Neukio Biotherapeutics Founder and CEO Dr. Liqun Wang Honored with Shanghai's Magnolia Memorial Award

Dec 04, 2023 17:01 CST Updated 17:01

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“Magnolia Award"One of the series of awards for foreign recognition in Shanghai, aiming to honor and encourage foreign individuals who have made outstanding contributions to Shanghai's economic construction, social development, and foreign relations. The Foreign Affairs Office of the Shanghai Municipal Government awarded 50 outstanding foreign individuals from 15 countries this afternoon. Thank you for their contributions to Shanghai!

On December 3, the 2023 Shanghai "Magnolia Memorial Award" presentation ceremony was held in Shanghai. Fifty outstanding foreign individuals from 15 countries, including Armenia, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, the Netherlands, Romania, Singapore, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States, were honored with this prestigious award. Kong Fu'an, Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, along with leaders from some of the joint meeting member units responsible for the review of foreign awards, presented medals and certificates to the awardees. Over a hundred representatives from relevant departments of the Shanghai Municipal Government, the awardees' affiliated organizations, family members, and media attended the event to witness the presentation ceremony of the "Magnolia Memorial Award."

Dr. Lixun Wang (third from the right), Founder, Chairman and CEO of Xingyiang (Shanghai) Biotechnology Co., Ltd.

Dr. Wang Liqun, founder, chairman, and CEO of Xingyiang (Shanghai) Biotechnology Co., Ltd., is one of this year's 50 awardees.Winners from fields such as trade, finance, technology, shipping, education, healthcare, and culture have leveraged their strengths to make outstanding contributions in various positions toward Shanghai's efforts to deepen the construction of the "five centers," strengthen the "four major functions," and advance high-level reform, opening up, and high-quality development. They are not only witnesses to Shanghai’s development but also active participants and promoters. The Shanghai municipal government expressed gratitude for their efforts and hopes that, through the Magnolia Awards series, more international talents will be inspired to come to Shanghai, stay in Shanghai, and integrate into Shanghai, supporting the city’s accelerated development into a socialist modern international metropolis with global influence.

About Xingyiang

XingyiangFocus on iPSC-derived CAR-NK advanced technology, Innovating at the source from two major aspects: product and process development,Development of Universal, Mass-Produced, Next-Generation Immune Cell Products for Solid Tumor Treatment, filling the global gap, significantly reducing the production cost of cellular products, and increasing the coverage of indications to provide accessible and affordable high-quality cellular drugs for cancer patients worldwide, establishing China's leading position. The company has currently obtained four software copyright patents, has seven national invention patents pending approval, and two PCT filings. It has completed two rounds of financing totaling 98 million US dollars. Within less than three years of its establishment, the candidate product is about to enter clinical validation.

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