President Song Ruilin meets with vice president of the University of Western Ontario and his delegation

Source: on April 26, 2013, CFDA executive chairman song Ruilin held a meeting with John Capone, vice president of the University of Western Ontario, Canada, and Paul paolatto, President of the technology transfer center of worldcoveries who visited Beijing The two sides had in-depth and friendly exchanges on cooperation in the field of biomedical innovation technology and policy research President song first introduced the general situation of China Association for the promotion of drugs President Song said that during the 12th Five Year Plan period, the Chinese government and industry are expected to invest more than 100 billion yuan in pharmaceutical research and development There is a good complementarity between China's strong market demand and western basic research China Pharmaceutical Council is very pleased to establish close ties with Canadian research institutions and innovative enterprises, including the University of Western Ontario, Canada, and carry out multi-level and multi field cooperation in technology exchange and policy research John Capone, vice president, said that the University of Western Ontario, located in London, Ontario, Canada, is one of the largest research universities in Canada and the first Canadian university to set up a technology transfer center in China The university has strong scientific research advantages in the fields of medicine and health, biotechnology, natural science and so on, and has specialized medical policy research institutions The University of Western Ontario attaches great importance to cooperation with relevant institutions in China At present, the University of Western Ontario has established a partnership with Nanjing University After preliminary understanding, he is willing to cooperate with the China Council for the promotion of drugs in the transfer of scientific and technological achievements and policy research Paul paolatto, President, said that the technology transfer and Business Development Department of the University of Western Ontario is the center for technology transfer and business development of world services (WD) Supported by the University's strong R & D capability and rich resources, the center's business involves many fields, and biomedicine is its promotion focus Since London, Ontario and Nanjing, Jiangsu are sister cities, WD has offices in Hong Kong and Nanjing, China He sincerely invited representatives of China Pharmaceutical Association to visit the University of Western Ontario and WD in July this year to exchange and discuss specific technical projects President Song said that the member units of China Pharmaceutical Association, including China Pharmaceutical University, Hengrui pharmaceutical, Xiansheng pharmaceutical, Shenghe pharmaceutical and Jiangsu aosaikang, are all located in Jiangsu Province President Song suggested that the University of Western Ontario should establish close ties with these Chinese enterprises, and carry out cooperative discussions with the upcoming "National Center for drug policy and pharmaceutical industry economic research" on pharmaceutical policy issues of common concern He also hoped that the university would arrange discussions with its relevant policy research institutions during the visit in July this year In addition, President song also introduced the "2013 International Pharmaceutical Innovation Summit" and invited the Canadian side to organize projects to participate in the docking and negotiation activities The two sides agreed to establish a cooperation mechanism in promoting drug innovation, promoting cooperation in scientific research projects and pharmaceutical policy research between China and Canada, and carry out long-term and normalized cooperation Chen Changxiong, Executive Deputy Secretary General of China pharmaceutical promotion association, Wang Xin, deputy director of international affairs, Ting Ling, director of Asia Affairs Office of worldcoveries technology transfer center, and Karen Wong, operation manager attended the meeting Group photo of meeting representatives (from right: Ting Ling, director of Asia Affairs Office of worldcoveries technology transfer center, Paul paolatto, President of worldcoveries technology transfer center, John Capone, vice president of University of Western Ontario , song Ruilin, executive chairman of China pharmaceutical promotion association, Chen Changxiong, Executive Deputy Secretary General of China pharmaceutical promotion association, Wang Xin, deputy director of international affairs of China pharmaceutical promotion association)