China

News: Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche's oral chemotherapy drug, Xeloda (capecitabine), has been approved by China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) for the treatment... 2008-09-05

Attracted by significant growth opportunities, US-based healthcare company Aetna has opened a representative office in Shanghai, which is the first step in offering insurance policies... 2008-06-30

China is the premier investment focus for German firm Bayer, much like the US was in the 1990s. Indeed, Bayer believes it can supplant AstraZeneca as the number one drugmaker in the... 2008-06-23

European wholesale and retail pharmacy giant Alliance Boots has seen trading profits rise by 20% year-on-year (y-o-y) for 2007, a positive performance for the company, which was 2007's... 2008-06-12

Surprising many industry observers, BMI included, on May 28 Israel's Taro Pharmaceutical Industries terminated its proposed merger with India's Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, bringing... 2008-05-29

The pharmaceutical industry is frequently accused as being motivated by profits over patients. Terms like patent evergreening and disease mongering are an ongoing smear on a sector... 2008-05-02

Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac (Beijing Kexing Bioproducts) has received State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) approval for production of its whole-viron inactivated... 2008-04-04

Chinese pharmaceutical R&D outsourcing firm Wuxi PharmaTech has revealed that revenue for 2007 reached US$135mn, an increase of 93%. Even more impressively, net income rose by... 2008-03-14

Baxter's heparin production problems appear to have given a boost to APP Pharmaceuticals, which had been expecting a tough year after it parted company with its biotech interests... 2008-03-11

Emboldened by strong financial results, Swiss multinational Novartis is increasing its activities in China. The company intends to boost sales in rural areas, sell more vaccines and... 2008-03-07