[July 11, 2018] Today, a 5-member delegation, led by the dean Professor Fei Sun, from Nantong University Medical School paid a visit to Ractigen and Rudong Life and Health Industry Park. After touring the company building and getting a taste of the overall work environment, the group retired to the conference room to engage in a meeting with Ractigen members and officials from the park and local government.

At the meeting, Dr. Long-Cheng Li, the president of Ractigen and an adjunct professor of the university, introduced the company’s unique saRNA platform for drug discovery and development and brought the visitors up to date with the progress made thus far, emphasizing the importance of collaborations between academia and industry. Professor Sun then expressed their desire for opportunities to collaborate with Ractigen and the park in such areas as teaching, research, talent fostering and resource sharing. All parties agreed to work together to forge a partnership for a win-win.

At the end of the meeting, Professor Sun presented a letter of appointment for adjunct professor of Nantong University to Dr. Li.