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Nobel Laureate Symposium – Hepatitis C Virus and Drug Development Nobel Laureate Symposium – Hepatitis C Virus and Drug Development

Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is honored to invite Sir Michael Houghton, the 2020 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine to give an inspiring lecture at our upcoming Nobel Laureate Symposium – Hepatitis C Virus and Drug Development at HKBU campus on 24 February 2025.

This symposium is a unique platform to gain insights from and be inspired by Nobel Laureate and globally renowned experts on the latest advancements in biomedical research and drug development.

You can also connect with key figures who are shaping the future of medical science and healthcare, and our distinguished guests from the healthcare and scientific communities, HKBU researchers and scholars, investors, and other stakeholders.

Date: 24 February 2025 (Monday)

Time:  10:30 AM – 1:00 PM (registration starts at 10:00 AM)

Venue: Tsang Chan Sik Yue Auditorium (AAB201), 2/F Academic and Administration Building, Baptist University Road Campus,  HKBU

Language: English

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Rundown*

10:30 AM

Welcome Remarks 

by Prof. Alexander Ping-kong Wai, JP
President and Vice-Chancellor, HKBU

10:35 AM

Discovery of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV): the Nobel Prize in Medicine 2020

by Sir Michael Houghton
2020 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 

Some Stories in Anti-HCV Development

by Prof. Johnson Yiu-nam Lau
Adjunct Senior Investigator, Institute for Innovation, Translation and Policy Research, HKBU 

11:35 AM

Challenges and Opportunities in Drug Development

by Dr Robert Spiegel, M.D., FACP
Former Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President, Schering-Plough Research Institute (now Merck & Co) 

12:00 PM

Panel Discussion – Biomedical Research and Drug Development

Moderators: 

  • Prof. Manson Fok
    Dean of Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology 
  • Prof. Johnson Yiu-nam Lau

Panelists: 

  • Sir Michael Houghton
  • Dr Robert Spiegel, M.D., FACP

 

*Note: Programme and schedule are subject to change

Programme, Abstracts and Speaker Biographies

 

Nobel Lecture

 

Sir Michael Houghton Sir Michael Houghton

 

Sir Michael Houghton

2020 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine

  • Globally renowned virologist pioneering a new area of viral hepatitis research
  • Discovery of the HDV genome and HCV & specific diagnostics

 

Speaker and Panelist

 

Dr Robert Spiegel, M.D., FACP Dr Robert Spiegel, M.D., FACP

 

Dr Robert Spiegel, M.D., FACP

Former Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President, Schering-Plough Research Institute (now Merck & Co)

  • Senior Advisor, Warburg Pincus
  • Board directorship of public & private companies and non-profit

  

Moderators

 

Prof. Manson Fok Prof. Manson Fok

 

Prof. Manson Fok

Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST)

  • Director, MUST Hospital
  • Chairman, Virtus Medical Group
  • China’s “Top 100 candidates for the National Outstanding Physician Award”
Prof. Johnson Yiu-nam Lau Prof. Johnson Yiu-nam Lau

 

Prof. Johnson Yiu-nam Lau

Adjunct Senior Investigator, ITPR, HKBU

  • Former Senior Executive at Schering-Plough/Merck
  • H-index 83
  • Led 5 novel drugs development with global approval and 5 IND applications