CK Life Sciences International (Holdings) Inc. (), or CK Life Sciences, is a

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CK Hutchison Holdings CK Hutchison Holdings Limited () is a Hong Kong–based and Cayman Islands–registered multinational conglomerate corporation. The company was formed in March 2015 through the merger of Cheung Kong Holdings and its main associate company Hutc ...

. It is engaged in

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, commercialization, marketing and sale of

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products. The

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is Mr.

Victor Li Victor Li Tzar-kuoi (born 1 August 1964) is a Hong Kong businessman, the chair of the board and group co-managing director of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited and the chairman of the board and managing director of CK Asset Holdings Limited and ...

, the elder

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of Mr.

Li Ka-shing Sir Ka-shing Li (; born 29 July 1928) is a Hong Kong billionaire business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is the senior advisor for CK Hutchison Holdings and CK Asset Holdings, after he retired from the Chairman of the Board in May ...

, the chairman of Cheung Kong Holdings. It was established in 2000 and listed on the

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via

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in 2002 (Former stock code: ). It was transferred to Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2008. CK Life Sciences has operations in Australia, and in 2012 acquired an Australian salt company (Cheetham Salt) as part of its expansion into the agricultural sector. The company divested its Canadian subsidiary WEX Pharmaceuticals to Virios Therapeutics for $100 million in October 2024.

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