Cardinal Health sells off China business to Shanghai Pharma

The government owned Shanghai Pharma is giving out more than $550 million to buy the China operations of U.S.-based Card...

November 16, 2017 | Thursday | News
HIIA members to focus on improving pharmaceutical ecosystem

A consortium of leading Chinese pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, venture capital partners and e-commerce comp...

November 14, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Fosun Pharma to buy stake in Shenzhen Hospital

A drugmaker controlled by Chinese conglomerate Fosun International, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) has agreed to ...

November 13, 2017 | Monday | News
Shanghai based biotech firm raises $ 32M

Shanghai-based biotech startup EOC Pharma has raised $32 million from Chinese investors to help it bring a series of can...

November 10, 2017 | Friday | News
Researchers develop an app for rheumatoid arthritis

A group of researchers at multiple institutions in China have collaborated to develop the Smart System of Disease Manage...

November 7, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Teva to set up JV with Guangzhou Pharma

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd is planning to set up a joint venture with Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd to m...

November 6, 2017 | Monday | News
CFDA accepts Eisai's NDA for cancer drug

 Eisai Co., Ltd. announced that the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) has accepted for review a New Drug Ap...

October 31, 2017 | Tuesday | News
China's Fosun to acquire French drug distributor Tridem

China’s Fosun Pharma recently announced the acquisition of French drug distributor, Tridem for up to 63 million eu...

October 30, 2017 | Monday | News
China’s maiden billion-dollar takeover of an Indian pharma giant

Creating a new chapter in the history of China and Indian pharmaceutical industry, China’s drug giant Fosun Pharma...

October 26, 2017 | Thursday | Analysis
China approves domestic Ebola vaccine

The military-backed Bioengineering Institute of the Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences and private drugmaker C...

October 26, 2017 | Thursday | News
Chinese scientists develop novel health gadgets

A group of scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a magical suit fitted with large-area textile ...

October 25, 2017 | Wednesday | News
WuXi AppTec acquires US clinical research firm ResearchPoint Global

In line with its expansion strategies, Shanghai based biotechnology and medical-device developer WuXi AppTec Group has a...

October 20, 2017 | Friday | News
Shanghai pharma bids for Cardinal Health's China business

In a filing with Shanghai stock exchange, Shanghai pharma said that it has Pharma submitted two non-binding bids to buy ...

October 20, 2017 | Friday | News
China Biologic plans acquisition of TianXinFu

The fully integrated plasma based biopharmaceutical company China Biologic has agreed to acquire 80 per cent equity inte...

October 13, 2017 | Friday | News
China accelerates new drug approvals

Beijing recently announced new rules that will speed up approvals of medicines and medical devices, easing bottlenecks i...

October 9, 2017 | Monday | News
Fosun pharma now looking onto acquiring Symbiotec

Weeks after Chinese pharmaceutical giant Fosun tweaked its acquisition of Hyderabad-based Gland Pharma for $1 billion (R...

October 3, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Chinese researchers use traditional ink for cancer treatment

A group of Chinese researchers have reported that a Chinese traditional ink could noninvasively and effectively treat ca...

September 28, 2017 | Thursday | News
Simcere, Amgen to bring in 4 biosimilars to China

Chinese pharmaceutical firm, Simcere, has inked an exclusive agreement with Amgen to co-develop and commercialize four b...

September 27, 2017 | Wednesday | News