“ Hong Kong can continue to leverage our clear advantage as the international bridge between the globe and China ”
In Conversation
“ We need a strong independent regulator with a one-country, two-way system framework that takes China into consideration ”
“ For life sciences to flourish and for successful start-ups to be born you need a complete infrastructure ecosystem covering everything from laboratories to manufacturing sites, MNCs… ”
Duncan Chiu – Member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) for the Technology and Innovation Functional Constituency
“ Historically, we have had qualified experts and teams for different technology disciplines living in Hong Kong, but we lacked the long-term investment capital to drive innovation… ”
Dennis Lo – Associate Dean (Research); Li Ka Shing Professor of Medicine; Chairman, Department of Chemical Pathology; Director, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
“ Building biotechnology unicorns only in Hong Kong is challenging because of the small size of the local market, but it is possible, and we have shown… ”
Michael Yang – Senior Vice-President (Innovation and Enterprise), City University of Hong Kong (CityU)
“ The first step of any start-up is the most challenging, as students and young graduates do not have the financial means to go forward, so setting… ”
Dong SUN – Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)
“ The Blueprint identifies a need for the development of Hong Kong’s upstream basic research, midstream technology transfer, and downstream industrial development. This represents a shift from… ”
CY Leung – Vice-Chairman, Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference & Former Chief Executive, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)
“ For every example of the US and the Western world decoupling from China, I could give you 1,000 cases of those countries working together with China ”
“ Every minute, more than five people in APMA die from CVD. Each person is a parent, child, sibling, friend or colleague, so the emotional ramifications are… ”
“ ... inflammatory skin disease is a highly promising area for the company because we have a lot of knowledge about the skin. However, we found that… ”
“ We are the only CDMO represented in the SMI’s Health Systems Task Force ... This foregrounds our positioning as a strategic partner to pharma and a… ”
“ Immuno-oncology has revolutionized cancer therapy, but despite the huge success there has been in the area, there are still many unmet patient needs ”