Cigarettes moves along a machine during the assembly process at the Philip Morris International’s Coltabaco facility in Medellin, Colombia. Photo: Bloomberg Cigarettes moves along a machine during the assembly process at the Philip Morris International’s Coltabaco facility in Medellin, Colombia. Photo: Bloomberg
Cigarettes moves along a machine during the assembly process at the Philip Morris International’s Coltabaco facility in Medellin, Colombia. Photo: Bloomberg
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Philip Morris scours China start-ups for technology to replicate IQOS system in medical field

  • The investing arm of Marlboro maker is seeking to invest in inhalation technology for potential applications in medical field
  • IQOS heating system shares similar technology that can be useful vehicle for botanical medicine

Topic |   Venture capital market
Georgina Lee
Georgina Lee

Updated: 9:29am, 13 Nov, 2019

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Cigarettes moves along a machine during the assembly process at the Philip Morris International’s Coltabaco facility in Medellin, Colombia. Photo: Bloomberg Cigarettes moves along a machine during the assembly process at the Philip Morris International’s Coltabaco facility in Medellin, Colombia. Photo: Bloomberg
Cigarettes moves along a machine during the assembly process at the Philip Morris International’s Coltabaco facility in Medellin, Colombia. Photo: Bloomberg
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