Taiwan Foreign Trade Office and Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) in collaboration with Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) and Thai Medical Device Technology Industry Association (THAIMED) organized a seminar and business negotiation event, "Thailand-Taiwan Smart Healthcare Seminar & Trade Meeting 2019", on 20 September 2019 at Sofitel Bangkok Sukhumvit to present Smart Healthcare products, modern medical technology and innovation to initiate the business matching the two countries.

As the year 2019 drew to a close, Linchpin SEO as an American agency specializing in marketing and business analytics and Tulip.co website as a platform to publish marketing information for businesses and industries have published important trends in pharmaceutical industry in 2020. 

The Division of Entrepreneurs and New Business Promotion, which is under the Department of Industrial Promotion, organized Research Connect Fair on September 3^rd, 2019, at the Berkeley Hotel to promote commercialization of new research-based products.

The US FDA has approved Novartis to supply a gene therapy called Zolgensma, for treating spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

The US Food and Drug Administration announced the global launch of the application CURE ID for the clinical community to share their experiences in treating rare diseases

The FDA has warned manufacturers of medical devices connectable to the internet and using old software named IPnet, that they are at risk of data theft.

A group of Chinese scientists from Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the University of North Carolina in the US have successfully transplanted human brain genes into rhesus monkeys.