{
  "id": 13922929,
  "title": "Ex-US FDA official to lead Hong Kong’s new medical products regulator",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/ex-us-fda-official-to-lead-hong-kongs-new-medical-products-regulator-13922929",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-12T09:17:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/3370593/ex-us-fda-official-lead-hong-kongs-new-medical-products-regulator"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Beijing-educated former official at the US federal drug regulator has been appointed to lead Hong Kong’s new medical products body, tasked with accelerating the clinical use of medicines and medical devices as part of a regulatory overhaul. Li Zili, who previously worked at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), would take up the post of controller for medical products regulation under the…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Spirit of Hong Kong Awards: biotech firm eyes cervical cancer test breakthrough",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/spirit-of-hong-kong-awards-biotech-firm-eyes-cervical-cancer-test",
        "published": "2026-10-11T02:15:05.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}