Meeting Minutes of the Taiwan-Canada Biotechnology Committee

Thursday, July 10, 2003 at 14:30 hours

Canadian Trade Office in Taipei

(13th Floor, 365 Fu Hsing North Road, Taipei)

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Objectives of the Committee:

(1)To identify, plan and organize Taiwan-Canada events

(2) To establish a contact network and disseminate commercial and science-related leads

(3) To communicate success stories and events to local media

(4) To promote Taiwan-Canada cooperation in biotechnology business development

Attendees:

Co-Chair:

  • (CTOT) Mr. Jordan Reeves/ Deputy Director

Members:

  • (CTOT) Mr. Majid Dellah/ Deputy Director - Investment
  • (CTOT) Mr. Michael Chen/ Representative for the Quebec Trade Office
  • (CTOT) Ms. Li-An Chen/ Representative for Alberta Trade Office
  • (CTOT) Ms. Karen Huang/ Senior Commercial Officer
  • (CTOT) Ms. Sylvia Shih/ Commercial Officer – Investment
  • (BC Office) Ms. Carrie Pederson/ Commercial Officer
  • (BPIPO) Ms. Tina Lin/ Manager
  • (BPIPO) Ms.Anny Lee/Project Manager
  • (BPIPO) Ms.Julia Chou
  • (Asia Pacific Telehealth Technologies, Inc.) Dr. Sam Wu/CEO
  • (Asia Pacific Telehealth Technologies, Inc.) Ms. Sarah Wu
  • (DCB) Dr. Bor-Fuei Huang/ Director
  • (DCB) Dr. Shu-Shyang Kuo/ Associate Director
  • (TTY) Mr. Paul Kao/VP of International Business Development
  • (TTY) Mr. Leon Liao/Assist. Product Manager of QOL Marketing Div.
  • (Euroc) Mr. Danny Lu
  • (CIDC Consultants, Inc.)Mr. Ching-chih Lai/Investment Analyst
  • (Godene Life Science Campus Inc.) Dr. Allen Lee

Meeting Minutes:

(1)Welcome

(2)Introduction of new members

- Asia Pacific Telehealth Technologies, Inc., represented by Dr. Sam Wu, CEO & Ms. Sarah Wu

- DCB, Dr. Bor-Fuei Huang, Director

- BC Office, Ms. Carrie Pederson, Commercial Officer

- TTY, represented by Dr. Paul Kao/Senior VP of International Business Development & Mr. Leon Liao, Assistant Product Manager of QOL Marketing Div.

- Euroc V.C. Group, represented by Mr. Danny Lu, Assistant Manager

- CIDC Consultants, Inc., represented by Mr. Ching-chih Lai, Investment Analyst

- Godene Life Science Campus Inc., represented by Mr. Allen Lee

(3) P2P( a Nova Scotia based telemedicine system developer, launched its products in Taiwan through its local agent APTT. APTT presented on P2P’s cutting-edge videoconferencing technologyand APTT ‘s business plan.

(4) Bio 2003 Canada-Taiwan Partnering Event Follow up – Canada organized a partnering event on June 22 in Washington DC, to enhance the image of Canada’s capability in biotechnology during BIO2003. Eight Taiwanese companies participated

and 32 meetings arranged between Canadian and their Taiwanese counterparts. While the follow up survey is still on going, initial feedback from Canadian participants and Taiwanese participants has been very positive.

(5) BioContact, October 1-3, 2003 ( – CTOT to invite Taiwan companies to attend the Symposium in Quebec City and arrange personal meetings. A pdf file containing a list of 60 participating Canadian company profiles is available upon request. BPIPO to post BioContact information, supplied by CTOT, on the BPIPO website.

(6)APEC Biotech Conference, Taipei, September 29 - Dr. Kevin Keough, Chief Scientist for Health Canada to speak at “Biotechnology in Canada”

(7)

Bio Business Asia, Taipei, September 30-October. 1

- Profiles for following Canadian companies were presented:

Galileo Genomics (

H3 Pharma (

International Wex (

- CTOT to organize partnering event and investment forum on Oct. 2.

- Committee Members were encouraged to reserve their meeting times with the Canadian companies prior to the event.

(8) Investment Team presented CTOT’s Science & Technology Program

- CTOT and NSC of Taiwan are in discussions to identify research areas for future cooperation. For details on research projects between Taiwan and Canada, please contact Majid Dellah and Sylvia Shih of CTOT.

- CTOT S&T e-newsletter will be available for distribution soon.