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Asian
briefings
a special supplement to ACC Docket
A Better Tomorrow: Eric Wu of
Johnson & Johnson APAC on the
Future of Healthcare

By Matthew Sullivan, ACC

When Eric Wu, Asia
Pacific M&A regional
counsel and head of le-
gal for the Asia Pacific
Innovation Center at
Johnson & Johnson,
was a child, he wanted
to be a doctor. Growing up in Taipei,
Taiwan in the 80s and 90s, he remem-
bers when medical care had just started
to show significant development in the
country. Wu remembers his childhood
doctor that regularly treated his severe
asthma. “It felt like he knew magic,”
Wu recalls fondly.

While he ultimately pursued a career
in corporate law, Wu has made it his
mission to help facilitate the develop-
ment of treatments for unmet medical
needs and the advancement for access
to healthcare around the world. At
Johnson & Johnson, he hopes to play
a role in bringing Asia to the forefront
in the healthcare industry as a center
of innovation, and assist the company’s
vision of someday eliminating disease
as we currently know it.

“When I rediscovered my passion for healthcare, I realized I was too old to try and become a doctor. But I figured, if I could be a part of something that helped patients in need, particularly in underserved areas in Asia Pacific and other parts of the world, then I will have done something good in this life,” he explains.

Born in New York, Wu moved to Taipei as a child when Taiwan was becoming a rising economic power in the region. His grandfather was the country’s vice minister of economic affairs, and gained international notoriety for bolstering the Taiwanese position in the global market.