects medical services, data technology, and long-term care needs, injecting new momentum into Taiwan's healthcare market.
The PatientsForce platform provides patients with full-journey support from the late clinical-trial stage of a new drug to market promotion. The system can not only help international pharmaceutical companies quickly adapt to the Taiwan market but also play a key role in patient education and adherence management before and after NHI reimbursement, making it the strategic partner of choice for international pharmaceutical companies entering Taiwan.
"Taiwan's patient care market currently faces challenges of insufficient manpower and financial resources, and needs innovative market service models even more," stressed Sean Chang, Chairman of Media-WIND Health Group. "In the globalized pharmaceutical supply chain, Media-WIND Health Group has become a core partner for international pharmaceutical companies in Taiwan, with a business that spans clinical support before a new drug's introduction, digital compliance management, and patient follow-up and value-creation services."
PatientsForce COO Wang Yi-wen was awarded the winning prize in the "Succession and Transformation" category of the 2024 Women Entrepreneurs Elite Award.
Digital compliance and AI service pave the way for long-term care innovation
"In every part of healthcare, we are committed to using technology and professional compliance systems to shorten the distance between patients and solutions," said COO Wang Yi-wen. "Our goal is to become the key hub connecting patients, healthcare professionals, and treatment providers."
The Women Entrepreneurs Elite Award ceremony was held on the 15th at the Hilton Taipei Sinban (Nangang), selecting 13 outstanding women entrepreneurs.
This "high value-added, high barrier" business model gives PatientsForce extremely high growth potential, especially in the Asia-Pacific market, where care demand is growing rapidly. "Patient support services embody an innovative concept of ESG and social impact, and because they have a replicable and scalable business model, Media-WIND Health has also developed a multi-venue collaborative care model." Especially against the backdrop of the continued rise of the broader health industry, at the intersection of policy support, technological innovation, and market demand, the group has demonstrated outstanding integration capability and international competitiveness.