4 h. ago Report warns China drug innovation fast gaining ground on US biotech

Report warns China drug innovation fast gaining ground on US biotech  FirstWord Pharma

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23 h. ago China’s pharmaceutical sector moves into the big leagues as a global innovation powerhouse

China is gaining a solid reputation as a pharmaceutical innovation hub, shifting from a copycat drug maker to one whose infrastructure and research and development capabilities rival global pharmaceutical behemoths, according to a global consultancy. US-based SAI MedPartners and its unit Idea Pharma recently launched a new index with the aim of highlighting Chinese drug makers and recognising their shift from generics to “true” innovation. The consultancy released the China Pharmaceutical...

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23 h. ago South Korea’s top court overhauls handling of martial law trials to regain public trust

More than a year after former South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol’s failed attempt to impose martial law, the country’s top court has announced changes to how politically explosive cases are handled, as public anger over delays and alleged bias continues to mount. The Supreme Court said it would revamp procedures for high-stakes national security trials, including cases stemming from Yoon’s December 2024 martial law bid, in what it described as an effort to ensure swift and fair proceedings and...

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24 h. ago Watch Nike Sales Beat Overshadowed by Converse, China Slumps

Watch Nike Sales Beat Overshadowed by Converse, China Slumps  Bloomberg.com

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61 h. ago China ALS woman holds funeral home party, says disease cannot beat ‘optimism, love, hope’

A Chinese woman who has lived for eight years with the rare neurological disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) recently held a farewell ceremony at a funeral home to celebrate love and life. Liu Jie, 42, organised the gathering at a funeral parlour in southwestern China’s Chongqing municipality. Before her diagnosis with ALS eight years ago, Liu was a tour guide. During her illness, she experienced multiple emotional breakdowns as she witnessed her condition progress. Recalling her...

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61 h. ago China ALS woman holds farewell party, says disease cannot beat ‘optimism, love, hope’

China ALS woman holds farewell party, says disease cannot beat ‘optimism, love, hope’  South China Morning Post

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69 h. ago Retailers beat a hasty retreat from mainland China due to consumption, competition woes

Mainland China’s highly competitive retail landscape has taken its toll on one of Hong Kong’s largest health and beauty chains, which has decided to exit the market. Analysts said retailers across the board have found the going tough on the mainland, with a slowdown in consumer spending compounding matters. Health and beauty chain Mannings said it would cease all online and offline retail operations on the mainland as it adjusts its strategy in the highly competitive market. “It doesn’t matter...

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3 d. ago China’s new drug insurance: lifeline for patients or squeeze on big pharmaceutical firms?

Mainland China’s 17 million Alzheimer’s patients can, for the first time, pay less out of pocket for a costly drug touted as “historic” and “the beginning of the end” for the memory-robbing disease after Beijing launched a commercial insurance innovative drug list in an effort to make medicines more accessible and affordable. Leqembi, developed by Japan’s Eisai and costing a mainland Chinese patient about US$28,400 a year, could see its price cut by half after it was added to the inaugural...

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4 d. ago Trump’s Tech Masterstroke: Uniting Silicon Valley To Beat China – Analysis

Trump’s Tech Masterstroke: Uniting Silicon Valley To Beat China – Analysis  Eurasia Review

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4 d. ago KY AI regulation policy models how the US can beat China | Opinion

KY AI regulation policy models how the US can beat China | Opinion  The Courier-Journal

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7 d. ago Bloom Fresh Declares Victory as China’s Supreme Court Upholds Sweet Sapphire Infringement Case

Bloom Fresh Declares Victory as China’s Supreme Court Upholds Sweet Sapphire Infringement Case  The Packer

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1 week ago Former Chinese senior banker executed for taking US$155 million in bribes

China has executed a former senior banker who was found guilty of taking more than 1.1 billion yuan (US$155 million) in bribes. Bai Tianhui, the former general manager of the asset management firm China Huarong International Holdings, was executed on Tuesday after the Supreme People’s Court approved the sentence, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The state-owned offshore unit Bai ran was taken over by Citic Group and renamed China Citic Financial Asset Management in January last year. It is rare...

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1 week ago Former Chinese senior banker Bai Tianhui executed for taking US$155 million in bribes

China has executed a former senior banker who was found guilty of taking more than 1.1 billion yuan (US$155 million) in bribes. Bai Tianhui, the former general manager of the asset management firm China Huarong International Holdings, was executed on Tuesday after the Supreme People’s Court approved the sentence, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The state-owned offshore unit Bai ran was taken over by Citic Group and renamed China Citic Financial Asset Management in January last year. It is rare...

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1 week ago Former chief of China’s food and drug watchdog ousted from Communist Party

Bi Jingquan, China’s former top food and drug regulator who received an international accolade for promoting innovation, has been expelled from the Communist Party and removed from public office on corruption charges. An investigation found that Bi had accepted gifts, money, trips and banquets and borrowed vehicles from private business owners, a statement from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said on Monday. The statement also said Bi had “allowed others to pay for him,...

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1 week ago To Beat China at Drug Innovation, Big Pharma and Generics Need the Supreme Court to End This Patent Absurdity

To Beat China at Drug Innovation, Big Pharma and Generics Need the Supreme Court to End This Patent Absurdity  IPWatchdog.com

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1 week ago Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Warns China Could Beat America In AI: 'They Can Build A Hospital In A Weekend' While US Takes Years

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Warns China Could Beat America In AI: 'They Can Build A Hospital In A Weekend' While US Takes Years  Benzinga

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2 w. ago US Supreme Court to weigh Trump bid to limit birthright citizenship

The US Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide the legality of President Donald Trump’s directive to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States, a contentious part of his efforts to curb immigration and a step that would alter how a 19th century constitutional provision has long been understood. The justices took up a Justice Department appeal of a lower court’s ruling that blocked Trump’s executive order telling US agencies not to recognise the citizenship of children born in the US...

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2 w. ago How China went from generic drug factory to biomedicine innovator

China’s pharmaceutical industry is on the brink of enormous growth and transformation. In just a few years, it has moved on from being the world’s cheapest source of active pharmaceutical ingredients to becoming a major hub for pharmaceutical innovation – a place where new, more effective drugs are born. It is now the second-largest developer of drugs, trailing only the United States. In the global drug development pipeline, China’s growth rate is phenomenal, leaping from 3 per cent in 2013 to...

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2 w. ago Opinion | How China went from generic drug factory to biomedicine innovator

Opinion | How China went from generic drug factory to biomedicine innovator  South China Morning Post

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2 w. ago How China engineered the rapid rise of its drug innovation industry

China’s pharmaceutical industry is on the brink of enormous growth and transformation. In just a few years, it has moved on from being the world’s cheapest source of active pharmaceutical ingredients to becoming a major hub for pharmaceutical innovation – a place where new, more effective drugs are born. It is now the second-largest developer of drugs, trailing only the United States. In the global drug development pipeline, China’s growth rate is phenomenal, leaping from 3 per cent in 2013 to...

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