Date / Time: 6 Mar 2022

10:00-12:00 (CET); 17:00-19:00 (Taiwan time)

Location: Virtual meeting. The conference link will be sent before the meeting.

The 5^th ETBA General Assembly (GA) will be held in the visual meeting on 6^th Mar 2022. The goals of this event are to give our members and interested audience a short overview about our current status and future activities. Furthermore, it is also a great opportunity to increase the interaction and connections among ETBA members and the local Taiwanese community.

Date/Time: 26 Sep 2021

Location: Obwalden, Central Switzerland

We would like to invite you to the Autumn hike with us at Lungern on 26th September 2021. The trip will start in the late morning at Lungern station, followed by a half-day excursion along the hiking route around Lungerersee. As the hiking route is stroller- and child-friendly, we encourage you to bring your family to enjoy the day at the lake with us. It will be an excellent opportunity to meet ETBA members and other people in person.

活動時間: 2021/7/15  星期四 3 pm 台灣時間 / 9 am 歐洲時間

活動地點: Zoom

從 2019 年底 COVID-19 疫情爆發，各大藥廠開始積極投入相關疫苗開發，法規單位也發表 COVID-19 之應變指引。臨床試驗是疫苗開發重要的一環，它確保了疫苗的安全性以及功效性，即使在疫情急迫情況下，在進入市場前，疫苗也需遵守緊急使用授權 (EUA) 之規定。EUA是什麼？免疫橋接又是什麼？聽得霧煞煞，不要擔心，來聽專家為你解說！

Date / Time:
7 Feb 2021; 10:00 – 12:00 CET; 17:00 – 19:00 Taiwan time

Location: Virtual meeting. The conference link will be sent before the meeting.

The 4^th ETBA General Assembly (GA) will be held in the visual meeting on 7^th Feb 2021. The goals of this event are to give our members and interested audience a short overview about our current status and future activities. Furthermore, it is also a great opportunity to increase the interaction and connections among ETBA members and the local Taiwanese community.

The third ETBA General Assembly (GA) was successfully held in Zürich, Switzerland on 8th of February 2020 and participants enjoyed a happy afternoon. Our participants were briefed about our current status and future activities.  Furthermore, Dr. Linus Kao was elected as the 2nd  ETBA president. Under his guidance, we believe ETBA will continue to realize our main goals.

第三屆ETBA會員大會暨元宵活動已於2020年二月八日下午圓滿落幕，與會成員們彼此交流和度過闔家歡樂的下午。此次活動目的成功地向會員報告本會目前的運作情況以及未來一年的活動規劃，第二屆會長由高子翔博士繼續擔任，期許ETBA在他帶領之下繼續壯大。

2019 Switzerland-Taiwan Medtech Leader’s Forum was successfully held in Basel, Switzerland to facilitate the business collaboration between Taiwan and Switzerland. With a special focus on Medtech industry, this half-day forum discussed about an overview of the local industry landscape in both Taiwan and Switzerland, as well as covered the Medical Device Regulation (MDR), AI in life science, and business collaboration between these two countries. Participants had a lively discussion and inspired many fruitful thoughts.

After fruitful events in Switzerland and Taiwan, ETBA oragnized its first seminar in Germany. The seminar successfully delivered different perspectives on the life science industry in Germany and application strategies to audience of various backgrounds.

The second ETBA General Assembly was held in Zürich, Switzerland on 19th Jan, 2019. The goal of this event was to give our members and interested audience an overview about our past and future activities. It was a great occasion for our core team to interact and connect with the members. We wish everyone a successful start in 2019.

第二屆ETBA會員大會暨尾牙活動已於2019年一月十九日下午圓滿落幕，活動中幹部們依序向會員們報告本會目前的運作情況以及未來一年的展望，會議之外這也是個讓幹部和會員們彼此認識及互相交流的絕佳場合。敬祝大家2019一切順利。

With the goal to enhance the dialogue between Taiwan and European countries, ETBA hosts the 2018 Switzerland-Taiwan Biotech Leaders Forum (STBLF) together with our partners Trade Office of Swiss Industries (TOSI), Taiwan Bio Industry Organization and EY Taiwan. The event features a unique blend of speakers and distinguished panelists from both Switzerland and Taiwan to share their views on the innovation and business opportunities between Switzerland and Taiwan.

In recent years, career development in Life Science sector no longer follows a linear trajectory. Starting up a company is getting increasingly popular as a new career option. To discover the resources and opportunities to kick off your venture, the Career Workshop brought to you by ETBA is the one that you should not miss. Furthermore, exciting career opportunities in Taiwan are also worth exploring!

To support Taiwanese biotech companies forming international IP strategy, ETBA invited Prof. Fong-Chin Su, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Science and Technology (蘇芳慶教授 科技部政務次長) and Prof. Chieh-Hsi Wu, Vice President, Taipei Medical University (吳介信教授 臺北醫學大學副校長) for opening remark. Dr. Bor-Fuei Huang, Secretary General, Taiwan Bio Industry Organization (黃博輝博士 台灣生物產業發展協會秘書長) as event moderator. Dr. Alexander Straus (European Patent and Trademark Attorney) from Germany and Dr. Ying-Ja Chen (Vice Director at ACT Genomics) to cover the essential IP strategy in Europe and US markets.

The first ETBA General Assembly was held at Gemeinschaftsraum nearby Triemli, Zürich, Switzerland on 4th February, 2018. The goal of this event was to give our members and interested audience a short overview about what we have achieved in 2017 and what we plan to do in 2018. It was also a good social event to meet new friends and to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year.

Taiwan is undergoing a boom in biotechnology. More and more locally-developed drugs are entering late-stage clinical trials. New service providers, and manufacturing facilities are emerging to fulfill the needs from this rapidly growing industry. The 2nd Switzerland – Taiwan Joint Business Council successfully brought together the business executives and institutional delegates to promote business collaboration in the biotechnology arena.

本次講座涵蓋三大主題：求職, 人際網路建立,以及大家關切的瑞士工作簽證申請。ETBA 特別邀請瑞士的移民法律顧問為與會者解釋瑞士移民簽證的種類和回答工作簽證的相關疑問，另外也有多位在業界工作的專業人士分享在大公司內部創業的實例，以及在海外找工作很重要的基本知識，例如: 歐洲求職的履歷準備，尋找職缺的管道，申請工作及面試的常見問題。最後，如何在歐洲建立自己的人際網絡及networking 的實戰技巧，也引起大家的熱烈討論。希望大家完成學業進入社會後，都能順利找到理想的工作。

歐洲台灣生技協會在各界人士的合力推動之下於2017年盛大成立，四月的開幕式內容涵括了官方代表瑞士大使及德國科技組組長致詞、ETBA協會介紹、何秉智教授對於瑞士洛桑生物醫學研究方向及對欲攻讀生物博士學位學子們的建議、徐淑芳博士分享在學界及製藥界工作內容及職場文化的差界、以及王書挺先生分享工程師如何在醫療產業發揮所長，貢獻一己之力。本次活動奕同步提供網路直播，豐富內容吸引來自瑞士、德國、美國、台灣等地的參與者即時共襄盛舉，除了成功的宣傳ETBA的成立，也讓台灣生技人才多了一個跟歐洲生技圈交流的管道。