Keyword: China healthcare

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Corruption Charges Against GSK Seen as Warning

19.05.2014 - Corruption charges against representatives of UK drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in China are a warning to other foreign firms and could do irreparable damage to the company's...

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China to Cut Prices of More than 400 Drugs from February

08.01.2013 - China will cut prices of about 400 drugs for respiratory diseases, fever and pain by up to 20% from February, in a move to make medicines, including some products from Pfizer...

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Fosun Pharma Sounds HK Deal Warning with Low IPO Price

24.10.2012 - Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical priced Hong Kong's largest public offering in three months at the bottom of the range on Wednesday to raise about $512 million, a further sign of...

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China to Double Price-Controlled Drugs List by Year-End

19.08.2012 - China is set to increase the number of products on its price-controlled "essential drugs" list to 700 from 307 by the end of the year, the official Shanghai Securities Journal...

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Carlyle Places Bet on China Preventive Healthcare Spending

15.08.2012 - U.S. buyout fund Carlyle Group said on Wednesday it has acquired a 13.5% stake in Meinian Onehealth Healthcare Group, placing a bet on rising spending on preventive healthcare from...

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China Changes Patent Law in Fight for Cheaper Drugs

09.06.2012 - China has overhauled parts of its intellectual property laws to allow its drugmakers to make cheap copies of medicines still under patent protection in an initiative likely to...