ECCT Premium Event

Launch of Taiwan Digital Health Report:

Considerations for fostering the best ecosystem

Panelists/Speakers:
Dr LEE Po-Chang, Director General of NHIA, MoHW. 健保署署長李伯璋
Dr WU Shiou-Mei, Director General of TFDA, MoHW. 食藥署署長吳秀梅
Mr Anthony Jones, Head of Virtual Healthcare, Sanofi
Mr Jorge Wagner, General Manager, Novartis (Taiwan)
Mr Ed Deng, CEO, Health2Sync
Dr Hasnaa Fatehi, Founder, QARALOGIC Consulting

Date: Tuesday, 7, December 2021
Time: 12:00 – 14:20
Venue: W Hotel Taipei, Mega Room (8F) /   W酒店風尚廳 (8F)
Address: 10 Zhongxiao East Road Sec. 5 / 台北市信義區忠孝東路5段10號

You are cordially invited to the launch of the Taiwan Digital Health Report: Considerations for fostering the best ecosystem, sponsored by Sanofi and presented in association with the European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan (ECCT) with the support of La French Tech Taiwan. The launch event will include a presentation of an overview of the report and a panel discussion and Q&A featuring digital health experts from government and the private sector.

Taiwan occupies a unique position in the Asia-Pacific region. As a middle-income society, it is a suitable environment for incubating novel digitalisation concepts. The market size is ideal for a first launch in Asia, the population well versed in technology, internet access is considered a human right, and open data governance is one of the many expressions of local policies promoting transparency, accountability, and value creation. In addition, there is consistent and continuous government support for digitisation and digitalisation through funding, new policy making, or cross-agency collaboration.

The island is particularly well positioned to lead the region in breakthrough, patient-centric, and evidence-based digital health solutions. For the past two decades, Taiwan has maintained very high satisfaction rates for its National Health Insurance programme. The local regulatory agency, the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA), is a trusted industry partner and the information and communications technology (ICT) industry, one of the largest in the world, is quickly expanding into digital health innovation. Nonetheless, so far Taiwan has not been able to build a true competitive advantage and differentiate itself from regional and international players. Local digital health innovators are looking with envy to Singapore and South Korea, while venture capital and large multinational partnerships and investments into digital health remain limited.

The report discusses missing links in existing structures and efforts that would be required to propel the digital health industry in Taiwan. Most importantly, recommendations based on initiatives taken in leading digital health markets such as the US, Germany, France, and the UK are presented as approaches worthy of consideration for accelerating digital health transformation.

Agenda:

12:00 - 12:25 Reception

12:25 - 12:30 Opening and welcome

12:30 - 13:00 Lunch is served

13:00 - 13:15 Report Presentation / Dr Hasnaa Fatehi, Founder, QARALOGIC Consulting

13:15 - 13:25 Creating a new ecosystem: Towards greater integration with new technologies / Mr Anthony Jones, Head of Virtual Healthcare, Sanofi

13:25 -13:35 Management and Perspective of Digital Health Medical Devices in Taiwan / Dr WU Shiou-Mei, Director General of TFDA

13:35 -13:45 How the National Health Insurance System can Assist in Accelerating Digital Healthcare / Dr LEE Po-Chang, Director General of NHIA

13:45- 14:15 Panel Discussion - Theme: Taiwan digital health and Q&A

Moderator: Dr Hasnaa Fatehi

Panelists:

• Dr LEE Po-chang
• Dr WU Shiou-Mei
• Mr Anthony Jones
• Mr Jorge Wagner, General Manager, Novartis (Taiwan)
• Mr Ed Deng, CEO, Health2Sync

14:15 - 14:20 Group Photo & Gifts

Cost (including lunch): NT$1600 for members and NT$2200 for members' guest(s),

To cancel without penalty, written cancellations must be received by 3 Dec, 2021.

Contact: Page Tsai / Tel: 2740-0236 ext. 228 / page.tsai@ecct.com.tw

Special thanks to the following sponsor: