Boehringer China sees 32% rise in prescription drugs

China |  Company results | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 26 Apr, 2013

Singapore: Boehringer Ingelheim China's prescription medicine business has outperformed the market with a growth rate of 32 percent in 2012. With core products including Mucosolvan ampoule...Read more

Herbalife will do direct-selling in China

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 23 May, 2012

Singapore: Herbalife received eight licenses by China's Ministry of Commerce to conduct its direct-selling business in Hebei Province, Shanxi Province, Tianjin Municipality, Heilongjiang Pr...Read more

China Jo-Jo Drugstores collaborates with Wyeth

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 29 Apr, 2015

Singapore: Hangzhou Jiuzhou Grand Pharmacy Chain, subsidiary of China Jo-Jo Drugstores, has signed a sales incentive agreement with Wyeth Pharmaceutical Company, a subsidiary Pfizer in Chin...Read more

Aetna, Starr International form alliance in Hong Kong

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 15 Mar, 2013

Singapore: Aetna, a global diversified healthcare benefits company, and Starr International Insurance have formed a strategic alliance to offer medical insurance and healthcare solutions in...Read more

China: Hepatitis B vaccines not cause of deaths

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 07 Jan, 2014

Singapore: Concluding an elaborate probe that started late last year, China has now said that the hepatitis B vaccines were not the cause of infant deaths. It said that the nine deaths in ...Read more

China cracks the whip on big pharma

China |  Opinion | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 02 Jun, 2014

Two separate but equally important developments took place in China this month. One, intensification of investigations into the country's pharma and healthcare market and the other, crackdo...Read more

GSK China's former head assisting in investigations

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 Oct, 2013

Singapore: British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline that has been facing bribery allegations in China has now said that its former head of operations in China is assisting in investigations. The ...Read more

Sinovac reports positive results from EV71 trial

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 15 Mar, 2013

Singapore: Sinovac Biotech, a provider of vaccines in China, reported preliminary top-line data from its phase III clinical trial assessing the efficacy, immunogenicity and safety of the c...Read more

China Biologic names David Gao as CEO

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 14 May, 2012

Singapore: China Biologic Products, one of the leading plasma-based biopharmaceutical companies in China, has appointed Chairman David (Xiaoying) Gao to the additional position of chief exe...Read more

GlobalData: China pharma to reach $315 bn in 2020

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Jul, 2013

Singapore: GlobalData has in its latest report on China's healthcare industry highlighted that the country's pharmaceutical market value will climb from an estimated $48 billion in 2012 to ...Read more

Shanghai Pharma revenue rises 17.6% to $3.17 bn

China |  Company results | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 30 Apr, 2013

‎Singapore: Shanghai Pharmaceuticals has maintained a steady growth in first quarterly result of 2013 touching operating revenues of $3.17 billion (RMB19.59 billion), which is a year-...Read more

China Botanic hires Zhao to gain NYSE compliance

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Jan, 2013

Singapore: China Botanic Pharmaceutical has appointed Mr Jack Zhao as a member of the company's board of directors. Mr Zhao will serve as an independent director, chairman of the board's au...Read more

Sanofi opens insulin pen plant at Beijing

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 28 May, 2012

Singapore: Sanofi inaugurated a new assembling and packaging line to produce its flagship pre-filled insulin injection pen, Lantus SoloSTAR, at its Beijing plant located at the Beijing Econ...Read more

DKSH launches Dr Wolff's Alpecin in Hong Kong

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 04 Jul, 2013

Singapore: DKSH's Business Unit Healthcare, the leading market expansion services provider for healthcare companies seeking to grow their business in Asia, has signed an agreement with Germ...Read more

ScinoPharm, TaiGen collaborate for stem cell drug

China |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 09 Jun, 2014

Singapore: Taiwan based ScinoPharm, engaged in development and manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients has closed a contract manufacturing deal for the clinical supply of the API o...Read more

MNCs bet on China to tide over patent cliff

China |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 16 May, 2012

Even as most emerging economies in Asia Pacific are trying to grab a foothold in the global biopharma space, China has etched an important spot for itself in that space in recent times. In ...Read more

Whats up with the BGI-Complete acquisition deal?

China |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 14 Mar, 2013

In perhaps the largest move in the sequencing services industry to date, BGI Shenzhen entered into a definitive merger agreement with US-based whole human genome sequencing services provide...Read more

Why did mergers & acquisitions plunge in APAC?

China |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 12 Jun, 2013

The global bioscience industry, in 2012, reported 450 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions valued at $67 billion, which is about 10 percent lower than the number of deals struck ...Read more