Tagged with Hong Kong

China Ongoing geopolitical tensions between China and the West have led the G7 group of countries to warn of the threat of “economic coercion” from China and the US to scrutinise Chinese investment in its biotech sector more closely. Against this backdrop, and despite many of the leading lights in global…

Hong Kong Albert Wong of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) outlines how Hong Kong has developed as an innovation hub, building on its established areas of finance and trading. Wong also discusses the importance of life science companies with HKSTP’s portfolio, the challenges of talent attraction, and the…

Hong Kong Novartis, one of the world’s largest biopharma companies, has secured approval and market access for two of its most advanced cell and gene treatments in Hong Kong. The firm’s territory head, Derek Chang, highlights how early access to innovative therapies in the Hong Kong-Greater Bay Area (GBA) can unlock winning…

Hong Kong Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has grabbed a lot of media attention in recent months following the launch of chatbot ChatGPT, but the pharmaceutical industry has long been trying – and struggling – to better integrate AI into the long and failure-fraught drug discovery process. While AI-enabled drug discovery may not…

Hong Kong One of Asia’s most pre-eminent oncologists, Professor Tony Mok is perhaps best known for discovering the EGFR mutation gene and subsequently developing a targeted therapy that is more precise and personalized than standard chemotherapy. Here, Professor Mok discusses his current research areas of focus, some of the key clinical trial…

China Established in 2017 as a spin-off from Lee’s Pharmaceutical, Zhaoke Ophthalmology is aiming to be a global player in the ophthalmology field, building on its strong footprint in China and Asia to eventually establish operations in the US and Europe. President and Chief Scientific Officer Lau Lit Fui outlines how…

Hong Kong Serial entrepreneur Danny Yeung highlights the work of his Hong Kong-based genomics-driven firm Prenetics in prevention, early detection and targeted therapy. Having recently announced a USD 200 million joint venture – Insighta – with renowned scientist Professor Dennis Lo on a new early cancer detection technology, Yeung lays out the…

Hong Kong Since first allowing pre-revenue biotechs to list in 2018, the Hong Kong stock exchange has welcomed 59 such companies and is now a leading vehicle for allowing Chinese biopharma to access international capital. Christina Bao, HKEX’s co-head of sales and marketing, discusses listing momentum picking up again after a rocky…

Hong Kong The Hong Kong Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry (HKAPI) represents the interests of the global R&D-based biopharmaceutical industry in Hong Kong and Macau. Senior Executive Director Sabrina Chan outlines the access to innovation scenario in the territory today, the niches in which Hong Kong stands out from the crowd as…

Hong Kong AstraZeneca, the largest overseas pharmaceutical company in mainland China by sales, is also the market leader in Hong Kong and Macau, a territory overseen by General Manager Shan Wu. She outlines the fundamentals behind the company’s success in Greater China, how AstraZeneca is working to bolster Hong Kong’s innovation and…

China First set up in 2014, the Guangdong Medical Valley is an investment incubation platform in southern China focusing on the biomedical and medical device industries. CEO Xia Jiasheng explains how the decision to set up the cluster came about, how it differs from the wealth of other science parks in…

Hong Kong Fresh from the news that one of its AI-designed and discovered drug candidates has entered Phase II human clinical trials – the first time that such a project has made it to that development stage – Insilico Medicine’s Alex Zhavoronkov sat down with PharmaBoardroom to discuss a range of topics.…