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Dr. Jane H. Hsiao (許照惠博士)

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Dr. Jane H. Hsiao (許照惠博士)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: Dr. Jane H. Hsiao
  • Chinese: 許照惠博士
  • Era: 1947
  • Geography: Changhua, Taiwan
  • Core roles: entrepreneur, scientist
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Dr. Hsiao is the chairman and founder of RH Biopharma, and she also has served as Vice-Chairman and Chief Technical Officer of OPKO Health, Inc. since May 2007 and as a director since February 2007. Dr. Hsiao served as the Vice Chairman-Technical Affairs of IVAX from 1995 to January 2006. Dr. Hsiao served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of IVAX Animal Health, IVAX’s veterinary products subsidiary, from 1998 to 2006. Dr. Hsiao has served as Chairman of the Board of Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems, Inc., a medical device company, since October 2008 and was named Interim Chief Executive Officer of Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems, Inc. in February 2012. Dr. Hsiao is also a director of each of TransEnterix, Inc., a medical device company, Neovasc, Inc., a company developing and marketing medical specialty vascular devices, and Cocrystal Pharma, Inc., formerly Biozone Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a publicly traded biotechnology company developing new treatments for viral diseases. Dr. Hsiao previously served as a director for Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc., a development stage biopharmaceutical company, PROLOR Biotech, Inc. prior to its acquisition by OPKO Health, Inc. in Augus

Education

  • National Taiwan University — B.S., Pharmacy — (1969) — University of Illinois — Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Medicinal Chemistry — (1973) — Nova Southeast University — MBA

Employment

  • Innotech Laboratory — Founder — (1981-) — IVAX — Co-founder — (1986-2006) — OPKO Health — Vice chairman, CTO, Intermin CEO, former chairman — (2007-)

Family

No filled family fields on the TAH profile.

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Connected in the Vault

  • Encyclopedia records: [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-1465-jane-h-hsiao||TAH #1465]] (2017-01-18) and [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/85-dr-jane-h-hsiao||TAH #85]] (2018-09-10).
  • A second TAH Who’s Who entry exists in the vault: |Dr. Jane H. Hsiao (duplicate profile) — same person (born 1947, Changhua; NTU B.S. Pharmacy 1969; University of Illinois Ph.D. Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Medicinal Chemistry 1973; MBA, Nova Southeastern University).
  • Career chain recorded in the TAH tables: founded Innotech Laboratory (1981) → co-founded IVAX (1986–2006; also Chairman/CEO/President of IVAX Animal Health 1998–2006, Vice Chairman-Technical Affairs 1995–Jan 2006) → OPKO Health (Vice-Chairman & CTO from May 2007, director from Feb 2007, later interim CEO) → chairman and founder of RH Biopharma.
  • Board roles from the cited profile: chairman of Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems, Inc. (from Oct 2008; interim CEO Feb 2012); director of TransEnterix, Neovasc, and Cocrystal Pharma (formerly Biozone Pharmaceuticals); previously a director of Sorrento Therapeutics and of PROLOR Biotech prior to its acquisition by OPKO Health.

Timeline (deepen pass 2026-09-10, vault-only)

  • 1947 — born in Changhua, Taiwan
  • 1969 — B.S. Pharmacy, National Taiwan University
  • 1973 — Ph.D. Pharmaceutical Chemistry & Medicinal Chemistry, University of Illinois
  • 1981 — founded Innotech Laboratory
  • 1986–2006 — co-founder, IVAX (Vice Chairman-Technical Affairs 1995–Jan 2006; Chairman/CEO/President of IVAX Animal Health 1998–2006)
  • 2007 — OPKO Health: director from Feb 2007; Vice-Chairman & CTO from May 2007; later interim CEO
  • 2008-10 — chairman of the board, Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems, Inc. (named interim CEO 2012-02)
  • Chairman and founder of RH Biopharma; director of TransEnterix, Neovasc, and Cocrystal Pharma (formerly Biozone Pharmaceuticals); previously a director of Sorrento Therapeutics and PROLOR Biotech
  • 2017-01-18 — TAH encyclopedia record [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-1465-jane-h-hsiao||#1465]] published
  • 2018-09-10 — TAH encyclopedia record [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/85-dr-jane-h-hsiao||#85]] published

Role in the Community (deepen pass 2026-10-10, vault-only)

  • Covered in three TAH “My Stories” feature essays, which document her standing as a prominent figure in the Taiwanese American community:
    • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ff346||TAH #346 — Jane H. Hsiao 許照惠: Renowned Entrepreneur in Bio-tech Business Worldwide]] (2017-11-06, band B)
    • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/mystories600||TAH #600 — 許照惠的創業傳奇 / 楊玲華]] (2017-11-08, band B)
    • [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/684-my-stories||TAH #684 — 許照惠博士：與藥劑相戀一生的傳奇 / 刹塵子]] (2019-06-03, band B)
  • Note: a grep hit in [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/ourjourneys244||TAH #244 曇花一現的南加信用合作社]] was checked and is a false positive — that passage names 許照信, a different person (Southern California credit union founder), not 許照惠.

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