Hong Kong's Medical Research Leads the World. Why Is It Still Hard to Become a Biomedical Innovation Hub?

South China Morning Post launches a four-part "Health Matters" series, with the first article examining how Hong Kong can turn world-class medical research into actual treatments, and what it takes to become a global biomedical innovation hub. It uses the example of Tang Kai-yuen, who spent 10 years overcoming cost and production difficulties to develop a robotic hand that helps stroke patients regain mobility, to illustrate the challenges facing the local biomedical interface.