Ua tus thawj coj ntawm Qiming Venture Partners, Nisa Leung tau nqis peev ntau dua 30 ntawm Tuam Tshoj txoj kev kho mob loj heev. Hauv qab nws cov ntaub ntawv muaj txiaj ntsig zoo yog nws lub hom phiaj los daws ntau yam kab mob uas tsis tuaj yeem ua tau.
With lub thawv zoo li lub khob kas fes siab, Nisa Leung tsis txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv Covid-19 - nws nqus tau nws. Tus neeg ua lag luam tau dhau los ua tus neeg mob ntxov rau lub ntiaj teb thawj cov tshuaj tiv thaiv Covid-19, tau nthuav tawm lub Cuaj Hli dhau los los ntawm Shanghai-based CanSino Biologics, ib qho ntawm nws cov tuam txhab lag luam.
"Leej twg paub seb puas yuav muaj lwm hom Covid tawm los?" hais tias Leung, tus thawj coj ntawm Qiming Venture Partners, hauv kev xam phaj nyob sab nraud ntawm Forbes Global CEO lub rooj sib tham. Leung txhawb nqa CanSino hauv 2015, tsis ntev tom qab lub tuam txhab biopharmaceutical tsim nws thawj qhov chaw tsim tshuaj tiv thaiv. Dab tsi nyiam nws yog lub tuam txhab kev loj hlob ntawm meningococcal meningitis tshuaj tiv thaiv rau menyuam yaus, uas thaum lub sijhawm tsis muaj nyob hauv Suav teb. Txij thaum ntawd los, CanSino tau dhau los ua ib lub teb chaws loj tshaj plaws biotechs, nrog kev lag luam peev ntawm $ 3.8 billion.
Leung txoj kev tsis txaus siab thiab qhov muag rau kev kho mob tshiab yog qhov tseem ceeb rau nws txoj kev vam meej. Tshaj tawm ntawm xyoo no Forbes 50 Ntau tshaj 50 daim ntawv teev npe, Leung, 52, yog ib txwm nyob hauv Forbes Midas Daim Ntawv Teev Npe ntawm cov neeg ua lag luam zoo tshaj plaws hauv ntiaj teb. Hauv 2022, nws yog suav tus thib ob-siab tshaj plaws poj niam investor nyob rau hauv Tuam Tshoj tom qab Anna Fang, tus khub thiab CEO ntawm ZhenFund. Ib cag ntawm CanSino, nws cov ntaub ntawv suav nrog Tuam Tshoj tus tsim tshuaj insulin loj tshaj plaws Gan thiab Lee thiab kws tshuaj loj Wuxi Biologics, cofounded thiab thawj coj los ntawm billionaire. Li Ge.
Lub ntiaj teb thawj zaug nqus tau cov tshuaj tiv thaiv Covid-19 (Ad5-nCoV), tso rau ntawm CanSino Biologics lub rooj muag zaub thaum lub sijhawm 5th Hainan International Health Industry Expo.
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Founded hauv 2006 thiab raws li nyob rau hauv Beijing, Qiming Venture Partners yog ib tug thaum ntxov backer ntawm tech giants xws li billionaire. Wang Xing's Meituan thiab billionaire Lei Junyog Xiaomi. Lub tuam txhab peev nyiaj tau nce tag nrho $ 9.4 nphom hauv peev thoob 11 cov nyiaj, nrog rau kev tsom mus rau cov neeg siv khoom siv thev naus laus zis thiab kev lag luam kho mob; stxij li xyoo 2020, Qiming's 480 cov tuam txhab lag luam tau nthuav tawm 34 IPOs, 25 ntawm cov khoom siv kho mob.
Lub Kaum Ob Hlis tas los, cov tub ceev xwm Suav tshaj tawm Kev so ntawm kev tswj hwm nruj Covid-19 nyob hauv cov nroog thoob plaws Suav teb, ua rau muaj kev sib tw ua lag luam raws li cov tub ua lag luam bet lub ntiaj teb kev lag luam loj thib ob yuav thaum kawg rov qhib rau lwm lub ntiaj teb. Dealmaking hauv Suav teb poob los ntawm 45% hauv 2020, qib qis tshaj txij li xyoo 2008, raws li cov ntaub ntawv Refinitiv.
Leung hais tias "Kuv xav tias Tuam Tshoj muaj txoj haujlwm tshwj xeeb los ua si rau cov khoom lag luam thoob ntiaj teb," Leung hais. Nws tseem "zoo siab heev" nyob rau yav tom ntej luv luv thiab nruab nrab ntawm kev nqis peev kev noj qab haus huv hauv Suav teb, txawm hais tias nws hais tias txoj haujlwm tau txais nyiaj ntau dhau vim yog Covid-19 kis thoob qhov txhia chaw.
Nws txoj kev ntseeg siab yog kev tshoov siab los ntawm kev tawm tsam ntawm tus tsim nws tau ua haujlwm nrog. Thaum lub sij hawm kaw thoob plaws nroog ntawm Shanghai xyoo 2020, ntau lub tuam txhab Qiming cov tuam txhab ua haujlwm tau ua haujlwm hauv chaw ua haujlwm tau 2-3 lub hlis, nws hais. Txwv tsis pub tawm ntawm lub tsev, lawv tau ua tub rog. Ntawm cov da dej, qee cov neeg ua haujlwm tau teeb tsa cov txheej txheem los so lawv tus kheej hauv chav dej.
"Nws yog qhov kev mob siab tiag tiag, uas kuv xav tias tseem ceeb heev," nws hais. Kev kho kom haum rau qhov "kev nyuaj siab" ntawm kev kaw yuav tsum muaj pab pawg kom muaj kev ntseeg loj heev, lees txais cov nyiaj hli qis lossis tsis muaj mus txog thaum lawv tuaj yeem rov pib dua lawv cov sijhawm li qub. "Yog vim li cas kuv ib txwm hais tias 'tsis txhob twv tawm tsam cov neeg ua lag luam Suav, vim lawv ua haujlwm tiag tiag, nyuaj heev," nws hais ntxiv.
Cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv Shanghai hnav khaub ncaws tiv thaiv ib sab ntawm thaj chaw kaw.
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Tau nce hauv Hong Kong, Leung kawm tiav los ntawm Cornell University nrog bachelor's degree hauv kev tswj hwm thiab los ntawm Stanford Graduate School of Business nrog MBA. Tus thawj coj tus khub hais txog nws tus txiv ntxawm txoj kev sib ntaus sib tua nrog mob qog noj ntshav thaum pib ntawm nws txoj kev mus rau kev nqis peev kev noj qab haus huv. Raws li nws tsev neeg nrhiav kev kho mob rau tus txiv ntxawm hauv Guangzhou, Leung tuaj pom qhov tsis zoo ntawm Tuam Tshoj txoj kev kho mob.
"Thaum twg kuv pom cov neeg mob mob qog noj ntshav rau pej xeem thov rau lub siab ntawm kev sib raug zoo, kuv ib txwm xav tias kev khuv leej," Leung tau sau rau xyoo 2019. blog ncej rau Qiming. “Yog hais tias qhov kev txiav tawm [mob qog nqaij hlav] tuaj yeem ua tiav ntxov, qhov ciaj sia ntawm cov neeg mob siab heev; Txawm li cas los xij, mob qog noj ntshav tseem yog tus thib peb tus mob qog noj ntshav loj tshaj plaws hauv Hong Kong. "
Txij thaum ntawd los, Leung tau saib xyuas kev nqis peev hauv Tuam Tshoj txoj kev kho mob, qhia cov tuam txhab Asmeskas hauv kev lag luam hauv tsev thaum txhawb nqa cov txuj ci hauv tsev. Nws tau rub mus rau hauv thaj chaw loj xws li AI-powered tshuaj nrhiav pom, uas siv cov txheej txheem qib siab los kwv yees kev txav ntawm cov molecules thiab nrhiav cov uas ua haujlwm rau cov kab mob tshwj xeeb. Ib qho ntawm nws qhov kev nqis peev tseem ceeb ntawm Qiming yog Schrödinger, uas tsim AI simulation software uas pab cov kws tshawb fawb pom cov tebchaw zoo.
Leung hais tias "Ntau npaum li tag nrho pawg peev nyiaj tau tawm tsam nws," "Tab sis kuv hais tias, 'okay, Kuv xav tias qhov no yog txoj hauv kev los nqis peev, thiab yog tias qhov kev nqis peev no mus zoo, Qiming ua rau rov qab los. Yog tias tsis yog, ces kuv mam li muab nws tawm ntawm kuv tus kheej cov nyiaj.'” Nws thawj koom ruam hauv 2019 tau them, zoo li xyoo tom qab, Schrödinger tau nthuav tawm ntawm Nasdaq nrog $ 220 lab nyiaj pub dawb rau pej xeem, tshaj nws. pib tus nqi.
Lwm qhov kev nqis peev yog Zai Lab, biopharmaceutical loj loj nrog kev lag luam peev ntawm $ 4.1 billion. "Tsis muaj leej twg tau mob siab rau" rau kev tshawb pom tshuaj hauv 2o14, thiab hauv cov ntaub ntawv ntawm Zai Lab tus me, peb-poj niam pab neeg, muaj lus nug txog kev ua haujlwm yav tom ntej. Rau Leung, kev ntsuam xyuas cov pab pawg me tau nqis los rau "ntau lub plab zoo" thiab kev suav sau rau hauv qhov khoob. Zai Lab tau nthuav tawm ntawm Nasdaq hauv 2017, thiab nws ua tiav cov npe thib ob ntawm Hong Kong Tshuag pauv xyoo 2020.
"Kuv ib txwm hais tias, 'tsis txhob twv tawm tsam cov neeg ua lag luam Suav, vim lawv ua haujlwm tiag tiag, nyuaj heev."
Tam sim no nkag mus rau nws lub xyoo 17th ntawm Qiming, Leung sawv ua tus poj niam ua lag luam hauv Suav teb. Ntxiv mus, kwv yees li 37% ntawm Qiming cov ntaub ntawv kho mob muaj cov poj niam tsim los yog poj niam C-suite cov thawj coj, uas Leung muab qhab nia rau lub tuam txhab kev tshawb nrhiav txuj ci. "Peb tsis tshua sim txheeb xyuas cov poj niam ua lag luam," nws hais. "Peb ib txwm sim nrhiav qhov zoo tshaj plaws." Ntawm qhov tod tes, nws hais tias Tuam Tshoj txoj hauv kev rau cov poj niam hauv thaj chaw kho mob tau nthuav dav dua: "Kuv tau siv sijhawm ntau hauv Silicon Valley. Kuv yuav tsum hais tias kuv yuav tsis mus deb npaum li kuv ua tau yog tias kuv tau nyob ntawd. "
Cov kab mob uas tsuas yog cuam tshuam rau poj niam yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg, Leung hais tias, ua rau lawv muaj txiaj ntsig zoo rau kev tshawb fawb. Ob peb lub tuam txhab tsom mus rau tej yam kev mob xws li fibroids, uas yog benign qog uas tshwm nyob ib ncig ntawm lub tsev me nyuam, thiab endometriosis, ib tug kab mob nyob rau hauv uas cov ntaub so ntswg loj hlob cuam tshuam rau poj niam lub cev xeeb tub. Qhov tsis muaj kev kho mob belies cov kab mob 'scopes: fibroids cuam tshuam txog li 77% ntawm cov poj niam muaj hnub nyoog yug me nyuam thoob ntiaj teb, thaum endometriosis cuam tshuam 10%, raws li Bill thiab Melinda Gates Foundation-nyiaj pab. Kev Sib Tw Thoob Ntiaj Teb ntawm Kev Tshawb Xyuas Kab Mob.
Leung hais tias "Peb xav nrhiav kev daws teeb meem hauv ntau thaj chaw sib txawv uas peb tsis muaj kev kho tam sim no," Leung hais. Hauv 2021, Qiming koom ua ke coj $ 56 lab Series B nyiaj txiag puag ncig ntawm HopeMed, lub tuam txhab biotech uas hais txog endometriosis thiab lwm yam kab mob tshwm sim los ntawm kev ua txhaum cov tshuaj hormones receptors, suav nrog baldness ntawm txiv neej thiab poj niam. Rau cov mob ntsws ntsws, Qiming kuj tau txhawb nqa Hong Kong-based AI tshuaj tshawb pom platform Insilico Tshuaj, uas tshaj tawm qhov zoo. tau rau nws qhov kev sim thawj zaug ntawm AI-nrhiav tshuaj los kho mob ntsws.
Lwm yam mob uas yog idiopathic, lossis tsis paub tias yog vim li cas, yog nyob rau tom ntej. Leung kwv yees kev pib kho mob yuav ua rau "kev hloov pauv tshiab," tshuaj xyuas thaj chaw xws li cov kab mob neurodegenerative, xws li Parkinson's thiab Alzheimer's. Nyob rau hauv lem, cov cuab yeej muaj rau cov kws tshawb fawb yuav hloov zuj zus. Piv txwv li, kev nce qib hauv cov txheej txheem ntawm cov kua dej biopsy, ib hom kev kuaj mob qog noj ntshav yam tsis muaj kev ua haujlwm, tuaj yeem ua rau mob qog noj ntshav "mob ntev" es tsis yog lub davhlau ya nyob twg.
"Yog tias peb tseem tuaj yeem pab me ntsis los ntawm kev ncua lub hnub nyoog nruab nrab ntawm lub ntiaj teb los ntawm tsib xyoos, nws yuav zoo heev," nws hais. "Muaj ntau yam uas peb tseem tuaj yeem ua tau, vim tias muaj ntau yam kab mob uas yuav tsum tau kho."
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/catherinewang/2023/01/13/how-chinas-leading-female-healthcare-investor-backs-billion-dollar-biotech-companies/