Healthtech

The 10 Start-up Express winners, an entrepreneurship development programme organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), represented diverse sectors, ranging from healthtech and greentech to edutech and mechanical engineering.

Antibiotics are critical weapons against bacterial infections, but resistant pathogens have become a severe problem over the past four decades as few new drugs have been developed.

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is attracting attention across the world and there are many moves to integrate the field with western medicine.

According to the 2024 Global Hepatitis Report by the World Health Organization, viral hepatitis is the second leading infectious cause of death globally – resulting in 1.3 million deaths per year and an average of 3,500 lives a day.

China’s 14th Five-Year Plan supports Hong Kong’s development into an international innovation and technology hub, which will provide new opportunities in healthcare and promote the city as an international health innovation hub.

Two flagship events, the Asia Summit on Global Health and the Hong Kong International Medical and Healthcare Fair (Medical Fair), will be held next week, highlighting Hong Kong’s strengths in healthcare.