本會高級執行董事陳素娟女士，獲亞太經濟合作組織(APEC)頒發APEC 2020 Lighthouse Award，以表揚其多年來推動亞太區中小企建立道德營商環境的工作。

是次為首度有香港代表獲此殊榮，標誌著國際社會給予香港科研製藥聯會致力追求高水平營商道德標準的認可。 Association’s performance in its compliance work in Hong Kong.

陳女士於獲獎後表示，醫藥業界的成員，以至全球各地，來自不同地域、語言文化背景的合作伙伴，均應恪守商業誠信和道德操守。她承諾繼續捍衛病人福祉，並以之為業界伙伴營商的最重要考量。

During her acceptance speech for the Lighthouse Ward, the HKAPI Senior Executive Director said: “The spirit of business ethics needs to be embedded in the mind of every partner in the healthcare community, widely shared globally and across any geographic borders, regardless what language we speak, and which culture we belong to.”

She also pledges to stand firm with the guiding principles and core values as to safeguard patients’ welfare, which is always of the highest priority in the business practice of the biopharmaceutical industry and working partners of the Association.