Hong Kong life and health tech entrepreneurs on shared quest to make the world healthier
During a breathwork session, three company founders discuss how the city is the ideal innovation hub for realising their global ambitions
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Hong Kong entrepreneurs share global visions for healthcare during breathwork session
On a winter afternoon, three life and health technology entrepreneurs and a breathwork specialist, all based in Hong Kong, have come together to share their visions of how to make the world a healthier place.
They chose to do so during an outdoor breathing exercise session, where they explored how the practice could help them stay in top form and power ahead on their innovation journeys.
“I trained as a doctor, but the tools available to doctors are limited. There are a lot of new diseases coming, but medicines are limited,” says Xia Jin, one of the session’s participants, who is co-founder and CEO of Immuno Cure. “I felt that by getting into the academic field, I could help develop new medicines and treat more patients.”
The company’s mission is to bridge the gap between the scientific discovery and the making of a drug through biotech. It is making good headway with a therapeutic HIV vaccine and an antibody for cancer treatment, both of which are going through clinical trials.
“Both our vaccine and antibody are first in class,” Jin says. “They have global patents. Once the product is patented globally, it represents the first creation of such a product.”
Brian Lai, the session’s instructor and founder of Primal Breathwork in Hong Kong, was inspired to start his company by his own past struggle with mental health. That experience led him to a meditation retreat where he discovered the power of breathwork.