BIOTECH

03 March 2022

Melbourne grew explosively in the mid-19th century following the discovery of gold in Victoria, and the city later found its feet as a wool export hub. By the 21st century, Melbourne had developed into a resource and life-sciences hub, continuing to update its capabilities. More

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Post-Covid Prospects: Switzerland

23 February 2022

Switzerland, with a high level of immunity among its population due to vaccinations and earlier infections, has lifted almost all pandemic-related restrictions. This interview looks at how the Swiss economy and its various forward-thinking business ecosystems are ready to work with their Hong Kong counterparts for a better, post-pandemic future. More

Tech & Innovation

Cancer clinic comes home

16 February 2022

Aurora Tele-Oncology (ATO) hopes to light up recovery prospects for cancer patients through what is believed to be Hong Kong’s first oncology telemedicine platform, where they can seek advice from specialists online. More

Tech & Innovation

Money follows science

20 January 2022

Biotechnology is an applied science, where scientific discoveries yield products and services that can in turn feed profitable businesses. More

Tech & Innovation

Health hub made to order

01 December 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic and lightning-fast development of vaccines, as well as coordinated global efforts to slow the spread of the disease, emphasised the need for a unified effort to combat health threats. More

Tech & Innovation

The ideal global health hub

25 November 2021

Hong Kong’s population – well-educated, technologically sophisticated and simultaneously growing richer and older – underlines the situation in Asia as a whole, which has driven the rapid development of biotechnology and medical technology in the region. More

Market Opportunities

Connectivity rules for hub cities

23 November 2021

London and Hong Kong have long functioned as hubs for massive geopolitical regions – the North Atlantic comprising Europe and North America, and Asia-Pacific. More

Tech & Innovation

Nimble biotech firms take up challenge

12 August 2021

Hong Kong’s success in keeping the COVID-19 pandemic in check has often been attributed to several factors, including the city’s experience as the epicentre of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003. More

Tech & Innovation

Start-ups reach out

02 July 2021

The serial information technology revolutions – transistors (1950s), integrated circuits (1960s), personal computers (1970s, 80s), Internet (1990s) and mobile devices (2010s) – had a profound effect on the global economy because of their breadth. The jump in communication, data processing and storage capacity transformed every field from accounting to zoology. More

Tech & Innovation

Genes unzipped

10 May 2021

Just as plummeting costs for data processing, storage and transmission drove the information technology revolution over the past 50 years, the plunging cost of sequencing genomes has been boosting biotechnology since the turn of the millennium. More

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