Healthcare startups eye potential investors at Hong Kong’s global health summit

About 180 healthcare startups to showcase innovations at Asia Summit on Global Health. Chief Executive John Lee and World Health Organization deputy director-general Zsuzsanna Jakab among speakers at summit. — SCMP

HONG KONG: Healthcare startups are eyeing potential investors at Hong Kong’s second Asia global health summit to implement their cutting-edge findings and bring fresh ideas to the sector.

The Asia Summit on Global Health, to be held from Thursday to Friday, will showcase innovations from about 180 healthcare start-ups, including Cognitact, led by a Hong Kong University of Science and Technology research team that developed a blood test to provide a diagnosis for Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms appear.