Bioscience heading to Honkers
Monday, 23 July, 2007
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council and Austrade planning an Australian trade delegation to Hong Kong in October to showcase Australian science and bioscience industry capabilities.
Australian companies from the following sectors are invited to participate:
- Science and laboratory equipment manufacturers
- Clinical trial CROs and trial site managers
- Biomedical research institutes
- Drug discovery and platform technology developers
- Bio-clusters and state/local government representatives
- Biomedical companies seeking investors or manufacturing partner
The mission will take place from October 4 to 5.
For more information contact Stan Roche at Austrade on 03 9648 3192, email stan.roche@austrade.gov.au or Peter Bosevski at the Hong Kong Trade Development Council on 02 9261 8911, email peter.bosevski@tdc.org.hk.
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