On September 21st, the French Healthcare Alliance (FHA) held with great success its 12th plenary meeting in Shanghai.
This year’s edition was special as it was the chance to celebrate the 10 years anniversary of the French Healthcare Alliance and the first plenary organized face to face since the recent pandemic. More than one hundred participants, and many more online, joined the French Healthcare Alliance’s events on that day, representing a wide range of health-related industries and companies, along with several healthcare practitioners.
Bertrand LORTHOLARY, French Ambassador in China, opened the plenary session. He highlighted the dynamism of the French Healthcare Alliance and wished a great success to the coming events. He reiterated his support to the French healthcare companies’ development in China and reminded the audience of the long and fruitful cooperation between France and China in the field of healthcare. French companies, but also public research institutions, have been in China for many years, bringing innovations but also manufacturing capacities and services to China.
French Healthcare Alliance’s co-president Olivier DESSAJAN (Colisée group), Romain JACQUET (French Embassy in Beijing, China) and Alexandre EA (Business France) gave a brief overview of the Alliance’s activities over the last 10 years and its objectives and upcoming activities. In this regard, they told the audience that the Alliance’s strength and development strongly depend on its members’ commitments and initiatives. Looking to the future, the Alliance is open for new members and contributors, to join and engage with an already dynamic community. It was followed by a welcome address and presentation by Wayne SHI, Sanofi President of Greater China, hosting the event of the day in Sanofi Shanghai offices.
For this year’s plenary session, the French Healthcare Alliance invited 10 industry experts, including some members of the steering committee, to share their experiences and insights with the audience, for 3 thematic round table discussions.
The first session was an introduction by Christian GIANELLA (Economic Affairs, French Embassy in Beijing, China) about Chinese general economy and market.
The next session was a roundtable, focused on basic and supplemental medical insurances. Moderated by Jonathan CHAPON (ABACARE), it gathered speakers from Taiping Pension (Aaron TANG) and Axa China (Cherry WANG). Each company presented and discussed about medical insurance scheme in China and partnerships between public and private on the field.
The second roundtable, moderated by Irénée ROBIN (VVR Medical), was dedicated to Subcontracting and CDMO opportunities. Speakers from Cartolux (Yannick RAVIER) and Unither (Zheng NI) discussed about the topic with a focus on the experience of a medical device manufacturer and the trends for pharmaceutical industry.
Finally, the third roundtable covered the challenges of infectious diseases in China, regarding diagnostics and vaccines perspectives. Speakers from Biomerieux (Kevin LI) and Sanofi China (Feier CHEN) exchanged views and insights regarding the diagnostics and vaccines perspectives in China, it was moderated by Eric BOUTEILLER (CEIBS, Founder of the FHA).
Warm thanks and regards to all the speakers who share their views and experiences during this event and thanks to everyone for joining. Many thanks to the steering committee members who organized this event and thanks to SANOFI for hosting the event and providing logistic support all along.
