HaloSource, the Bothell, WA-based developer of low-cost water purification technology for the developing world, said today it has opened an office and factory in Shanghai to commercialize and further develop its technology in China. The office will be led by Joseph Chen. The company has already made significant headway in India, where more than 200,000 water purifiers have been sold that use the company’s proprietary method for killing bacteria and viruses, through a partnership with Eureka Forbes, we reported back in July.
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Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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