MU Shanghai · Bio-Health

Partners

Find your collaborators before the week starts

These are confirmed partners joining MU Shanghai 2026 — frontier companies and institutions across AI drug discovery, synthetic biology, lab automation, and biologics. Browse their capabilities and engagement plans to find the teams you want to build with.

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Keynote + WorkshopAI Future Health · Tuesday

XtalPi / 晶泰科技

AI + Robotics Drug Discovery

Quantum physics-based molecular design platform with intelligent autonomous labs

Highlights

Eli Lilly $250M Collaboration

AI + robotics-powered de novo small-molecule drug discovery for an undisclosed target. One of the largest AI pharma deals by a China-origin platform.

First HKEX Chapter 18C Listing

Listed June 2024 as the first specialized technology company under new HKEX rules. Retail subscription oversubscribed 100x+.

At MU Shanghai 2026

  • Potential: Keynote speaker + technical workshop / live demo
  • Angle: How AI + robotics rebuild the drug R&D closed loop at industrial scale

HKEX: 2228 · $785M+ raised · Eli Lilly partner

Research Collaboration + Facility AccessCross-Track (Research & Clinical)

Fudan University / 复旦大学

Life Science Research & Hospital Matrix

Top-10 global research university with 18 affiliated hospitals and world-leading brain science, genomics, and precision medicine programs

Highlights

2 Science Papers Published Today (Mar 20, 2026)

Two brain science breakthroughs published simultaneously in Science: discovery of an emotional "gate" enabling "pain without depression", and decoding brain-skin communication pathways.

World-First Brain-Spine Interface — FDA Breakthrough Therapy

Fudan's ISTBI developed the world's first clinical Brain-Spine Interface for paralysis recovery, granted US FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation in December 2025.

At MU Shanghai 2026

  • Role: Research collaboration partner + facility access for hackathon participants
  • Angle: Bridging academic research and clinical application — how 18 hospitals accelerate bench-to-bedside

Nature Index #10 Global · 18 affiliated hospitals · 2 National Key Labs (Life Sci)

Live Demo + WorkshopIntelligent Care Hardware · Thursday

ZenoWell / ZenoWell(未来脑律)

AI Wearable Neurotechnology & Closed-Loop VNS

World's #2 AI health wearable — pioneering closed-loop vagus nerve stimulation from Heidelberg University to 50+ countries

Highlights

World's #2 Shipped AI Health Wearable Brand

ZenoWell has become the world's second-largest shipped AI health wearable brand globally, with devices sold in 50+ countries and 2M+ patient sessions recorded with zero serious adverse events.

Harvard, Cambridge & Heidelberg Research Collaborations

Strategic collaborations with Harvard University, University of Cambridge, and Heidelberg University advancing next-generation closed-loop neurotechnology from research to real-world application. BrainClos research systems used in clinical studies at these institutions.

At MU Shanghai 2026

  • Role: Live demo + interactive workshop
  • Angle: From lab to living room — how AI-driven closed-loop neuromodulation bridges scientific research and consumer wellness

World's #2 AI health wearable · Harvard/Cambridge/Heidelberg · CE/FCC · 60+ hospitals

Interactive Session + DemoAI Future Health · Tuesday

Baichuan AI / 百川智能

Medical AI & LLM

Healthcare-only LLM company — HealthBench #1 globally with 2.6% hallucination rate

Highlights

OpenAI HealthBench #1 Globally

Baichuan-M3 scored 65.1 on HealthBench as of January 2026, surpassing GPT-5.2. The M3-Plus variant achieves the world's lowest medical AI hallucination rate at 2.6%.

Free API for All Medical Institutions

The "海纳百川" program offers free M3-Plus API access to all medical institutions, positioning Baichuan as healthcare AI infrastructure rather than a premium product.

At MU Shanghai 2026

  • Role: Interactive session speaker + live demo
  • Angle: "How AI reshapes medicine from both sides" — Doctor Mode vs Patient Mode demo

HealthBench #1 · ¥5B raised · Alibaba / Tencent / Xiaomi backed

Keynote + WorkshopAI Future Health · Tuesday

MindRank AI / 德睿智药

AI Drug Discovery

Clinical-stage AI drug company — China's first AI-designed molecule in Phase III

Highlights

China's First AI-Designed Drug in Phase III

MDR-001, an oral GLP-1 agonist for obesity/T2D, is the first small molecule designed entirely by AI to reach Phase III in China. The MOBILE trial (first patient dosed Feb 25, 2026) enrolled ~750 patients across 50 centers.

4.5 Years from Discovery to Phase III

Achieved discovery-to-Phase III in 4.5 years versus the industry standard of 7–10 years, demonstrating how AI can compress the drug development timeline without cutting corners on clinical rigor.

At MU Shanghai 2026

  • Potential: Keynote speaker + AI drug discovery technical workshop
  • Angle: How AI teams reduce iteration cycles on difficult targets — from Molecule Pro to Phase III

MDR-001 Phase III · 4.5 yr discovery-to-Phase III · FDA IND cleared

Keynote + RoundtableAI Future Health · Tuesday

DrugFarm / 药物牧场

First-in-Class Biotech + AI

In vivo genetics meets AI medicinal chemistry for first-in-class drug discovery

Highlights

FDA Fast Track Designation for DF-003

DF-003 — a first-in-class oral ALPK1 inhibitor for ROSAH syndrome — received FDA Fast Track Designation in January 2026, accelerating development for this ultra-rare disease.

First Drug in FDA RDEP Pathway

DF-003 was accepted into the FDA Rare Disease Evidence Principles Process (RDEP) in March 2026, making it among the first drugs to enter this new ultra-rare disease regulatory pathway.

At MU Shanghai 2026

  • Role: Keynote speaker + interactive roundtable
  • Angle: When does AI accelerate drug discovery vs when does biology still dominate the bottleneck?

FDA Fast Track · FDA RDEP accepted · $56M raised

Live Demo + WorkshopGreen Bio-Health · Wednesday

SynMetaBio / 贻如生物

Synthetic Biology & Bio-Materials

Growing fashion-grade materials from microbes — no animals, no petroleum, carbon-negative

Highlights

Anta First Mycelium Sneaker

Collaborated with Anta to produce the first mycelium-based sneaker (April 2025), proving bio-materials can meet performance standards of a major sportswear brand.

Carbon-Negative Certification

SGS-certified at -17 kg CO₂ per kg (ISO 14067) — not just carbon-neutral but actively carbon-negative. USDA Certified Biobased at up to 100%.

At MU Shanghai 2026

  • Role: Live demo + workshop
  • Angle: How microbes become material designers — from directed evolution to fashion-grade bio-leather

SGS carbon-negative (-17 kg CO₂/kg) · Anta collab · iGEM 2021 Top 3

Hackathon Toolkit + WorkshopAI Future Health · Tuesday

CarbonSilicon AI / 碳硅智慧

Full-Stack AI Drug Discovery Toolkit

The "AI operating system" for pharmaceutical R&D — fusing carbon (life) and silicon (compute)

Highlights

Inno-DrugAgent: Autonomous AI Scientist

An autonomous AI agent scientist capable of self-directed, human-interactive R&D automation — going beyond traditional tools to act as an independent research partner.

NVIDIA Inception Showcase 2023

Selected for NVIDIA's Inception program showcase, recognizing CarbonSilicon's GPU-accelerated drug discovery infrastructure.

At MU Shanghai 2026

  • Role: Hackathon toolkit provider + technical workshop
  • Hackathon: Provide DrugFlow/BioFlow API access or sandbox for Bio-Hackathon participants

50+ products · 5,000+ users · NVIDIA Inception 2023

Live Demo + WorkshopIntelligent Care Hardware · Thursday

XImaging / 汇像科技

Lab Automation & AI Robotics

AI Robot Scientists for 24/7 unattended laboratory operations

Highlights

World's First AI-Assisted Unmanned Drug Discovery Lab

Built for Insilico Medicine in Suzhou — a fully automated end-to-end drug discovery lab where robots handle all physical experimentation 24/7 with zero human intervention.

iMagicOS: 180+ Instrument Compatibility

Cloud operating system compatible with 180+ third-party instrument drivers, deployable in 1 hour, with unlimited high-throughput multi-task scheduling at <1 second latency.

At MU Shanghai 2026

  • Role: Live demo + interactive workshop
  • Angle: "The 24/7 Lab" — how AI robots eliminate human error and enable continuous experimentation

Insilico Medicine unmanned lab · ByteDance Series A · 300+ instrument integrations