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The China International Import Expo is becoming greener! As China is getting more focused on its carbon peak and neutrality goals, sustainable development has been a hot subject at the expo.
A specially themed space has been set up at the 360,000-square-meter business exhibition area for the first time at the fifth China International Import Expo in Shanghai, reflecting the transition from exhibitors to investors.
Boehringer Ingelheim Taiwan Ltd yesterday awarded six research teams and pharmaceutical start-ups a total of NT$5 million (US$176,398) to support their efforts in innovation as their work shows great potential for satisfying unmet medical needs, it said.
The awards are part of its parent company’s “Grass Roots Initiative” program, which enables the study of emerging science by championing early-stage life-science companies, managing director James Chiou (邱建誌) told an award ceremony in Taipei.
The six teams were selected by the company’s headquarters out of 169 companies that applied for the reward, Chiou said.
Through the program, Boehringer Ingelheim not only encourages innovation in medicine,
TECHIE TREATMENTS: One research team recognized by Boehringer Ingelheim developed a method to embed tumor cells on a chip for testing medicinesBy Kao Shih-ching / Staff reporter