Taipei Biotech Awards
To encourage elite professionals from the academic field to the Biotech industry and to foster the
development of biotechnologies, the Taipei City Government has been organizing the “Taipei Biotech
Awards” since 2004, setting up award categories based on key aspects of the biotech industry, such
as exploring and developing innovative technologies, technology transfer, marketing, and
industry-academia collaboration.
A committee comprising experts from various fields such as biotechnology, finance, intellectual
property, and venture capital. Taipei Biotech Awards has currently reviewed over one thousand
outstanding achievements and has awarded 297 awards with a total of over 100 million dollars in
prize money. The combined efforts of the industry and the city government have earned the “Taipei
Biotech Awards” the nickname of the “Biotech Oscars” within the biotech community, making it an
excellent platform for top domestic biotech companies to strengthen their corporate image and
enhance international reputation.
Important Milestones of "Taipei Biotech Awards"
- 2024 Encouraged more enterprises to invest in innovation and R&D, the Innovation Award was divided into two categories: Medical Device, Pharmaceutical and Applied Biotechnology, and set up a “Taipei Biotech Star” in 2024.
- 2021 Encouraged the integration of domestic research and development results in the biotechnology field with the digital technology industry, and set up a " Interdisciplinary Excellence Award" in 2021.
- 2020 Award adjustment - “New Technology Award” was modified into “Innovation Award”.
- 2016 The total prize was increased to 6 million.
- 2015 Modified the award titles to "Innovation Award", " Go-Global Award" and "Technology Transfer Award" to promote continuous investment in innovative technology, foster growth of bio-tech industry and enhance the outreach of global market.
- 2010 The "Taipei Biotech Awards" was first opened to all bio-tech firms and academic/research institutes in Taiwan.
- 2005 The "Industry-Academic Cooperation Award" was established to foster the bridging of research outcomes to industrial market products.
- 2004 The "Taipei Biotech Awards" was launched by the city of Taipei, which was the first ever bio-tech award in Taiwan, including four awards of "Biotechnology Commercialization Award", "Research & Development Innovation Award", "Biotechnology Transition Award" and "Cultivation Performance Award".