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30 Young CEOs Closely Contest the Best Bio CEO Awards

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November 2023

The race was on among young biotech CEOs for top position in 2023 Best Bio CEO awards organised by Global Bio and Investment media in Taipei, Taiwan.

30 Young CEOs Closely Contest the Best Bio CEO Awards

All the 30 young CEOs participating in the final roadshow made a three minute presentation before the panel of judges to win the top position.

Dr Kuo-Hsiang Chuang, CEO, CytoArm became the Best Bio CEO. Dr Chuang is the inventor and leader of the Armed T-cell technology platform. He is promoting Armed T-cell products to arm cells against cancer. In his presentation he compared his technology with other CAR-T cells.

The second position was won jointly by Louis Cheng, Co-Founder and CEO, Leadgene Biomedical, and John Pan, President, SunWay Biotech. Under Cheng’s leadership Leadgene invests in R&D shaping a high-quality ecosystem for the biotechnology industry in Taiwan. Cheng was also selected as CEO with potential. Olivia Tseng, Chairperson, A-Top Health, was selected by vote for the best popularity award. Her company specialises in developing dermatological medical devices.

Besides the top and joint second winners, seven other top CEOs are Alex Lee of CatchGene, ChungHsin Wang of Trust Bio-sonics, Pan of La Vida Tec, Veon Lee of Asia Pathogenomics, Richard Hsu of Leeuwenhoek Laboratories, Yu-Fen Chang of LumiSTAR Biotechnology and Miko Wen of Taiwan Earning.

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